12 2 STA T . 1 8 8 3PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 46—J U NE 18 , 2008 (2)byinsert in g‘ ‘ a n d d o nated w i l dga m e ’ ’be f ore t h e p eriod at the end .SEC.420 2.E M E RG E N C YFO O DP ROGR A M I NFRAS T R U CTURE GRANTS. T he E mergen c y F ood A ssistance Act of 1983 is amended by inserting after section 2 0 8( 7U . S . C .7 5 11) the following
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‘SEC. 20 9 . EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAM INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. ‘‘(a) DEFIN I T I O NOFE L I G I B LE ENTIT Y . —I n this section , the term ‘eligible entity’ means an emergency feeding organi z ation. ‘‘(b) PR OGR AM A U T H ORI Z E D .— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall u se funds made a v ailable under subsection (d) to ma k e grants to eligible entities to pay the costs of an activity described in subsection (c). ‘‘(2) R URAL P REFEREN C E.—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) e x panding the capacity and infrastructure of food banks, State - wide food bank associations, and food bank collaboratives that operate in rural areas
and ‘‘( B ) improving the capacity of the food banks to pro- cure, receive, store, distribute, track, and deliver time- sensitive or perishable food products. ‘‘(c) U S E 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 a q uaculture, 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.’’. 7USC 7 51 1 a.
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