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PUBLIC LAW 98-92—SEPT. 2, 1983 97 STAT. 609 ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT AGENCIES "SEC. 201A. As used in this Act, the term 'eligible recipient agencies' means public or nonprofit organizations that administer— "(1) activities and projects providing nutrition assistance to relieve situations of emergency and distress through the provi- sion of food to needy persons, including low-income and unem- ployed persons; "(2) school lunch programs, summer camps for children, and other child nutrition programs providing food service; "(3) nutrition projects operating under the Older Americans Act of 1965, including congregate nutrition sites and providers of home-delivered meals; "(4) activities and projects that are supported under section 4 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; "(5) activities of charitable institutions, including hospitals and retirement homes, to the extent that needy persons are served;or "(6) disaster relief programs; and that have been designated by the appropriate State agency, or by the Secretary, and approved by the Secretary for participation in the program established under this Act."; (3) amending section 202(a) to read as follows; "SEC. 202. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to complement the domestic nutrition programs, make maximum use of the Nation's agricultural abundance, and expand and im- prove the domestic distribution of price-supported commodities, commodities acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation that the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the 'Secre- tary') determines, in his discretion, are in excess of quantities needed to— "(1) carry out other domestic donation programs, "(2) meet other domestic obligations (including quantities needed to carry out a payment-in-kind acreage diversion pro- gram), "(3) meet international market development and food aid commitments, and "(4) carry out the farm price and income stabilization pur- poses of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, the Agricul- tural Act of 1949, and the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, shall be made available by the Secretary, without charge or credit for such commodities, for usc by eligible recipient agencies for food assistance."; (4) in section 202(b)— (A) in the first sentence, striking out "shall" and insert- ing in lieu therof "may"; and (B) in the second sentence, striking out "December 1, 1983" and inserting in lieu thereof "October 1, 1985"; (5) inserting, after section 203, new sections 203A, 203B, and 203C as follows: "INITIAL PROCESSING COSTS "E ligible recipient agencies." 7 USC 612c note. 42 USC 3001 note. 7 USC 612c note. Ante, p. 35. 7 USC 1281. 7 USC 1421 note. 15 USC 714 note. Ante, p. 35. Ante, p. 35. "SEC. 203A. The Secretary may use funds of the Commodity Credit 7 USC 6i2c note. Corporation to pay costs of initial processing and packaging of commodities to be distributed under the program established under 11-194O-85~ 21 QL3