S.Amdt. 3337

SA 3337. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 3224 proposed by Mr. Roberts (for himself and
Ms. Stabenow) to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and
continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of
Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike section 4113 and insert the following:

SEC. 4113. ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECTS.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) according to the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, at least 36
percent of 4-year college and university students and 42
percent of 2-year community college students have experienced
food insecurity in 2018;
(2) hunger threatens the health, cognitive ability, and
economic security of students;
(3) institutions of higher education should strive to
collect edible surplus food from campus-operated dining
facilities and distribute that food to students experiencing
hunger instead of throwing that food away; and
(4) institutions of higher education should partner with
local organizations such as regional food banks to reduce
hunger and support the operation of food pantries on campus.
(b) Assistance.--Section 25 of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2034) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as
paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively;
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)
the following:
``(1) Community college.--The term `community college'
means a junior or community college (as defined in section
312(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1058(f))).''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Institution of higher education.--The term
`institution of higher education' has the meaning given the
term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1001(a)).'';
(2) in subsection (b)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (C) by striking ``fiscal year 2015 and
each fiscal year thereafter.'' and inserting ``each of fiscal
years 2015 through 2018; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year
thereafter.''; and
(3) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by inserting ``an institution of higher education, a
community college,'' before ``or a private''.
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