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Senate Bill 2578
118th Congress(2023-2024)
A bill to amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to allow certain States to directly purchase commodities, and for other purposes.
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Introduced in Senate on Jul 27, 2023
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Introduced in Senate 
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S. 2578 (Introduced-in-Senate)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2578


To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to allow certain States to directly purchase commodities, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 27, 2023

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

A BILL

To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to allow certain States to directly purchase commodities, 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. Direct purchase of commodities.

Section 202 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7502) is amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following:

“(b) Direct purchase of commodities.—

“(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:

“(A) ELIGIBLE STATE.—The term ‘eligible State’ has the meaning given the term in section 4206(b) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 7518(b)).

“(B) ENTITLEMENT FUNDS.—The term ‘entitlement funds’, with respect to an eligible State, means the dollar amount used by the Secretary to purchase commodities pursuant to section 27 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036) to distribute to the eligible State in accordance with section 214.

“(2) DIRECT PURCHASE.—The Secretary shall allow an eligible State to elect to receive all of the entitlement funds of the eligible State as cash to make direct purchases of commodities through the private commercial marketplace.”.