IIB
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5224
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 26 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry
AN ACT
To amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assist-
ance Act of 1954 to authorize assistance for the stock-
piling and rapid transportation, delivery, and distribution
of shelf stable prepackaged foods to needy individuals
in foreign countries.
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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 ‘‘International Food Re-
lief Partnership Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR STOCKPILING AND RAPID TRANS-
PORTATION, DELIVERY, AND DISTRIBUTION
OF SHELF STABLE PREPACKAGED FOODS.
Title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 208. ASSISTANCE FOR STOCKPILING AND RAPID
TRANSPORTATION, 
DELIVERY, 
AND 
DIS-
TRIBUTION 
OF 
SHELF 
STABLE 
PRE-
PACKAGED FOODS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Administrator is author-
ized to provide grants to—
‘‘(1) United States nonprofit organizations (de-
scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section
501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for
the preparation of shelf stable prepackaged foods re-
quested by eligible organizations and the establish-
ment and maintenance of stockpiles of such foods in
the United States; and
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‘‘(2) private voluntary organizations and inter-
national organizations for the rapid transportation,
delivery, and distribution of such shelf stable pre-
packaged foods to needy individuals in foreign coun-
tries.
‘‘(b) GRANTS
FOR
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
STOCK-
PILES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 70 percent
of the amount made available to carry out this sec-
tion shall be used to provide grants under subsection
(a)(1).
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In providing grants under
subsection (a)(1), the Administrator shall give pref-
erence to a United States nonprofit organization
that agrees to provide non-Federal funds in an
amount equal to 50 percent of the funds received
under a grant under subsection (a)(1), an in kind
contribution equal to such percent, or a combination
thereof, for the preparation of shelf stable pre-
packaged foods and the establishment and mainte-
nance of stockpiles of such foods in the United
States in accordance with such subsection.
‘‘(c) GRANTS FOR RAPID TRANSPORTATION, DELIV-
ERY, AND DISTRIBUTION.—Not less than 20 percent of
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the amount made available to carry out this section shall
be used to provide grants under subsection (a)(2).
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION.—Not more than 10 percent
of the amount made available to carry out this section may
be used by the Administrator for the administration of
grants under subsection (a).
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS OR GUIDELINES.—Not later than
180 days after the date of the enactment of this section,
the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, shall issue such regulations or guidelines as
the Administrator determines to be necessary to carry out
this section, including regulations or guidelines that pro-
vide to United States nonprofit organizations eligible to
receive grants under subsection (a)(1) guidance with re-
spect to the requirements for qualified shelf stable pre-
packaged foods and the amount of such foods to be stock-
piled by such organizations.
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Administrator for the purpose of
carrying out this section, in addition to amounts
otherwise available for such purposes, $3,000,000
for each of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002.
‘‘(2) 
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 
appropriated
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations
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under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain avail-
able until expended.’’.
SEC. 3. PREPOSITIONING OF COMMODITIES.
Section 407(c) of the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736a(c)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(4) PREPOSITIONING.—Funds made available
for fiscal years 2001 and 2002 to carry out titles II
and III of this Act may be used by the Adminis-
trator to procure, transport, and store agricultural
commodities for prepositioning within the United
States and in foreign countries, except that for each
such fiscal year not more than $2,000,000 of such
funds may be used to store agricultural commodities
for prepositioning in foreign countries.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 25,
2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.