[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3453 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3453

    To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to purchase additional commodities for distribution under 
  section 214 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 for fiscal 
                          years 2001 and 2002.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 1999

Mr. Goodlatte introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to purchase additional commodities for distribution under 
  section 214 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 for fiscal 
                          years 2001 and 2002.

    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 ``Emergency Food Assistance 
Enhancement Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. USE OF CERTAIN UNEXPENDED FUNDS TO PURCHASE COMMODITIES.

    Section 16(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(C)--
                    (A) by striking ``Reallocation.--'' and inserting 
                ``Reallocation of funds; use of unexpended funds.--
                (i)'', and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(ii) Funds available under clause (i) that are 
                not reallocated under such clause, but not to exceed 
                $25,000,000 for such fiscal year, shall be used by the 
                Secretary to purchase and distribute commodities in the 
                manner described in section 27 and in addition to the 
                dollar amount specified in such section.'', and
            (2) in paragraph (4) by inserting ``by the State agency'' 
        after ``used'' each place it appears.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this Act 
shall apply only with respect to funds appropriated after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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