[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 112 (Saturday, June 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4022]
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  SA 2599. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill 
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. 
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 10303(b).

       Strike sections 10306 through 10308 and insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 1____. REINSTATEMENT OF LOCAL FOOD COOPERATIVE 
                   AGREEMENTS.

       (a) In General.--There is appropriated to the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, $866,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, to remain 
     available until expended, for the immediate reinstatement of 
     each cooperative agreement entered into with a State, 
     territory, or Tribal government under a local food 
     cooperative agreement program that was terminated during the 
     period beginning on March 1, 2025, and ending on the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
       (b) Allocation.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     allocate and immediately transfer the amount made available 
     by subsection (a) for cooperative agreements among States, 
     territories, and Tribal governments described in that 
     subsection by prorating the amounts originally allocated to 
     the States, territories, and Tribal governments under the 
     cooperative agreements that were terminated during the period 
     described in that subsection.
       (c) Cancellation.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall not 
     cancel any cooperative agreement in effect as of the date of 
     enactment of this Act or reinstated under this section under 
     a local food cooperative agreement program for any reason 
     other than fraud or malfeasance.
       (d) Local Food Cooperative Agreement Program Defined.--In 
     this section, the term ``local food cooperative agreement 
     program'' means--
       (1) the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative 
     Agreement Program Plus authorized by section 5(c) of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c(c)) 
     (or any successor similar program authorized by that section, 
     such as the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative 
     Agreement Program 2025); and
       (2) the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement 
     Program authorized by that section (or any successor similar 
     program authorized by that section, such as the Local Food 
     for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program 2025).
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