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 102 STAT. 1648

PUBLIC LAW 100-435—SEPT. 19, 1988

(c) STORAGE AND PREPARATION.—The second sentence of section 204(c)(2) of the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by inserting after "documentation;" the following: "costs of providing information to persons receiving commodities under this Act concerning the appropriate storage and preparation of such commodities;". (d) NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF COMMODITIES.—Section 210(c) of the

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by striking out "the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988" and inserting "each of the fiscal years 1989 and 1990". (e) PROGRAM DATES.—Section 212 of the Temporary Emergency

Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by striking out "1988" and inserting in lieu thereof "1990". SEC. 104. ADDITIONAL COMMODITIES PROGRAM.

The Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: "SEC. 213. INCORPORATION OF ADDITIONAL COMMODITIES.

"(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer the program authorized under this Act in a manner that incorporates into the program additional commodities purchased by the Secretary under section 214 to be distributed to States for use in such States by emergency feeding organizations, as defined in section 201A(1). Such additional commodities, to the extent practicable and appropriate, shall include commodities purchased within a given State for distribution within such State. "(h) SUPPLEMENT COMMODITIES AVAILABLE.—The Secretary shall supplement the commodities made available to emergency feeding organizations under sections 202 and 203D(a) with nutritious and useful commodities purchased by the Secretary under section 214. "SEC. 214. REQUIRED PURCHASES OF COMMODITIES.

"(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to establish a formula so that the amount, measured by their value, of additional commodities that are to be allocated to each State can be precisely calculated for fiscal years 1989 and 1990. The share of commodities, as measured by their value, to be allocated to each State shall be based 60 percent on the number of persons in households within the State having incomes below the poverty level and 40 percent on the number of unemployed persons within the State. "(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— "(1) ADDITIONAL COMMODITIES.—The term 'additional commodities' means commodities purchased under this section in addition to the commodities otherwise made available under sections 202 and 203D(a). "(2) AVERAGE MONTHLY NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS.—

The term 'average monthly number of unemployed persons' refers to the average monthly number of unemployed persons within each State in the most recent fiscal year for which such information is available as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. "(3) POVERTY UNE.—The term 'poverty line' has the same meaning given such term in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)).

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