[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 811 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 811

 To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to provide for the 
increased purchase of Kosher and Halal food and to modify the labeling 
of the commodities list under the emergency food assistance program to 
     enable Kosher and Halal food bank operators to identify which 
              commodities to obtain from local food banks.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2013

Mrs. Gillibrand introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to provide for the 
increased purchase of Kosher and Halal food and to modify the labeling 
of the commodities list under the emergency food assistance program to 
     enable Kosher and Halal food bank operators to identify which 
              commodities to obtain from local food banks.

    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 ``Halal and Kosher Food Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. PURCHASE OF HALAL AND KOSHER FOOD FOR EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 202 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 
7502) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Kosher and Halal Food.--As soon as practicable after the date 
of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall finalize and 
implement a plan--
            ``(1) to increase the purchase of Kosher and Halal food 
        from food manufacturers with a Kosher or Halal certification to 
        carry out the program established under this Act if the Kosher 
        and Halal food purchased is cost neutral as compared to food 
        that is not from food manufacturers with a Kosher or Halal 
        certification; and
            ``(2) to modify the labeling of the commodities list used 
        to carry out the program in a manner that enables Kosher and 
        Halal food bank operators to identify which commodities to 
        obtain from local food banks.''.
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