[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3312 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3312

To expand the authority of the Department of Defense to donate unusable 
                                 food.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 1996

  Ms. Harman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To expand the authority of the Department of Defense to donate unusable 
                                 food.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO DONATE UNUSABLE FOOD.

    (a) Authority for Donations From Defense Agencies.--Section 2485 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out ``Secretary of 
a military department'' in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``Secretary of Defense''.
    (b) Expansion of Eligible Recipients.--Such section is further 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking out ``authorized 
        charitable nonprofit food banks'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``food banks, State and local agencies, and veterans 
        organizations specified under subsection (d)''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by striking out ``may only be made'' 
        and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof the 
        following: ``may only be made to the following entities:
            ``(1) A charitable nonprofit food bank that is designated 
        by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Health and 
        Human Services as authorized to receive such donations.
            ``(2) A State or local agency that is designated by the 
        Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services as authorized to receive such donations.
            ``(3) A chapter or other local unit of a recognized 
        national veterans organization that provides services to 
        persons without adequate shelter and is designated by the 
        Secretary of Veterans Affairs as authorized to receive such 
        donations.''.
    (c) Clarification of Food That May Be Donated.--Subsection (b) of 
such section is further amended by inserting ``rations known as 
humanitarian daily rations (HDRs),'' after ``(MREs),''.
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