S.Amdt. 3992

SA 3992. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Schumer) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5140, to provide economic stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. EMERGENCY FUNDING.

(a) In General.--There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the purposes of section 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) $100,000,000, to remain available until expended.

(b) Use of Funds.--

(1) In general.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary may--

(A) waive such procurement rules as may be necessary to expedite the purchase and distribution of commodities to emergency feeding organizations; and

(B) divert to the emergency food assistance program established under the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.) commodities held in inventory for other programs that can be replaced at a later date without program disruption.

(2) Distribution costs.--A State may choose to use up to 10 percent of the total funds made available to the State under this section for distribution costs.