104 STAT. 3812 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 Appropriation "(2) 1992 THROUGH 1995 FISCAL YEARS.— T here are authorized authorization. ^^ ^ appropriated $40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1992 through 1995 to purchase, process, and distribute additional commodities to States for distribution to soup kitchens and food banks within a given State that provide nutrition assistance to relieve situations of emergency and distress through the provision of food and meals to needy persons. Any amounts provided for fiscal years 1992 through 1995 shall be available only to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts. "(3) FOOD PANTRIES. — In instances in which food banks do not operate within a given State, the State may distribute commodities to food pantries."; and . (4) by striking subsection (j)- OJ) GLEANING ASSISTANCE. —Section 111 of the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 111. GLEANING CLEARINGHOUSES. "(a) DEFINITION OF GLEANING.—For purposes of this section, the term 'to glean' means to collect unharvested crops from the fields of farmers, or to obtain agricultural products from farmers, processors, or retailers, in order to distribute the products to needy individuals, including unemployed and low-income individuals, and the term includes only those situations in which agricultural products and access to fields and facilities are made available without charge. " (b) ESTABLISHMENT.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Secretary) is authorized to assist States and private nonprofit organizations in establishing Gleaning Clearinghouses (hereafter in this section referred to as a 'Clearinghouse'). "(2) ASSISTANCE. —The Secretary is authorized to provide technical information and other assistance considered appropriate by the Secretary to encourage public and nonprofit private organizations to— "(A) initiate and carry out gleaning activities, and to assist other organizations and individuals to do so, through lectures, correspondence, consultation, or such other measures as the Secretary may consider appropriate; "(B) collect from public and private sources (including farmers, processors, and retailers) information relating to the kinds, quantities, and geographical locations of agricultural products not completely harvested; "(C) gather, compile, and make available to public and nonprofit private organizations and to the public the statistics and other information collected under this paragraph, at reasonable intervals; "(D) establish and operate a toll-free telephone line by which— "(i) farmers, processors, and retailers may report to a Clearinghouse for dissemination information regarding unharvested crops and agricultural products available for gleaning, and may also report how they may be contacted; "(ii) public and nonprofit organizations that wish to glean or to assist others to glean, may report to a Clearinghouse the kinds and amounts of products that
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