[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4488 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4488

    To amend the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to 
 establish a pilot program to award grants to facilitate home delivery 
 of commodities under the commodity supplemental food program, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 11, 2024

 Mr. Kelly (for himself and Mr. Braun) 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 Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to 
 establish a pilot program to award grants to facilitate home delivery 
 of commodities under the commodity supplemental food program, 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 ``Delivering for Rural Seniors Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM HOME DELIVERY PILOT 
              PROGRAM.

    The Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c 
note; Public Law 93-86) is amended by inserting after section 5 the 
following:

``SEC. 5A. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM HOME DELIVERY PILOT 
              PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
            ``(1) to award grants for the operation of projects that 
        increase access for low-income elderly persons to commodities 
        through home delivery; and
            ``(2) to evaluate those projects.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Commodity supplemental food program.--The term 
        `commodity supplemental food program' means the program 
        established under section 4.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a local agency; or
                    ``(B) a subdistributing agency.
            ``(3) Local agency; state agency; subdistributing agency.--
        The terms `local agency', `State agency', and `subdistributing 
        agency' have the meanings given those terms in section 247.1 of 
        title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
        regulation).
            ``(4) Rural area.--The term `rural area' has the meaning 
        given the term in section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and 
        Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)).
    ``(c) Grants.--The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive 
basis, to State agencies to carry out the activities described in 
subsection (f)(1).
    ``(d) Maximum Grant Award.--The amount of a grant awarded to a 
State agency under subsection (c) may not exceed the lesser of--
            ``(1) $4,000,000; and
            ``(2) the product obtained by multiplying--
                    ``(A) the commodity supplemental food program 
                caseload of the applicable State at the time that the 
                application for the grant is submitted under subsection 
                (e); and
                    ``(B) $60.
    ``(e) Applications.--A State agency seeking a grant under 
subsection (c) shall submit to the Secretary an application at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 
may require.
    ``(f) Use of Grant Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State agency awarded a grant under 
        subsection (c) shall distribute the grant funds to eligible 
        entities to operate projects that facilitate home delivery of 
        commodities to participants in the commodity supplemental food 
        program, including for costs associated with--
                    ``(A) transportation and distribution of 
                commodities to participants in the commodity 
                supplemental food program, including transportation and 
                distribution services provided by a third party;
                    ``(B) staffing required to operate home delivery 
                services; and
                    ``(C) outreach to participants or potential 
                participants in the commodity supplemental food program 
                with respect to home delivery.
            ``(2) Priority.--In distributing grant funds in accordance 
        with paragraph (1), a State agency shall prioritize eligible 
        entities that serve participants in the commodity supplemental 
        food program who reside in a rural area.
    ``(g) Report to the Secretary.--Not later than 180 days after the 
end of the fiscal year in which a State agency is awarded a grant under 
subsection (c), and each fiscal year thereafter until all grant funds 
are expended, a State agency shall submit to the Secretary a report 
that includes--
            ``(1) a summary of the activities carried out under the 
        projects funded by the grant, including the quantity of 
        commodities delivered, number of participants in the commodity 
        supplemental food program served, and total number of 
        deliveries;
            ``(2) an assessment of the effectiveness of those projects, 
        including--
                    ``(A) a calculation of the average cost per 
                delivery; and
                    ``(B) an evaluation of any services provided by a 
                third party; and
            ``(3) best practices regarding use of home delivery to 
        improve the effectiveness of the commodity supplemental food 
        program.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2025 through 2027, to remain available until expended.''.
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