I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6457 
To provide grants to enhance the most effective freezing methods to improve 
access to affordable and locally produced specialty crops. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 
Mr. CARSON of Indiana (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. 
RANGEL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To provide grants to enhance the most effective freezing 
methods to improve access to affordable and locally pro-
duced specialty crops. 
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 ‘‘Preserving Healthy 
Food for the Hungry Act’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
QUICK 
FREEZE 
AND 
FLASH 
FREEZE 
LOCAL 
PRODUCE GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 231 of the Agricultural 
Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1632a) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)(7)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘and subsection (f)’’ after ‘‘subsection’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) PRIORITY TO BE GIVEN TO MAKING 
QUICK
FREEZE
AND
FLASH
FREEZE
LOCAL 
PRODUCE GRANTS.—In expending funds under 
this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority 
to making grants under subsection (f).’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)(2), by inserting ‘‘, except 
pursuant to subsection (f)’’ before the period; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) QUICK FREEZE AND FLASH FREEZE LOCAL 
PRODUCE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability 
of appropriations to carry out this section, the Sec-
retary shall make a grant of at least $100,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2019 to any 
institution eligible to receive funds under the Act of 
July 2, 1862 (12 Stat. 503–505, as amended; 7 
U.S.C. 301–305, 307 and 308), or the Act of Au-
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gust 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 417–419, as amended; 7 
U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) that applies therefor, to 
assist persons in preserving the quality and shelf-life 
of fruit and vegetable crops produced by the persons 
on qualified land, through the use of mobile and 
fixed flash freezing and quick freezing units and 
other units utilizing freezing methods which produce 
the same result, in accordance with any applicable 
Federal, State, or local food safety law, regulation, 
or ordinance. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(A) QUALIFIED LAND.—The term ‘quali-
fied land’ means, with respect to a person, any 
plot of land owned or operated by the person, 
the annual gross sales from the specialty crops 
produced 
on 
which 
are 
not 
more 
than 
$249,000. 
‘‘(B) SPECIALTY
CROP.—The term ‘spe-
cialty crop’ has the meaning provided in section 
3(1) of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act 
of 2004.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
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