S.Amdt. 100

SA 100. Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Voinovich) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 98 proposed by Mr.
Inouye (for himself and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 1, making
supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation,
infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to
the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal
year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 36, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

SEC. __. ASSISTANCE FOR COSTS OF DISTRIBUTING BONUS
COMMODITIES.

(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
(1) to encourage States and food assistance agencies to
accept commodities acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture
for farm support and surplus removal activities; and
(2) to offset the costs of the States and food assistance
agencies for the intrastate transportation, storage, and
distribution of the commodities.
(b) Costs of Distributing Bonus 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) Costs of Distributing Bonus Commodities.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall use funds made
available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7
U.S.C. 612c), to provide funding described in paragraph (2)
to eligible recipient agencies to offset the costs of the
agencies for intrastate transportation, storage, and
distribution of commodities described in subsection (a).
``(2) Funding.--The Secretary shall provide funding
described in paragraph (1) 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 described in subsection (a) that
are made available under this Act to, and accepted by, the
eligible recipient agency.''.
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