PUBLIC LAW 98-92—SEPT. 2, 1983 97 STAT. 611 (B) inserting, after the first sentence, a new subsection (b) as follows: "(b) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1984, and Septem- ber 30, 1985, for the Secretary to make available to the States for storage and distribution costs of which not less than twenty per centum of the amount appropriated under this subsection in any fiscal year shall be made available for paying or providing advance payments to cover the actual costs incurred by charitable institu- tions, food banks, hunger centers, soup kitchens, and similar non- profit eligible recipient agencies providing nutrition assistance to relieve situations of emergency and distress through the provision of food to needy persons, including low-income and unemployed per- sons: Provided, That in no case shall such payments exceed five per centum of the value of commodities distributed by any such agency."; and (C) in subsection (c), as so designated by subclause (A) of this clause, striking out "this appropriation" and inserting in lieu thereof "appropriations made or authorized under this section"; (7) in section 205— (A) amending the heading to read as follows: Appropriation autnonzation for storage and distribution costs. Ante, p. 36. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROGRAMS, (B) inserting "(a)" after the section designation; and (C) adding, at the end thereof, a new subsection "(b)" as follows: "(b) Except as otherwise provided in section 203A of this Act, none of the commodities distributed under this Act shall be sold or otherwise disposed of in commercial channels in any form."; (8) amending section 209 to read as follows: "SEC. 209. Section 5(a)(2) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protec- tion Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by striking out 'amount appropriated for the provision of commodities to State agencies' and inserting in lieu thereof 'sum of (A) the amount appropriated for the commodity supplemental food program and (B) the value of the additional commodities donated by the Secretary to State or local agencies for use in such program which are provided without charge against funds appropriated for such program and are included in food packages distributed to program participants' "; (9) in section 210— (A) inserting "(a)" after the section designation; and (B) adding, at the end thereof, new subsections (b) and (c) as follows: "(b) In administering this Act, the Secretary shall minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, the regulatory, recordkeeping, and pajperwork requirements imposed on eligible recipient agencies. '(c) With respect to the commodity distribution program under this Act in effect during the fiscal years ending September 30, 1984, and September 30, 1985, the Secretary shall, not later than October 1, 1983, publish in the Federal Register an estimate of the types and quantities of commodities that the Secretary anticipates are likely to be made available during the first twelve months of the program; and, prior to the beginning of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register an estimate of the types and quantities of commodities that the Secretary antici- Ante, p. 609. Ante, p. 36. Ante, p. 36. Administration. Publication in Federal Register.
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