Charitable Assistance and Food Bank Act of 1987
PL 100-232 (H.R.3435), enacted 01/05/1988

101 STAT. 1566 
PUBLIC LAW 100-232—JAN. 5, 1988 
Public Law 100-
100th Congress 
-232 
An Act 
Jan. 5, 1988 
[H.R. 3435] 
Charitable 
Assistance and 
Food Bank Act 
of 1987. 
7 u s e 2011 note. 
To provide that certain charitable donations, and payments for blood contributed, 
shall be excluded from income for purposes of the Food Stamp Program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Charitable Assistance and Food 
Bank Act of 1987". 
SEC. 2. FOOD STAMP PROGRAM. 
(a) Section 5(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2014(d)) is 
amended— 
(1) in clause (8) by inserting "cash donations based on need 
that are received from one or more private nonprofit charitable 
organizations, but not in excess of $800 in the aggregate in a 
quarter," after "or credits,". 
7 use 2014 note. 
QoXD EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
amendment made by this section shall become effective upon the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—The amendment made by this 
section shall not apply with respect to allotments issued under the 
Food Stamp Act of 1977 to any household for any month beginning 
before the date of enactment of this Act. 
7 u s e 612c note. 
SEC. 3. FOOD BANK DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 
(a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out no less than one 
demonstration project to provide and redistribute agricultural 
commodities and food products thereof as authorized under section 
32 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjust-
ment Act, and for other purposes", approved August 24, 1935, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 612c), to needy individuals and families through 
community food banks. The Secretary may use a State agency or 
any other food distribution system for such provision or redistribu-
tion of section 32 agricultural commodities and food products 
through community food banks under a demonstration project. 
Records. 
(b) Each food bank participating in the demonstration projects 
under this section shall establish a recordkeeping system and 
internal procedures to monitor the use of agricultural commodities 
and food products provided under this section. The Secretary shall 
develop standards by which the feasibility and effectiveness of the 
project shall be measured, and shall conduct an ongoing review of 
the effectiveness of the projects. 
(c) The Secretary shall determine the quantities, varieties, and 
types of agricultural commodities and food products to be made 
available under this section. 
Effective date. 
(d) This section shall be effective for the period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 1990. 
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(e) The Secretary shall submit annual progress reports to Con- Reports, 
gress beginning on July 1, 1988, and a final report on July 1, 1990, 
regarding each demonstration project carried out under this section. 
Such reports shall include analyses and evaluations of the provision 
and redistribution of agricultural commodities and food products 
under the demonstration projects. In addition, the Secretary shall 
" 
include in the final report any recommendations regarding improve-
ments in the provision and redistribution of agricultural commod-
ities and food products to community food banks and the feasibility 
of expanding such method of provisions and redistribution of agri-
cultural commodities and food products to other community food 
banks. 
Approved January 5, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3435: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-478, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Agriculture). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 133 (1987): 
Dec. 14, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 19, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Dec. 21, House concurred in Senate amendment.