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(1) by striking ‘‘(A) PURCHASE OF COMMODITIES’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘$140,000,000 of’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) PURCHASE OF COMMODITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made available to carry 
out this Act, for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012, 
the Secretary shall purchase a dollar amount described in para-
graph (2) of’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) AMOUNTS.—The Secretary shall use to carry out para-
graph (1)— 
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2008, $190,000,000; 
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2009, $250,000,000; and 
‘‘(C) for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012, the 
dollar amount of commodities specified in subparagraph 
(B) adjusted by the percentage by which the thrifty food 
plan has been adjusted under section 3(u)(4) between June 
30, 2008, and June 30 of the immediately preceding fiscal 
year.’’. 
(b) STATE PLANS.—Section 202A of the Emergency Food Assist-
ance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7503) is amended by striking subsection 
(a) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To receive commodities under this Act, 
a State shall submit to the Secretary an operation and adminis-
tration plan for the provision of benefits under this Act. 
‘‘(2) UPDATES.—A State shall submit to the Secretary for 
approval any amendment to a plan submitted under paragraph 
(1) in any case in which the State proposes to make a change 
to the operation or administration of a program described in 
the plan.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 204(a)(1) of 
the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1)) 
is amended in the first sentence— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$60,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘and donated wild game’’ before the period 
at the end. 
SEC. 4202. EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAM INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. 
The Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 is amended by 
inserting after section 208 (7 U.S.C. 7511) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 209. EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAM INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this section, the term 
‘eligible entity’ means an emergency feeding organization. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use funds made 
available under subsection (d) to make grants to eligible entities 
to pay the costs of an activity described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) RURAL PREFERENCE.—The Secretary shall use not less 
than 50 percent of the funds described in paragraph (1) for 
a fiscal year to make grants to eligible entities that serve 
predominantly rural communities for the purposes of— 
‘‘(A) expanding the capacity and infrastructure of food 
banks, State-wide food bank associations, and food bank 
collaboratives that operate in rural areas; and
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‘‘(B) improving the capacity of the food banks to pro-
cure, receive, store, distribute, track, and deliver time- 
sensitive or perishable food products. 
‘‘(c) USE
OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity shall use a grant 
received under this section for any fiscal year to carry out activities 
of the eligible entity, including— 
‘‘(1) the development and maintenance of a computerized 
system for the tracking of time-sensitive food products; 
‘‘(2) capital, infrastructure, and operating costs associated 
with the collection, storage, distribution, and transportation 
of time-sensitive and perishable food products; 
‘‘(3) improving the security and diversity of the emergency 
food distribution and recovery systems of the United States 
through the support of small or mid-size farms and ranches, 
fisheries, and aquaculture, and donations from local food pro-
ducers and manufacturers to persons in need; 
‘‘(4) providing recovered foods to food banks and similar 
nonprofit emergency food providers to reduce hunger in the 
United States; 
‘‘(5) improving the identification of— 
‘‘(A) potential providers of donated foods; 
‘‘(B) potential nonprofit emergency food providers; and 
‘‘(C) persons in need of emergency food assistance in 
rural areas; and 
‘‘(6) constructing, expanding, or repairing a facility or equip-
ment to support hunger relief agencies in the community. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.’’. 
PART II—FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM ON 
INDIAN RESERVATIONS 
SEC. 4211. ASSESSING THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF THE FDPIR FOOD 
PACKAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013) is amended by striking subsection (b) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Distribution of commodities, with or 
without the supplemental nutrition assistance program, shall 
be made whenever a request for concurrent or separate food 
program operations, respectively, is made by a tribal organiza-
tion. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraphs (B) and 
(C), in the event of distribution on all or part of an Indian 
reservation, the appropriate agency of the State govern-
ment in the area involved shall be responsible for the 
distribution. 
‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION BY TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—If the 
Secretary determines that a tribal organization is capable 
of effectively and efficiently administering a distribution 
described in paragraph (1), then the tribal organization 
shall administer the distribution. 
‘‘(C) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary shall not approve 
any plan for a distribution described in paragraph (1) that
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permits any household on any Indian reservation to partici-
pate simultaneously in the supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program and the program established under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(3) DISQUALIFIED PARTICIPANTS.—An individual who is dis-
qualified from participation in the food distribution program 
on Indian reservations under this subsection is not eligible 
to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
under this Act for a period of time to be determined by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary is authorized 
to pay such amounts for administrative costs and distribution 
costs on Indian reservations as the Secretary finds necessary 
for effective administration of such distribution by a State 
agency or tribal organization. 
‘‘(5) BISON MEAT.—Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions to carry out this paragraph, the Secretary may purchase 
bison meat for recipients of food distributed under this sub-
section, including bison meat from— 
‘‘(A) Native American bison producers; and 
‘‘(B) producer–owned cooperatives of bison ranchers. 
‘‘(6) TRADITIONAL AND LOCALLY-GROWN FOOD FUND.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appro-
priations, the Secretary shall establish a fund for use in 
purchasing traditional and locally-grown foods for recipi-
ents of food distributed under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) NATIVE
AMERICAN
PRODUCERS.—Where prac-
ticable, of the food provided under subparagraph (A), at 
least 50 percent shall be produced by Native American 
farmers, ranchers, and producers. 
‘‘(C) 
DEFINITION
OF
TRADITIONAL
AND
LOCALLY 
GROWN.—The Secretary shall determine the definition of 
the term ‘traditional and locally-grown’ with respect to 
food distributed under this paragraph. 
‘‘(D) SURVEY.—In carrying out this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(i) survey participants of the food distribution pro-
gram on Indian reservations established under this 
subsection to determine which traditional foods are 
most desired by those participants; and 
‘‘(ii) purchase or offer to purchase those traditional 
foods that may be procured cost-effectively. 
‘‘(E) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this paragraph, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report 
describing the activities carried out under this paragraph 
during the preceding calendar year. 
‘‘(F) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this paragraph $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2012.’’. 
(b) FDPIR FOOD PACKAGE.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives
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and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
Senate a report that describes— 
(1) how the Secretary derives the process for determining 
the food package under the food distribution program on Indian 
reservations established under section 4(b) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)) (referred to in this 
subsection as the ‘‘food package’’); 
(2) the extent to which the food package— 
(A) addresses the nutritional needs of low-income 
Native Americans compared to the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program, particularly for very low-income house-
holds; 
(B) conforms (or fails to conform) to the 2005 Dietary 
Guidelines for Americans published under section 301 of 
the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research 
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341); 
(C) addresses (or fails to address) the nutritional and 
health challenges that are specific to Native Americans; 
and 
(D) is limited by distribution costs or challenges in 
infrastructure; and 
(3)(A) any plans of the Secretary to revise and update 
the food package to conform with the most recent Dietary 
Guidelines for Americans, including any costs associated with 
the planned changes; or 
(B) if the Secretary does not plan changes to the food 
package, the rationale of the Secretary for retaining the food 
package. 
PART III—COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 4221. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM. 
Section 5 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 
1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note; Public Law 93–86) is amended by striking 
subsection (g) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(g) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
(including regulations), the Secretary may not require a State or 
local agency to prioritize assistance to a particular group of individ-
uals that are— 
‘‘(1) low-income persons aged 60 and older; or 
‘‘(2) women, infants, and children.’’. 
PART IV—SENIOR FARMERS’ MARKET 
NUTRITION PROGRAM 
SEC. 4231. SENIORS FARMERS’ MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM. 
Section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘honey,’’ after ‘‘vegeta-
bles,’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) EXCLUSION OF BENEFITS IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR 
OTHER PROGRAMS.—The value of any benefit provided to any eligible 
seniors farmers’ market nutrition program recipient under this