[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3978 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3978

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase commodities under 
      the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 using State funds.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 1996

 Mr. Dicks (for himself, Mr. de la Garza, Mr. Roberts, Mr. McDermott, 
 and Mr. Nethercutt) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                    to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase commodities under 
      the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 using State funds.

    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 ``TEFAP State Partnership Act of 
1996''.

SEC 2. PURCHASE AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.

    The Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is 
amended by inserting after 203D the following:

``SEC. 203E. PURCHASE OF COMMODITIES FOR STATE SUPPLEMENTATION OF 
              PROGRAM.

    ``(a) The Secretary may enter into an agreement with a State under 
which State funds are advanced to the Secretary for the purpose of--
            ``(1) purchasing commodities of the types typically 
        purchased for distribution under the program authorized under 
        this Act;
            ``(2) processing, packaging, handling, storage, or delivery 
        of commodities purchased under paragraph (1); and
            ``(3) paying for the Secretary's administrative costs under 
        this subsection.
    ``(b) The State shall distribute commodities purchased under 
subsection (a) only to emergency feeding organizations that have 
entered into an agreement for participation in the program authorized 
by this Act for use in providing food assistance to needy households 
that meet the eligibility criteria established by the State for the 
receipt of commodities provided under section 214 of this Act. The 
Secretary shall establish any additional requirements associated with 
the distribution of commodities obtained under subsection (a) in 
accordance with subsection 203D(a) of this Act.''.
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