7 U.S.C. § 7505 — Federal and State responsibilities

submitted 43 years ago by Pub. L. 98-8 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 373 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary must send commodities to state agencies as fast as possible. States give the food to recipient agencies, prioritizing food banks and emergency needs. Neighboring states can team up to serve emergency groups that cross state lines.

(a) Federal responsibility; optional State priority. The Secretary must send commodities, as fast as possible, to state agencies chosen by the Governor. The Secretary may also give commodities directly to recipient agencies or to companies that process them for recipient agencies. Each state agency may choose to prioritize existing food bank networks and other groups whose main job is getting food to low-income households, even food from non-USDA sources. (b) Distribution by State agencies; priority; rural areas. State agencies must distribute commodities as fast as possible, in the amounts requested when practical, to recipient agencies in their state. If a state can't fill every request for a commodity, it must prioritize agencies handling emergencies and distress — feeding needy, low-income, and unemployed people. States must encourage distribution in rural areas. (c) Distribution to needy persons. A state agency getting commodities for household use must give them to recipient agencies serving needy people. With the Secretary's approval, the state decides who counts as needy. (d) Cooperative agreements with adjoining States. A state agency may: (1) make agreements with agencies in other states to jointly supply commodities to an emergency feeding organization serving needy people in one area that spans both states; or (2) transfer commodities to that organization under such an agreement.

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(a) Federal responsibility; optional State priority

The Secretary shall, as expeditiously as possible, provide the commodities made available under this chapter in such quantities as can be used without waste to State agencies designated by the Governor or other appropriate State official for distribution to eligible recipient agencies, except that the Secretary may provide such commodities directly to eligible recipient agencies and to private companies that process such commodities for eligible recipient agencies under sections 1 7504 of this title. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in the distribution of commodities under this chapter, each State agency shall have the option to give priority to existing food bank networks and other organizations whose ongoing primary function is to facilitate the distribution of food to low-income households, including food from sources other than the Department of Agriculture.

(b) Distribution by State agencies; priority; rural areas

State agencies receiving commodities under this chapter shall, as expeditiously as possible, distribute such commodities, in the quantities requested (to the extent practicable), to eligible recipient agencies within their respective States. However, if a State agency cannot meet all requests for a particular commodity under this chapter, the State agency shall give priority in the distribution of such commodity to eligible recipient agencies providing nutrition assistance to relieve situations of emergency and distress through the provision of food to needy persons, including low-income and unemployed persons. Each State agency shall encourage distribution of such commodities in rural areas.

Each State agency receiving commodities for individual household use under this chapter shall distribute such commodities to eligible recipient agencies in the State that serve needy persons, and shall, with the approval of the Secretary, determine those persons in the State that shall qualify as needy persons eligible for such commodities.

(d) Cooperative agreements with adjoining States

Each State agency receiving commodities under this chapter may—

(1)

enter into cooperative agreements with State agencies of other States for joint provision of such commodities to an emergency feeding organization that serves needy persons in a single geographical area part of which is situated in each of such States; or

(2)

transfer such commodities to any such emergency feeding organization in the other State under such agreement.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 98–8, title II, § 203B, as added Pub. L. 98–92, § 2(5), Sept. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 610; amended Pub. L. 99–198, title XV, § 1568, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1592; Pub. L. 100–435, title I, § 105(c), Sept. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 1651; Pub. L. 104–193, title VIII, § 871(e)(1), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2345.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1983Enacted · Pub. L. 98-8 · 97 Stat. 610
1985Amended · Pub. L. 99-198 · 99 Stat. 1592
1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-435 · 102 Stat. 1651
1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-193 · 110 Stat. 2345

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 98-8 on 1983-09-02.

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