109 HR 5158 IH: Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2006
U.S. House of Representatives
2006-04-06
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1.This Act may be cited as the Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2006
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2.The Congress finds the following:
(1)In 2004 the number of Americans facing hunger or food insecurity increased for the fifth year in a row to 38,000,000, including 13,000,000 children or 19 percent of all American children.
(2)In 2003 according to the United States Department of Agriculture, only 56 percent of eligible Americans received benefits from the food stamp program.
(3)Administrative burdens involved in securing food stamp benefits are particularly burdensome for working families.
(4)In 2001 more than 23,000,000 people in the United States, of whom 8,900,000 were children, were forced to rely upon more than 30,000 soup kitchens and food pantries.
(5)The charitable food distribution system in the United States would benefit from increased coordination and technical assistance.
(6)Helping those who use feeding programs to move beyond the soup kitchen,
by promoting the values of community, opportunity, and responsibility, is a national priority.
<enum>I</enum><header>Amendments to the food stamp act of 1977</header>
<section id="HEE462A20544E41938169724C47D3987E"><enum>101.</enum><header>Amendments to the food stamp act of 1977</header>
<subsection id="H83A7D657645C4FCDABD3F100E5E41A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administrative cost sharing and quality control</header><text>Section 16(k) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(k)</external-xref>) is amended</text>
<paragraph id="HD6209E9C275F44A59E69E7E3E2DCED61" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum></enum><text>by striking subsection (k) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HBE8F5A4F63DA4FA68782E415A170838E"><enum>(k) </enum><header>Administrative cost for increasing access</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary is authorized to pay to each State agency an amount equal to 75 percent of the administrative costs incurred by the State agency in carrying out new activities not previously funded by the State—</text>
<paragraph id="H50F2445A93B044A8B264C6C183419129"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to increase the number of hours that food stamp offices are open on weekends and nights if there is neither a decrease in the total number of food stamp offices that are open in the State nor a decrease in the number of hours such offices are open during regular work week;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1AD6A0BE2DA543E883A4B4BB76E24498"><enum>(2) </enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to conduct verifiable activities to reduce the average wait time that applicants spend at food stamp offices or to reduce the average number of office visits required of applicants;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0EB62FEC3864C059E0000CF164D3BAC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to accept applications for food stamp benefit by means of the Internet;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8448833701EC4518A9F054AE99C1E9BC"><enum>(4) </enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to upgrade computer systems and technology in ways that specifically increase access to the food stamp program;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H23612368A621453FB1091CB83C0338F5"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the time of application, to provide applicants with a checklist listing all documents required for a complete food stamp application.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8C1C1F450F6A47A3A4581F00F5FB5DA8" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reduction of burdensome and duplicative office visits; prohibition of fingerprinting</header><text>Section 11(e)(2) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H862726510DE844B2A0639B28D3AA5B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>,</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75BD4D45B7974D90002302B16920E1B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEB02E929FCCF4C30001533B83E8B27AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>In</quote> and inserting <quote>that in</quote>, and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFD9EBA85F5AE43B7A4BF8C615BD861A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (vii) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>,</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC07D1D37233C4F93A2A435121F172666"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D) by inserting the following before the semicolon at the end: <quote>, and the fingerprint of any member of a household shall not be required for the purpose of participating in the food stamp program or for issuance of benefits for which the household would otherwise be eligible</quote>, </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC1835020DACB4ACFA9A765C527D8EA6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively, and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5A703CCB245B40769E7879ECBB7E02E8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H56C7878E0E694A2EB743A07402227D38"><enum>(C) </enum><text>that the State agency shall inform households, at the time of application, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H54D2A5378D224E90B0A625F028A5D576"><enum>(A)</enum><text> household members are not required to appear in person at the time of application, or at any other time, unless—</text>
<clause id="HA055444CF8C64AC5BFE7E0E36764F18"><enum>(I)</enum><text>expressly required by this Act ; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H6F1FE9E4BDDE44E6AB4CDBA1ED337F05"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in accordance with subparagraph (B); and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE88B6CB5372F494A9B188B5BC8C0F7A3"><enum>(B) </enum><text>if the State agency has a basis to reasonably believe that information provided by a household is incorrect or that a household has failed to provide information required for participation in the food stamp program, then—</text>
<clause id="H9E49D892D0F64C8DB9D436702B5B3DF7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the State agency shall—</text>
<subclause id="H26D12183B733468E0041940012DDA62B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provide to the household a written statement notifying the household of such belief; specifying the factual basis of such belief, informing the household of the applicable information that is believed to be incorrect or missing, and instructing the household how to correct or to provide the appropriate information; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H736293B3315046DFA61EF4205D113F92"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not require any member of such household to appear in person unless either the household fails to provide the appropriate information or the State agency cannot verify the accuracy of information the household provides in response to the request made under this subparagraph by the State agency.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> </section>
<section id="H7490154DD78648699F93B758F50B7DA"><enum>102.</enum><header>Comparative progress report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2027">7 U.S.C. 2027</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H12AA18A7F7A84DF4BECF50A68E3E33E4"><enum>(g)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit a single, unified, annual report to the appropriate committees of the Congress on the comparative progress of States in improving access to the food stamp program. The following statistics shall be included in the report with respect to each particular State:</text>
<paragraph id="H4A2A4F4B83D246CFAF004C37B7AFDCD6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The percentage of food stamp program applications processed within the 30-day period required by this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD3630F0AA6F47AAB1D999D434050784"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The average number of days required to process expedited applications for food stamp benefits.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2A70B7D70F4F48AE9C52ED8F1C831088"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The average number of days required to process regular applications for food stamp benefits.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1FF8C64999C6444499AB004E00DCE464"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The average number of office visits that each applicant makes to receive food stamp benefits.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB39436E59741443ABC4976AFF2F6C73E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statewide negative errors rates.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H47BC63A5AEF04569AB00004E45985100"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The overall participation rate of households that are eligible to participate in the food stamp program.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H538233EBB68B4CBE91339051529316E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The information specified in paragraphs (1) through (6) for a particular geographical area in such State.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Anti-hunger grants program</header>
<section id="HD7BF638EAE024B6EA41117183E1B16D0" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote>Beyond the Soup Kitchen Grants Program Act of 2006</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="H0DEBDAAAC98D4DF7B9B3056697D75077"><enum>202.</enum><header>Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program</header>
<subsection id="H7CBE4A1EAA1042EDBDCA60611D821113"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of pilot program</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a pilot program, to be known as the <quote>Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program</quote>, in accordance with this title.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H28D82373FF054B7FA52E714FBD8F7125"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the pilot program are—</text>
<paragraph id="H03453B53AA704E97A21DB76BA388B96B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide grant assistance to a primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group in each pilot community for purposes of allocating subgrants to other community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups in such community; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBED5C7D8812B41B8B6DB044F47228BE4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide technical assistance grants.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HA734B56082AD4BB0B3751FCE76D9F00"><enum>203.</enum><header>Selection of primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups and subgrantees</header>
<subsection id="H42D6EA7E07D6413AB6E7E061C73C8C03"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants to primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups</header><text>Under the pilot program and for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award not more than 30 grants to primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups, in accordance with this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H72E868C572864ECCA1459B9EB51EC1C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible for an award of a grant for a fiscal year under this section, a community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group shall submit to the Secretary an application that contains a description of how the applicant proposes to use the grant funds to implement the components of the pilot program listed in subsection (c) in the pilot community of the community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group. The application shall be submitted in such form, at such time, and containing such other information as the Secretary may require.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4F323E7D52C74A22AEA11F1080431F56"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pilot program components</header><text>An application for a grant under this section shall contain the following components:</text>
<paragraph id="H59B4D1935E96498B9C004BC7FC1B7789"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Programs component</header><text>A program component that describes, with respect to a target population of a pilot community and in accordance with section 204, programs designed for the following purposes:</text>
<subparagraph id="HBD8A433E248F4E6496B8B613AFA67312"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To reduce hunger in such target population.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE7CE16C1D46341F7A1FA2C67884FCCB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To increase the use of nutrition assistance and anti-poverty programs by such target population.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4D182F4F601647898DB98F7F37AE40E7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>To bolster food security within such target population.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H61F2C44EF4C748EF81C9B5AFC788B052"><enum>(D)</enum><text>To assist individuals and families within such target population to develop assets.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2121049DE7C34F24A1B384034266089C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>To promote the economic independence of individuals and families within such target population.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA8ADE27F93034242A9FD2677D000A7BB"><enum>(F)</enum><text>To improve the nutrition of such target population.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3338F3CFA6A74475B950777DE8A2ED39"><enum>(G)</enum><text>To reduce the occurrence of obesity in such target population.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H095A7399BF28466DA151A0F9CA96EF33" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Community food council</header><text>A community food council component that describes the formation and operation of a community food council designed to engage emergency feeding groups, Federal, State, and local government agencies, the cooperative extension system, land-grant colleges and universities, and historically African American, Hispanic, and American Indian educational institutes for the purposes described under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE08F224B02B40C5958901685C086068"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subgrants component</header><text>A subgrants component that describes a plan for the allocation of grants funds to subgrantees by the primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group, in accordance with subsection (e). </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5C1A05A7838C467D84FCC93F497E7D46"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>In evaluating an application of a community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group, the Secretary shall consider, in addition to such other criteria as the Secretary determines appropriate, the extent to which the application of the group demonstrates the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HCCE92F693D45493293BC45A59D5B83FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The capacity to serve as a leader for other community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups in the pilot community and to successfully provide technical assistance and other assistance to the greatest number of such groups.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D497DCDFCD941759496A8EE20D188BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Successful experience—</text>
<subparagraph id="H866CD0D4FFD14F42840274E1F5D5448E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in conducting a program described in section 204(b);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE48084F6FF40482095412C84C5B780A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in working with a national service, community service, or volunteer service group that conducts a program described in section 204(b);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0672944DCC9549518E9C2F5339496FB3" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in managing and using Federal grant funds, including grants for community food and nutrition programs authorized under section 681(a) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9922">42 U.S.C. 9922(a)</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE00BE2EC0D1487B94E0F307E68E5B80"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in working cooperatively with a nutrition assistance and anti-poverty program, other community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups, and faith-based and other community programs in the pilot community; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD3F61E44CFE94C778E67A352B0C0696E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in researching, monitoring, and evaluating the hunger problems in the pilot community of such organization and nutrition assistance and anti-poverty programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF1F757F39C9545D88E39C4DCD9CDB4C1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In the case of a community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group with a large budget, the existence of a financial mechanism to implement the proposal and staff expertise to handle large Federal and private grants, or in the case of a community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group with a small budget, proven effectiveness in the delivery and coordination of a program described in section 204(b).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2B04F36501D467491DF17CBB9000400"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The ability to influence other community, government, and private resources to assist in the creation and implementation of the pilot program in the pilot community of the community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1385CDB656EB42D4A194A33E50C06405"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Subgrants</header>
<paragraph id="H345051BA11F24411826BDFEB42329B70"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Selection by primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group required</header><text>Under the pilot program, the Secretary shall require a primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group that is awarded a grant under subsection (a) to select at least 10, but no more than 200, subgrantees to carry out subgrants under the grants. Such subgrants shall be used in support of the pilot program in the pilot community of such group, in accordance with section 204.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8F78BE2F0F7D417DA577664354DB425D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection of subgrantees</header><text>A primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group shall select subgrantees for purposes of paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H67125D2325C24549B8612BF3D9E969CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by selecting the subgrantee in the application submitted under subsection (b); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6A97CC7AF33B42DC9124676588D5BA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture after evaluating proposals submitted by subgrantee applicants.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HB1753559A59E4442BB2365D586192478"><enum>204.</enum><header>Uses of grants</header>
<subsection id="H5396F15A5E574F11B96E6D7BAEE88E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Required uses by primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups</header><text>A primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group that is awarded a grant under section 203(a) shall— </text>
<paragraph id="HEFD72BA85A624B068CB7B0C02C1452A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>allocate at least 60 percent of the grant for subgrants in accordance with section 203(e); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA4558EDF1924823A3D8C98081031BE6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">spend at least 5 percent of the grant on evaluation of the pilot program in the pilot community of such group.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD598FC82043047F9B470FCD28B9550D5" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible uses by primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups and subgrantees</header><text>Grant funds awarded to a primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group or allocated to a subgrantee under the pilot program may be used for any of the following purposes:</text>
<paragraph id="HF94C62C4F05D4F3384649BE9A9C7C99C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible programs</header><text>With respect to a target population in a pilot community, any of the following programs:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8E7FCD10BDA34B68869C22D31CC085E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A program that informs such population about benefits under nutrition assistance and anti-poverty programs, pre-screens members of such population to determine the eligibility of such members to receive such benefits, and assists such members to access relevant benefits. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCF0AC30B03834648B16239942D1D2035"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A program to assist such population to transition successfully from welfare to work.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H85CEBE9EEDD54DDB9E0022A75009B63"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A program that is likely to result in job creation or that involves job training, readiness, placement, or retention activities.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE23ACDF3D53943D48B7BB30169D2716"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A program to increase the supply of donated foods to community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups, especially of fresh fruits, vegetables, and other nutritious foods.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA400D3B46E9E44D6A100DEA9A904DFBA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A program that increases the access of such population to fresh fruits, vegetables, and other nutritious foods.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD526D1F5D99B4DFFB8E9CFFC3FBDA71D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A program that promotes the use of farmers’ markets, urban farms, and food-producing agriculture projects, especially a program that promotes the use of such markets, farms, and projects by nutrition assistance and anti-poverty programs.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEDCEC2CF82E8474990A77B3E96DA6D4C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A program to assess the flow of food, from production through consumption, in a community. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H80B2F71F6E004E74A730A321403B81C7"><enum>(H)</enum><text>A program that involves nutrition education, obesity reduction, or financial management activities, especially such activities that have hands-on demonstrations or that promote physical activity.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2F4B34BBB32D41FDB95B13C6C0B1268B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>A program that promotes microenterprise and small business development, especially the development of such a business that is food-related.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H74F78F6C5AE44FC6AE9841F59F81F867"><enum>(J)</enum><text>A program that assists government agencies and nonprofit groups to increase the number of sites (and participation in existing sites) for after-school snacks and meals programs under the summer food service program for children authorized under section 13 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1766">42 U.S.C. 1766</external-xref>) and the child and adult care food program authorized under section 17 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1761">42 U.S.C. 1761</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDA2F3040122B46D18CE80095E6965FBB"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A program that creates a customer advisory council at a community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group to enable an individual who obtains food from such group to consult with the council on ways to improve the operations of such group.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H60018BCC8F3641B9BB882C0900EE8814" commented="no"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A program to increase the assistance of national and community service programs, including AmeriCorps, Volunteers in Service to America (AmeriCorps-VISTA), Learn and Serve America, Senior Corps, Freedom Corps, and any other volunteer program to aid community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE2B529F5A85446708FCF880B4D777B8"><enum>(M)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A program to increase the involvement of volunteers who have professional skills with community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups and other nonprofit groups.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H950F907E1DF640489180AFEB74571C14"><enum>(N)</enum><text>A program that relates nutrition improvement and the problem of hunger within such population to broader issues within the pilot community, including community development and economic improvement.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA1E986FFC4CE4D789DF0A00E0827500"><enum>(O)</enum><text>A program that promotes the use of individual development accounts, as defined in section 404(5) of the Assets for Independence Act (title IV of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/285">Public Law 105–285</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/604">42 U.S.C. 604</external-xref> note), or any other such asset-development program.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD520519199AE403FA014063C464E4500"><enum>(P)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group, a program to—</text>
<clause id="HBD9DF365082C490D96A487492584C543"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide technical assistance to such group to increase the technical capacities of such group; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H32C44EBAC6E446FFA9430032D08C84B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>enable the group to more efficiently and effectively use computer technology, recruit volunteers, write grants, or otherwise increase the fundraising and operation of such group.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF6D641DF7BA747120026A95190050316"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>A program that provides for the provision of technical assistance and informational materials on the Internet that relate to any program described in subparagraphs (A) through (P).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF0824BFBE5AF49E0A960D34789A6B554"><enum>(R)</enum><text>A program to coordinate activities of community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups within the pilot community, including activities that further any of the following goals:</text>
<clause id="HD1E70075851646509197BECD47DC9057"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Creation of joint advertising, communications, and referral systems.</text></clause>
<clause id="HEFA9FD8730A041C0B038BEBCE4461D8D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Coordination of hours of operations and services provided.</text></clause>
<clause id="H1CC14D0E1F9347AEA32B331F69B4B079"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Creation of joint client, funding, and other databases, tracking systems, and benefits referral systems.</text></clause>
<clause id="HFCF5AA040EC944C09B013E273FBDB42"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Implementation of joint activities to reduce hunger, strengthen local food systems, reduce poverty, improve economic self-sufficiency, and reduce obesity.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE3F763B32F734D7DA14F6BCB001DA3DE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible food-related uses</header><text>Subject to the limitation in subsection (c)(1), any of the following food-related purposes:</text>
<subparagraph id="H7431F39CB595418E88F173B9EB5CBA81" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Gathering food.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEA054D71B0484B27A83EC400071DDBF5" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The collection of perishable, but safe, food from entities such as restaurants, caterers, and farms, for distribution to a target population.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H244BA243B9244C5086A1B2C23CAA2578" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Packing food.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H74F2D1E309CE4015BCC6FD752CD112C" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Sorting food.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2D9D889516B0404598DED0C2081130AD" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Processing food.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H25D14D47808C4B7F9CFB1EDEEFBC51C" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Transportation of food.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H71855C6032EC427C004D00550282D380" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Heating, cooling, or freezing of food.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H88F6806056D74A198816FE088CAC6567" commented="no"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Storage of food.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBDF47BCEEFFA458B8CDEF3541CA62622" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Administrative expenses necessary to increase the supply of nutritious food (especially fresh fruit and vegetables) distributed by community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7DF58651798B451BAABD758E1703289" commented="no"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Administrative staff and volunteer management for purposes of performing activities listed in subparagraphs (A) through (H).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D4342BE2A9348B188FCE28936F1378E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible stipends</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the provision of stipends to customers for expenses incurred by such customers for participating in a customer advisory council described in section 204(b)(1)(K).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H880706115CFF4CC7B4E411C3225506F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="H7DBFEEA130F54FE4ABDEC25964D1B37F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation on food purchases</header><text>No more than 20 percent of the total amount of grant funds awarded to a primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group or allocated to a subgrantee under the pilot program may be used to directly purchase food.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8198855EC22849429730F808343C8042"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on funds expended to national or community service program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant funds awarded to a primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group or allocated to a subgrantee under the pilot program may not be used to provide a volunteer in a national or community service program listed in subsection (b)(1)(L) with any educational funding, stipend, health care, or child care.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HA1F8CAA0872547A6B502CAC82E818F81"><enum>205.</enum><header>Technical assistance</header>
<subsection id="H0827DEF6F9A94882B6C0CB1F02138CD5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical assistance grants</header><text>Under the pilot program and for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants to technical assistance community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups, in accordance with this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H1B9C4761ED004DFCAD99B309AB61E700" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application for technical assistance grants</header><text>To be eligible for an award of a grant under this section, a technical assistance community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group shall submit to the Secretary an application containing a description of how the applicant proposes to use the grant funds to provide technical assistance to all pilot communities. The application shall be submitted in such form, at such time, and containing such other information as the Secretary may require.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H18656AEF41FA417CA1DE9DD23492F9FA" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Criteria to receive grants</header><text>In evaluating an application of a technical assistance community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group, the Secretary shall consider, in addition to such other criteria as the Secretary determines appropriate, the extent to which the application of the technical assistance group demonstrates the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H2D357C49CD524522AB9E755BA9A58F05"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The ability to provide capacity-building technical assistance to community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB7169F18370F4DE3B200E978A9E3E9F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Organizational and staff experience in—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCB82C9831AD441B900ADFA3607585C53"><enum>(A)</enum><text>national issues related to emergency food programs, food banks, food rescue organizations, the hunger problem, food insecurity, anti-poverty programs, and nutrition education;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC99EEFF3D9874DEBA2363924CB74F6CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing technical assistance to community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups and conducting outreach programs on nutrition assistance and anti-poverty programs;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD3DB346E72704570912CFBDF9F03E9A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>successfully working with national and community service programs, including such programs listed in section 204(b)(1)(L);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H321A7B7CAF79407CACCE622B46834F00"><enum>(D)</enum><text>working cooperatively or in a leadership role with other national, regional, State, and local eligible technical entities; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1416B96537734B7C9F9540763ECE332F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>working with a wide variety of faith-based and community organizations and with community-wide religious and civic organizations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1D1B30F9265947E5BE2DBD11E403C8DD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Proven financial control mechanisms and staff expertise to work with large Federal and private grants, or in the case of a technical assistance community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group with a small operating budget, effectiveness in program delivery and coordination.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H20BA6DE5BBE346E200899D00A8FD8BFD" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Department of Agriculture technical assistance authorized</header>
<paragraph id="H1FD061C50CDD475BBC45C7ED29209BB3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance from Department of Agriculture</header><text>The Secretary may provide technical and evaluation assistance to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9782E89C0EBC460AB85400512D6727E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a technical assistance community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group awarded a grant under subsection (a);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H616E77EBA59646C283583763B9D864AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group awarded a grant under section 203(a) or a subgrantee selected under section 203(e); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B590B7CB4E74372BCB95C38A133C4E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group or technical assistance community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group that does not receive a grant under this Act, but that carries out activities similar to those of such a group or subgrantee.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H19A5932AA3DF44348EB0E8BCF62771A1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance from Federal departments and agencies</header><text>The head of any Federal department or agency may provide technical assistance to a group or subgrantee referred to in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1) to carry out activities described in subparagraph (C) of such paragraph.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85DE5E54264B4DD5A3EE2D789EA8B733"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistance from State and local agencies and land-grant colleges and universities</header><text>The Secretary may encourage any appropriate State or local agency or land-grant college or university to provide technical assistance to such groups or subgrantees to carry out such activities.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HA4566E819D76416D97903200D272FE72" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>206.</enum><header>Allocation of grants</header>
<subsection id="H57BDFD989BFB46E1AE3192B2507F45E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allocation by type of grant</header><text>Of the amounts made available to carry out this title for a fiscal year—</text>
<paragraph id="H5E19A54489924490894EFB7EDF5EC9E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$190,000,000 is available for grants to primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups authorized under section 203(a); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H875D3D12BECD49F29B98B567CBE57629"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$8,000,000 is available for technical assistance grants authorized under section 205(a).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6E116ED6F4394A8BA1A908E1A923E3E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocation to pilot communities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available under subsection (a)(1) to primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate such amounts to one primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group in each of the pilot communities listed in subsection (c) and may allocate such amounts to one such group in each pilot community designated by the Secretary under subsection (d)(2). The amount allocated to a primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group—</text>
<paragraph id="H3E7BA16BC1DE4190A0E4CA00762372DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall not be less than $500,000, nor more than $20,000,000; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02122C020389462188FB471135567375"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be in proportion to the number of individuals and families within the target population of the pilot community involved.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H346B4C3A9AD74E04A76C6F304473AC83"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pilot communities listed</header><text>For purposes of subsection (b), a pilot community listed in this subsection is each of the following areas:</text>
<paragraph id="H96887DC130384D3800314FB7C01B9B00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>New York, New York.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBD6D437D15DE4FBFB27DE7EBB9C512E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Chicago, Illinois.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2DB4D8F6A8D14273B11999B268B9F9C1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0FB77CDB055C4D8BBEA24543D65F7EEF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Puerto Rico.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5FB521E6919D4E62986F208F60EF14A9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Indianapolis, Indiana.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEA030B4D484C4A0C923F349459612480"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Des Moines, Iowa.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4259CDCC15F84707A000AFD654377E2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Toledo, Ohio.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8439F7685120466181C5D9BEAACABBB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Savannah, Georgia.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB667BC87108B4DBDB304D5AB3635B1CF"><enum>(9)</enum><text>New Haven, Connecticut.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5CCA251BB09E412E94F58EE2A826EB57"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Roanoke, Virginia.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF79FE77850124E1EA32CD4DED58E2B90" commented="no"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Santa Cruz county, Santa Clara county, and Monterey county in California.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B15AE23E6674D2E967CA9EC8300779E"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Onondaga County in New York.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8DE2785660984F2C86E27962A4C8091B"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The rural boroughs in Alaska.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H628C7FE6704B4C2496C5268908AB5921"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Washington metropolitan region.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4B3180D9AB9546BA9197E39960621BC"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Pittsburgh and the suburban and rural areas in southwestern Pennsylvania.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H64B5D29505644893A3D4C886DE364C79"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Rural counties in eastern Kentucky.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5225FFD55A4F474F9482EDA11974CC28"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Counties in northern West Virginia.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE6D4792AC94C42458E94442900238921"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Rural counties in southern Texas.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H600D89DC7D5C4A97AAE3B438866C251D"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Rural counties in southern Missouri.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H10E854E97CD445BBABB6070862656B7E"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Rural counties in north, west, and central Wisconsin.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H911C67BF2F544B33BC47403B8D49A66C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Specification of areas; designation of additional pilot communities</header>
<paragraph id="HEAFD3FA6E3934B45B719262C3EFFA2F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Specification of areas</header><text>The Secretary shall specify the counties or other areas to be included in each of the pilot communities described in paragraphs (15) through (20) of subsection (c).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD52812BD322E4BE7A590EA616CC70278"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation of additional pilot communities</header><text>The Secretary may designate not more than 10 pilot communities in addition to those listed in subsection (c).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H0154D90805B74FF9AC6C4FB237BF127E"><enum>207.</enum><header>Reports and evaluation</header>
<subsection id="HF4AAEDF65774432A9D8CB3B1158DF885"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Subgrantee report to primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group</header><text>Not later than 9 days after the end of the fiscal year for which a subgrantee received a subgrant under section 203(e), the subgrantee shall submit to the primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group that selected the subgrantee under such section a report that evaluates the results of the activities, including financial expenditures, during such fiscal year of the subgrantee in carrying out the subgrant.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HD8B65938A56B441AA747298D457845F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group reports to Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the end of the fiscal year for which a primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group received a grant under section 203(a), the group shall submit to the Secretary a report that evaluates the results of the activities, including financial expenditures, during the preceding fiscal year of the group in carrying out the grant. Such report shall include each report submitted to the group by a subgrantee under subsection (a) for such fiscal year.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H40BF673CD7B640949CDC978C6333A88D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual reports to Congress</header><text>Not later than October 31 of each of calendar years 2007 through 2011, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the progress of the pilot program. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5318A17123EB4341A71E376F136780D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Final report to Congress</header><text>Not later than April 30, 2012, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that evaluates the successes and challenges of the pilot program and that makes such recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate for similar future grants programs.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H5D843460A4FA4B49B7E19FD00E12C8F"><enum>208.</enum><header>Administrative provisions</header>
<subsection id="H25C9DA0CA5DA45B9AD5910B8EF54BE45"><enum>(a)</enum><header>One year extension of grants</header>
<paragraph id="HD670084AD25A4F43B0CC2D230304FB85"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Beyond the Soup Kitchen grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the expiration of a grant awarded to a community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group under section 203(a) and the request of such group, the Secretary, in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary, may extend the duration of the grant once, by one fiscal year, if the Secretary determines that the programs established and implemented by such group with the grant resulted in (or are likely to result in) significant progress in satisfying the purposes of the pilot program described in section 203(c)(1). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H63AB3C85618345F3A4C589A27EE24A4" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical assistance grants</header><text>Upon the expiration of a grant awarded to a technical assistance community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group under section 205(a) and the request of such entity, the Secretary, in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary, may extend the duration of the grant once, by one fiscal year, if the Secretary determines that such technical assistance group has successfully provided all pilot programs with technical assistance.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA141A61988C74757AEF63630A2F8B4DB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form of grants</header><text>The Secretary, if the Secretary finds it appropriate, may use cooperative agreements, as described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6305">section 6305</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, for purposes of awarding grants to primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups under section 203(a) and to technical assistance community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups under section 205(a).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H6BD93D34BB59417EA855D45335557C6D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>209.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H9A9C49131D5A4956B33D7B6F63078173"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE14A776AF48C4D3DAA3F52B72594A4DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pilot program</header><text>The term <term>pilot program</term> means the Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program established under section 202(a).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9C0BF674B11E49D700C1C03B4EDF1C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group</term> means an anti-hunger organization, food bank, food pantry, soup kitchen, food rescue group, or community food security organization that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFB3F787451F84A0C9BE8089E90EA3F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H096E1623E89D4BC3A45E14A7FD81C414"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is located in (or regularly provides service to) a pilot community.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2393141ECCC94B6687E8DA07C23D78F7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group</header><text>The term <term>primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group</term> means a community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group awarded a grant under section 203(a). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H40D5A4CDCC50408D9E43BFD0B7475800"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Subgrantee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>subgrantee</term> means a community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group (other than a primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H52C6EFCAE593446BB2F699D3C54FF59E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that is selected under section 203(e) by a primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H34D19074A69645D586D92754A52F1F32"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that is located in (or regularly provides service to) the pilot community in which the primary nonprofit feeding group is located (or to which the primary nonprofit feeding group provides regular service).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA0CAFBB7F42E4F8ABCA77CC600F91DA7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Technical assistance community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>technical assistance community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group</term> means a national, State, or local group that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H12FBC6135C6E4FA1945792759500846B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is an anti-hunger group, food bank, food pantry, soup kitchen, food rescue group, or community food security organization;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6138A0129DC34A79B02C70A91115382B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H42AE8B45C41942B6A4ED860831B1F19E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has the capacity to provide technical assistance to all pilot communities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC878BC0F01DA40A9B0196C00B8E15B90"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Pilot community</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>pilot community</term> means a community specified in section 206(b). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H81F56ADDBA334D7386EBFC002485F533"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Target population</header><text>The term <term>target population</term> includes an individual who (or family that)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3142152165404A28B0FAC8FEC8312152"><enum>(A)</enum><text>earns an income below 200 percent of the Federal poverty line;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE7EB1D3C4AB14E7900F12D91249F8263"><enum>(B)</enum><text>suffers from food insecurity;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8522E96C73EE411AAD328842D23267FD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>earns insufficient income to ensure food security for such individual or family;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E6651194D844713B400C133638F6845"><enum>(D)</enum><text>lives in a community that suffers from poverty, hunger, or food insecurity;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF556BCEFD2AF49C7872EFF1B79ACD893"><enum>(E)</enum><text>is homeless;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC813D56AA23246FC00F4D83E008D34FD"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receives (or recently received) assistance under a State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. et seq.), relating to temporary assistance to needy families; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3F2673F4D3F34A9F853F153D1C8E30D9"><enum>(G)</enum><text>is eligible for benefits under any nutrition assistance or anti-poverty program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCADE39F173C64C5DBA2B1D6800A1E236"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Nutrition assistance and anti-poverty program</header><text>The term <term>nutrition assistance and anti-poverty program</term> means any Federal, State, or local government assistance program offered to low-income individuals or families, including the following programs:</text>
<subparagraph id="H4F5ED837C962431AB777FEAA00A371"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The food stamp program established under section 4 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2013">7 U.S.C. 2013</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0028FFE7F10E4C4BB6B553F9C38E29A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A program authorized under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) or Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>), including the national school lunch program, the national school breakfast program, the summer food service program for children, the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, and the child and adult care food program. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0BBA88C42A824CAA8FCBA9EEAB730008"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The earned income tax credit allowed under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/32">section 32</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/32">26 U.S.C. 32</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA2F9858E1F3645650057DAC5C6BFFD4"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Food insecurity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>food insecurity</term> means a lack of consistent access to food.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0915880CCB1245D3A88FA326976B66AD"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Washington metropolitan region</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Washington metropolitan region</term> includes the District of Columbia, the counties of Montgomery and Prince Georges in Maryland, and the counties of Arlington and Fairfax and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H378AEB422D734925834F3E6C498F80ED"><enum>210.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 to carry out this title.</text></section>
<enum>III</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<section id="HAD0062C4B696497DAB3BD4261DD1BAB5"><enum>301.</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st month that begins more than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></section>