Farm to Food Bank Reauthorization Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5094 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5094

     To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to provide 
additional agricultural products for distribution by emergency feeding 
                 organizations, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 18, 2024

   Mr. Casey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to provide 
additional agricultural products for distribution by emergency feeding 
                 organizations, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Farm to Food Bank Reauthorization 
Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. PROJECTS FOR STATES TO PURCHASE PRIORITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 203D of the Emergency Food Assistance Act 
of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``donate'' and inserting 
        ``donate, sell, or otherwise provide'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``donated for the use 
        of'' and inserting ``donated or otherwise provided for the use 
        of, or sold to,''; and
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``donated'' and 
                inserting ``donated, sold, or otherwise provided'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``50'' 
                        and inserting ``75''; and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Reimbursement for costs.--In carrying out a 
                project, a State may reimburse an agricultural 
                producer, processor, or distributor participating in 
                the project for eligible costs, as determined by the 
                Secretary.'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``donation'' 
                and inserting ``donation, sale, or other provision''; 
                and
                    (D) in paragraph (5), by striking ``$4,000,000 for 
                each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024'' and inserting 
                ``$8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 
                2029''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 202A(b)(5) of the Emergency Food 
Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7503(b)(5)) is amended by striking 
``donated commodities received under section 203D(d)'' and inserting 
``commodities received under subsection (c) or (d) of section 203D''.
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