S.Amdt. 2599

SA 2599. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con.
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike section 10303(b).

Strike sections 10306 through 10308 and insert the
following:

SEC. 1____. REINSTATEMENT OF LOCAL FOOD COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.

(a) In General.--There is appropriated to the Secretary of
Agriculture, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $866,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, to remain
available until expended, for the immediate reinstatement of
each cooperative agreement entered into with a State,
territory, or Tribal government under a local food
cooperative agreement program that was terminated during the
period beginning on March 1, 2025, and ending on the date of
enactment of this Act.
(b) Allocation.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall
allocate and immediately transfer the amount made available
by subsection (a) for cooperative agreements among States,
territories, and Tribal governments described in that
subsection by prorating the amounts originally allocated to
the States, territories, and Tribal governments under the
cooperative agreements that were terminated during the period
described in that subsection.
(c) Cancellation.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall not
cancel any cooperative agreement in effect as of the date of
enactment of this Act or reinstated under this section under
a local food cooperative agreement program for any reason
other than fraud or malfeasance.
(d) Local Food Cooperative Agreement Program Defined.--In
this section, the term ``local food cooperative agreement
program'' means--
(1) the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative
Agreement Program Plus authorized by section 5(c) of the
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c(c))
(or any successor similar program authorized by that section,
such as the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative
Agreement Program 2025); and
(2) the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement
Program authorized by that section (or any successor similar
program authorized by that section, such as the Local Food
for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program 2025).
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