[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4788 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4788

             To address emergency shortages in food banks.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 18, 2007

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

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                                 A BILL


 
             To address emergency shortages in food banks.

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

SECTION 1. EMERGENCY FUNDING.

    (a) In General.--Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the 
Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the emergency food assistance 
program established under the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 
U.S.C. 7501 et seq.) $40,000,000, to remain available until expended.
    (b) Receipt and Acceptance.--The Secretary shall be entitled to 
receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out this section the 
funds transferred under subsection (a), without further appropriation. 
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