12 2 STA T . 1 8 82 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 46—J U NE 18 , 2008 Agricult ur e,N utriti on , a n dF ore s tr y o f t h e S enate a re p ort that descri b es the results of the study conducted under this section .( d ) F UNDI N G . — ( 1 ) I NG E NE RAL .— O n October 1, 20 0 8 , out of any funds in the T reasury not other w ise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this section $ 1,000,000, to re m ain a v ailable until e x pended. (2) R E C EI PT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Secretary shall be enti - tled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out this section the funds transferred under paragraph (1), without further appropriation. Subti t leB—Fo o dD i s t r ibutio nP ro g r am s PARTI—EM ER G E NCYFO O D A S SISTANCE PROGRAM SEC.4201 .E M E RG E N C YFO O DA SS I S T ANCE. (a) P URC H A S E OFC O M MODITIES.—Section 2 7 (a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U .S.C. 20 36 (a)) is amended by – (1) by stri k ing ‘ ‘(A) PURCHASE OF COMMODITIES ’ ’ and all that follows through ‘‘$1 4 0,000,000 of’’ and inserting the fol- lowing
‘‘(a) PURCHASE OF COMMODITIES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made available to carry out this Act, for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012, the Secretary shall purchase a dollar amount described in para- graph (2) of’’
and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) AMOUNTS.—The Secretary shall use to carry out para- graph (1)— ‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2008, $1 9 0,000,000; ‘‘( B ) for fiscal year 2009, $2 5 0,000,000; and ‘‘(C) for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012, the dollar amount of commodities specified in subparagraph (B) ad j usted by the percentage by which the thrifty food plan has been adjusted under section 3(u)(4) between J une 30, 2008, and June 30 of the immediately preceding fiscal year.’’. (b) STATE PLANS.—Section 202A of the E mergency Food Assist- ance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7503) is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: ‘‘(a) PLANS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To receive commodities under this Act, a State shall submit to the Secretary an operation and adminis- tration plan for the provision of benefits under this Act. ‘‘(2) UPDATES.—A State shall submit to the Secretary for approval any amendment to a plan submitted under paragraph (1) in any case in which the State proposes to make a change to the operation or administration of a program described in the plan.’’. (c) AUTHORI Z ATION AND APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 204(a)(1) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1)) is amended in the first sentence— (1) by striking ‘‘$60,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000’’; and Transfe r d a t e .
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