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 104 STAT. 3808 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 participant in or applicant for the commodity supplemental food program for the elderly concerning— "(1) food stamps provided under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); "(2) the supplemental security income benefits provided under title XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.); and "(3) medical assistance provided under title XIX of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (including medical assistance provided to a qualified medicare beneficiary (as defined in section 1905(p) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(5))).". (f) ADVANCE WARNING FOR DECLINE IN NUMBER OF PERSONS SERVED UNDER PROGRAM. —Section 5 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 612c note) (as amended by subsection (e) of this section) is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(j)(l) If the Secretary must pay a significantly higher than expected price for one or more types of commodities purchased under the commodity supplemental food program, the Secretary shall promptly determine whether the price is likely to cause the number of persons that can be served in the program in a fiscal year to decline. "(2) If the Secretary determines that such a decline would occur, the Secretary shall promptly notify the State agencies charged with operating the program of the decline and shall ensure that a State agency notify all local agencies operating the program in the State of the decline.". SEC. 1772. EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. (a) SHORT TITLE.— The Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (Public Law 98-8; 7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended— (1) by striking the title and inserting the following new title: Emergency Food "TITLE II—EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1983"; Assistance Act and of 1983. (2) in section 201, by striking "Temporary". (b) AVAILABILITY OF CCC COMMODITIES. —Section 202 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(g)(1) Whenever commodities acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation are made available for donation to domestic food programs in quantities that exceed Federal obligations, the Secretary shall give equal consideration to making donations of such commodities to emergency feeding organizations participating in the program authorized by this Act as is given to other commodity recipient agencies, taking into account the types and amounts of commodities available and appropriate for distribution to these organizations. "(2) In determining the commodities that will be made available to emergency feeding organizations under this Act, the Secretary may distribute commodities that become available on a seasonal or irregular basis.". (c) REAUTHORIZATION. —Section 204 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended— (1) by striking subsections (a) and (b); (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively; and

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