ities available in the immediately preceding fis-
cal year adjusted by the percentage by which 
the thrifty food plan has been adjusted under 
section 3(o)(4) between June 30, 2007 and 
June 30 of the immediately preceding fiscal 
year.’’. 
SEC. 274. COMMUNITY FOOD ASSISTANCE AND FOOD BANK 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
GRANTS 
UNDER 
THE 
FOOD STAMP ACT. 
The Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 28. COMMUNITY FOOD ASSISTANCE AND FOOD BANK 
INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITIVE GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘eligible entity’ means an emergency feeding 
organization (as defined in section 201A(4) of the Emer-
gency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501(4)). 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—To carry out this sec-
tion, there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To receive a grant under 
this section, an eligible entity shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at the time and manner and 
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accompanied by any information the Secretary may 
require. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) identify the activity described in sub-
section (d) that the grant will be used to fund; 
and 
‘‘(B) describe the means by which an activ-
ity identified under subparagraph (A) will re-
duce hunger in the community or support the 
efforts of food banks or other nonprofit emer-
gency feeding organizations as defined in sub-
section (a) to reduce hunger or food insecurity 
in their communities. 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this 
section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible 
entities the applications of which demonstrate 2 of 
the following criteria: 
‘‘(A) The eligible entity serves a predomi-
nantly rural and geographically underserved 
area. 
‘‘(B) The eligible entity serves a commu-
nity in which the rates of food insecurity, very 
low food insecurity, hunger, poverty, or unem-
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ployment are demonstrably higher than national 
average rates. 
‘‘(C) The eligible entity serves a commu-
nity that provides demonstrable public support 
for the efforts of the eligible entity through the 
direct provision of private sector food assistance 
to low-income individuals. 
‘‘(D) The eligible entity can show that the 
grant will assist in the support of rural commu-
nities, small or mid-size farms, and the con-
sumption of locally produced agricultural prod-
ucts by low-income people in need of temporary 
food assistance. 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity shall use a 
grant received under this section for fiscal year to carry 
out activities of the eligible entity, including— 
‘‘(1) constructing, expanding, or repairing a fa-
cility or equipment to support hunger relief agencies 
in the community; 
‘‘(2) assisting an emergency feeding organiza-
tion in the community in obtaining locally-grown or 
raised produce, dairy or protein products; and 
‘‘(3) assisting an emergency feeding organiza-
tion in the community for the procurement, storage, 
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handling and distribution of locally produced agricul-
tural products.’’. 
SEC. 275. FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY TRANSPORTATION 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 
(1) to authorize the creation of the National 
Food For the Hungry Transportation, Self-Help, 
and Job Training Fund to facilitate the procurement 
and transportation of highly perishable, healthy food 
to low-income individuals in the United States; 
(2) to establish a competitive mechanism in the 
Department of Agriculture by which appropriations 
made available from the Fund would be allocated; 
(3) to ensure the direct involvement of the pri-
vate carrier trucking fleet of the United States in 
carrying out this section; 
(4) to increase the quantity of nutritious food 
available to low-income individuals in the United 
States by supporting the procurement and distribu-
tion of highly perishable food, such as fresh produce 
and protein products, to the low-income individuals; 
(5) to offer job training and employment oppor-
tunities in the food transportation and distribution 
systems; 
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(6) to better identify potential providers of do-
nated foods and enhance the nonprofit food donation 
system; and 
(7) to provide adequate funding to carry out 
this section. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Na-
tional Food For the Hungry Transportation, Self- 
Help, and Job Training Fund established under sub-
section (c). 
(2) NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘nongovernmental organization’’ means a na-
tional nonprofit charitable organization that— 
(A) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 
(B) is capable of, and has at least 10 years 
experience in, procuring donated food and other 
services from major domestic food manufactur-
ers and processors, grocery wholesalers and re-
tailers, food warehouse operations, agricultural 
producer organizations, fishing interests com-
mercial transport providers (such as trucking 
companies), and Federal and State food assist-
ance agencies; 
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(C) is capable of, and has shown pro-
ficiency in, the national distribution of highly 
perishable food through contracts with member 
emergency feeding organizations (as defined in 
section 201A of the Emergency Food Assist-
ance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501)); 
(D) has at least 10 years experience in 
procuring commercial freight for the distribu-
tion of time-sensitive food products through a 
network of emergency food assistance organiza-
tions; 
(E) has at least 10 years experience in 
working with transport providers in creating, 
coordinating, and maintaining transfer systems 
designed to assist, at the national level, the de-
livery of time-sensitive food products, for dis-
tribution to emergency food assistance organi-
zations in all 50 States and the District of Co-
lumbia; 
(F) does not operate any commercial, pri-
vate, or public subsidiary trucking or freight 
operations for the purposes of transporting 
food; and 
(G) agrees— 
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(i) to contribute in-kind resources to 
help carry out this section; 
(ii) to provide to eligible emergency 
food assistance organizations services and 
information free of charge; and 
(iii) to regularly certify and inspect 
any member emergency feeding organiza-
tion with which the nongovernmental orga-
nization entered into a contract to carry 
out an activity described in subparagraph 
(B). 
(3) PRIMARY
NONGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The term ‘‘primary nongovernmental organi-
zation’’ means a nongovernmental organization se-
lected by the Secretary on a competitive basis from 
among nongovernmental organizations. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation. 
(5) TIME-SENSITIVE FOOD PRODUCT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘time-sen-
sitive food product’’ means a fresh, raw, or 
processed food with a short time limitation for 
safe and acceptable consumption, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
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(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘time-sen-
sitive food product’’ includes fruits, vegetables, 
dairy products, meat, fish, and poultry. 
(c) NATIONAL FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY TRANSPOR-
TATION FUND.—The Secretary shall offer to enter into 
a contract or grant agreement with a primary nongovern-
mental organization to establish the National Food for the 
Hungry Transportation Fund to track, collect, and deliver 
time-sensitive food products. 
(d) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that funds made available under this Act are used 
for 
(1) the development and maintenance of a com-
puterized system for the tracking of time-sensitive 
food products; 
(2) capital and operating costs associated with 
the collection and transportation of time-sensitive 
food products; 
(3) capital and operating costs associated with 
the storage and distribution of time-sensitive food 
products; 
(4) job training opportunities in trucking, food 
handling, food recovery, and related industries; 
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(5) improving the security and diversity of the 
food distribution and recovery systems of the United 
States with the use of— 
(A) family-sized farms; and 
(B) donations from entities of food prod-
ucts to persons in need; 
(6) providing recovered healthy foods to non- 
profit emergency food providers to reduce hunger in 
the United States; and 
(7) improving the identification of— 
(A) potential providers of donated foods; 
(B) potential nonprofit emergency food 
providers; and 
(C) persons in need of emergency food as-
sistance throughout the United States. 
(e) ADDITIONAL
NONGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The primary nongovern-
mental organization may enter into 1 or more con-
tracts with, and provide funds to, not more than 2 
additional nongovernmental organizations that the 
Secretary determines meet the requirements in para-
graph (2) to carry out some of the functions re-
quired by this section. 
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(2) REQUIREMENTS.—An additional nongovern-
mental organization selected under paragraph (1) 
shall— 
(A) have expertise in operating for several 
years a national information clearinghouse re-
lating to anti-hunger activities; 
(B) have extensive experience in working 
with other anti-hunger organizations through-
out the United States; 
(C) have significant experience in working 
with the Department of Agriculture; and 
(D) operate, at a national level, a hotline 
to provide information about— 
(i) access to food for low-income fami-
lies; 
(ii) programs in existence on the date 
of enactment of this Act that transport 
fresh produce to food pantries, homeless 
shelters, and soup kitchens that could 
serve as national models for replication in 
other areas; and 
(iii) ways low-income individuals and 
families may become self-reliant. 
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(f) AUDITS.—The Secretary shall establish fair and 
reasonable procedures to audit the expenditure of funds 
made available to carry out this section. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated, $5,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2008 and for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012, 
the amount available in the immediately preceding fiscal 
year adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer Price 
Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics for the twelve months ending the pre-
ceding June 30. 
Subtitle G—Deficit Reduction 
SEC. 281. DEFICIT REDUCTION. 
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, savings 
resulting from provisions of this Act, when compared with 
the Congressional Budget Office March 2008 baseline es-
timate, are to be applied direct towards deficit reduction 
and are not available for offsetting additional spending un-
related to this Act. 
Æ 
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