[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 27, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3243. Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Corker) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3224 proposed by Mr. 
Roberts (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) to the bill H.R. 2, to provide 
for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of 
the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 31__. INCREASED SUPPORT FOR ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 202(e)(1) of the Food for Peace 
     Act (7 U.S.C. 1722(e)(1)) is amended in the matter preceding 
     subparagraph (A) by striking ``20 percent'' and inserting 
     ``25 percent''.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the amendment made by subsection (a) is intended to support--
       (1) monetization replacement activities; and
       (2) an expansion of market-based food assistance 
     modalities, such as food vouchers or local and regional 
     procurement of commodities.
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