Food Bank Assistance Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4020
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2017-10-11
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Appropriations

Department of Agriculture

Executive agency funding and structure

Food assistance and relief

Nutrition and diet
Latest action: action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-10-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Food Bank Assistance Act of 201</b><b>7</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 and the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide additional funding to the Department of Agriculture for carrying out the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). </p> <p>(TEFAP helps supplement the diets of low-income Americans, including the elderly, by providing them with emergency food and nutrition assistance. The program provides food and administrative funds to states to supplement the diets of these groups.) </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4020 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 11, 2017 Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico (for herself and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 relating to the distribution of food; and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Food Bank Assistance Act of 2017 . 2. Food Distribution Under the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (a) Amendment The 1st sentence of section 204(a)(1) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 ( 7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1) ) is amended by striking and donated wild game and inserting , donated wild game, and any other donated foods . (b) Appropriation There is hereby appropriated $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years that begins on or after the effective date of this Act, to carry out section 204(a)(1) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 ( 7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1) ). 3. Availability of commodities for the emergency food assistance program Section 27(a)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2036(a)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C) by striking 2018 and inserting 2017 , (2) in subparagraph (D)— (A) by striking through 2018 and inserting and 2017 , (B) in clause (i) by adding and at the end, (C) in clause (ii) by adding and at the end, and (D) by striking clauses (iii) and (iv), and (3) by amending subparagraph (E) to read as follows: (E) (i) for fiscal year 2018, $500,000,000; and (ii) for each subsequent fiscal year, the amount specified in clause (i) adjusted by the percentage by which the thrifty food plan has been adjusted under section 3(u)(4) to reflect changes between June 30, 2016, and June 30 of the immediately preceding fiscal year. . 4. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.