S.Amdt. 4813
What it does: Adds Sec. __. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $5,000,000 of the funds made available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide funding described in subsection (b) to eligible recipient agencies to offset the costs of the agencies for intrastate transportation, storage, and distribution of commodities made available under section 202(a) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7502(a)) wherever appropriate
Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. (D-PA)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 2642
Adds Sec. __. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $5,000,000 of the funds made available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide funding described in subsection (b) to eligible recipient agencies to offset the costs of the agencies for intrastate transportation, storage, and distribution of commodities made available under section 202(a) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7502(a)) wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: Sec. __. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $5,000,000 of the funds made available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide funding described in subsection (b) to eligible recipient agencies to offset the costs of the agencies for intrastate transportation, storage, and distribution of commodities made available under section 202(a) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7502(a)).
Inserted: (b) The Secretary shall provide funding described in subsection (a) to an eligible recipient agency at a rate equal to the lower of $0.05 per pound or $0.05 per dollar value of commodities made available under section 202(a) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7502(a)) that are made available under that Act to, and accepted by, the eligible recipient agency.
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SA 4813. Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Snowe, and Mr. Voinovich) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2642, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows;
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $5,000,000 of the funds made available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide funding described in subsection (b) to eligible recipient agencies to offset the costs of the agencies for intrastate transportation, storage, and distribution of commodities made available under section 202(a) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7502(a)).
(b) The Secretary shall provide funding described in subsection (a) to an eligible recipient agency at a rate equal to the lower of $0.05 per pound or $0.05 per dollar value of commodities made available under section 202(a) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7502(a)) that are made available under that Act to, and accepted by, the eligible recipient agency.
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Senate amendment submitted
May 21, 2008