[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5136 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5136

     To address infrastructure needs for food banks serving rural 
                  communities and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 2023

  Ms. Bonamici (for herself and Ms. Schrier) introduced the following 
        bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
     To address infrastructure needs for food banks serving rural 
                  communities and for other purposes.

    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 ``Supporting Transportation 
Organization and Refrigeration Expansion Act of 2023'' or ``STORE Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVING THE EFAP INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS PROGRAM.

    Section 209 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 
7511a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``an emergency feeding 
        organization'' and inserting ``the State agency designated by a 
        State in the State plan required by section 202A (7 U.S.C. 
        7503)'',
            (2) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) by striking the heading and inserting 
                ``Preference'',
                    (B) by inserting ``Tribal, low income, and remote'' 
                before ``communities'', and
                    (C) in subparagraph (A) by striking and inserting 
                ``rural'' with ``these'',
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``carry out activities of the 
                eligible entity'' and inserting ``distribute grant 
                amounts to support activities'',
                    (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ``for the tracking 
                of time-sensitive food products'' and inserting 
                ``needed to safely and efficiently distribute food to 
                people in need'',
                    (C) in paragraph (2) by striking ``time-sensitive 
                and perishable food products'' and inserting 
                ``commodities provided by the Secretary under this Act 
                and commodities secured from other sources'',
                    (D) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by striking ``through the support of 
                        small or mid-size farms and ranches, fisheries, 
                        and aquaculture, and donations from local food 
                        producers and manufacturers to persons in 
                        need'', and
                            (ii) by inserting ``, including expanding 
                        mobile and home delivery options and 
                        assessments or professional studies of outreach 
                        activities'' after ``United States'',
                    (E) in paragraph (4) by inserting ``, governmental, 
                and Tribal'' after ``nonprofit'', and
                    (F) in paragraph (5)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ``, 
                        governmental, and Tribal'' after ``nonprofit'', 
                        and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C)--
                                    (I) by striking ``rural areas'' and 
                                inserting ``underserved areas 
                                identified in subsection (b)(2)'', and
                                    (II) by striking ``and'' at the 
                                end,
                    (G) in paragraph (6)--
                            (i) by striking ``constructing'' and 
                        inserting ``renovating'', and
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end and 
                        inserting ``; and'', and
                    (H) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) not more than 4 percent of such grant for 
        administrative costs to carry this section.'', and
            (4) in subsection (d) by striking ``$15,000,000'' and all 
        that follows through ``2023'', and inserting ``$25,000,000 for 
        each of the fiscal years 2024 through 2028''.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON COLD STORAGE NEEDS NATIONALLY.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out a study and 
produce a report--
            (1) on the shortages to meet the total emergency food needs 
        for refrigerated and frozen storage space, as well as 
        refrigerated trucks and other delivery vehicles, for use by 
        emergency food organizations to meet the needs of their 
        communities, and
            (2) an estimate of the cost to meet the needs of all 
        emergency food organizations, including food banks and food 
        pantries, nationally for new coolers, freezers, refrigerated 
        and dry trucks, and trailers.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) Emergency food organization.--The term ``emergency food 
        organization'' has the meaning given it in section 2 of the 
        Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501) and is 
        not otherwise limited to relevant organizations participating 
        in the emergency food assistance program under such Act.
            (2) Shortages.--The term ``shortages'' means meeting the 
        total emergency food needs of the community, group, school, 
        network, region, town, city, state, or otherwise relevant area 
        an emergency feeding organization serves.
    (c) Appropriations.--There is appropriated, out of any funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to carry out this section.
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