I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5136 
To address infrastructure needs for food banks serving rural communities 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 4, 2023 
Ms. BONAMICI (for herself and Ms. SCHRIER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To address infrastructure needs for food banks serving rural 
communities and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Transpor-
tation Organization and Refrigeration Expansion Act of 
2023’’ or ‘‘STORE Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVING THE EFAP INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
PROGRAM. 
Section 209 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act 
of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7511a) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘an emergency 
feeding organization’’ and inserting ‘‘the State agen-
cy designated by a State in the State plan required 
by section 202A (7 U.S.C. 7503)’’, 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) by striking the heading and inserting 
‘‘PREFERENCE’’, 
(B) by inserting ‘‘Tribal, low income, and 
remote’’ before ‘‘communities’’, and 
(C) in subparagraph (A) by striking and 
inserting ‘‘rural’’ with ‘‘these’’, 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘carry out activities of the 
eligible entity’’ and inserting ‘‘distribute grant 
amounts to support activities’’, 
(B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘for the 
tracking of time-sensitive food products’’ and 
inserting ‘‘needed to safely and efficiently dis-
tribute food to people in need’’, 
(C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘time-sen-
sitive and perishable food products’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘commodities provided by the Secretary 
under this Act and commodities secured from 
other sources’’, 
(D) in paragraph (3)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘through the support 
of small or mid-size farms and ranches, 
fisheries, and aquaculture, and donations 
from local food producers and manufactur-
ers to persons in need’’, and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, including expand-
ing mobile and home delivery options and 
assessments or professional studies of out-
reach activities’’ after ‘‘United States’’, 
(E) in paragraph (4) by inserting ‘‘, gov-
ernmental, and Tribal’’ after ‘‘nonprofit’’, and 
(F) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B) by inserting 
‘‘, governmental, and Tribal’’ after ‘‘non-
profit’’, and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘rural areas’’ and 
inserting ‘‘underserved areas identi-
fied in subsection (b)(2)’’, and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end, 
(G) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘constructing’’ and in-
serting ‘‘renovating’’, and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
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(H) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) not more than 4 percent of such grant for 
administrative costs to carry this section.’’, and 
(4) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘2023’’, and inserting 
‘‘$25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2024 
through 2028’’. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON COLD STORAGE NEEDS NATIONALLY. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall carry out a study and produce a report— 
(1) on the shortages to meet the total emer-
gency food needs for refrigerated and frozen storage 
space, as well as refrigerated trucks and other deliv-
ery vehicles, for use by emergency food organizations 
to meet the needs of their communities, and 
(2) an estimate of the cost to meet the needs 
of all emergency food organizations, including food 
banks and food pantries, nationally for new coolers, 
freezers, refrigerated and dry trucks, and trailers. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) EMERGENCY
FOOD
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘emergency food organization’’ has the mean-
ing given it in section 2 of the Emergency Food As-
sistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501) and is not oth-
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