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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1939
To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to make funds
available for the processing, packaging, and transportation of grower-
donated commodities by private nonprofit organizations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 29, 1993
Mr. PAYNE of Virginia (for himself, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. GOODLATTE,
Mr. PENNY, and Mrs. CLAYTON) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to
make funds available for the processing, packaging, and
transportation of grower-donated commodities by private
nonprofit organizations.
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 ‘‘Grower-Donated Com-
modities Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION
OF GROWER-DONATED COMMODITIES.
Section 204(a) of the Emergency Food Assistance
Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’,
(B) in the second sentence by striking
‘‘Funds’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(B) Except as provided in paragraph (3), funds’’,
and
(C) in the last sentence by striking ‘‘States
may also use funds provided’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(C) States may also use funds allocated’’,
(2) in the first sentence of paragraph (2) by in-
serting ‘‘under such paragraph’’ after ‘‘allocated’’,
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through
(5) as paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively, and
(4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(3)(A) Not less than $2,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under paragraph (1)(A) for each fiscal year shall
be made available to States for use by States and emer-
gency feeding organizations to pay private nonprofit orga-
nizations to process, to package, or to transport commod-
ities donated by growers for distribution by emergency
feeding organizations.
‘‘(B)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), funds made
available under subparagraph (A) shall be allocated among
the States in the same proportion as provided for the allot-
ment of additional commodities under section 214(f), ex-
cept that each State shall be allocated not less than
$10,000 for each fiscal year.
‘‘(ii) If for any fiscal year a State demonstrates that
it would be impracticable to expend in accordance with
subparagraph (A) the entire amount allocated under
clause (i) to such State for such fiscal year, by showing
that—
‘‘(I) insufficient commodities are offered for do-
nation by growers;
‘‘(II) emergency feeding organizations in such
State do not wish to use the particular commodities
so offered; or
‘‘(III) processing, packaging, and transporting
such commodities would not be cost-effective;
then the Secretary shall reallocate, among States that do
not make the demonstration specified in this clause, the
part of such amount the State demonstrates would be im-
practicable for it to so expend.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), this Act shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by this Act shall not apply with respect to
fiscal years beginning before the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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