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 97 STAT. 28 PUBLIC LAW 98-8—MAR. 24, 1983 FEEDING PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) In order to provide supplemental food to low-income pregnant, post partum and breastfeeding women, their infants and young children up to five years of age who are at nutritional risk due to inadequate income resulting from the serious decline in the econ- omy and the unacceptably high levels of unemployment, funds shall be made available to local health clinics through State departments of health and to Indian groups; and upon determination of nutri- tional risk by competent health care professionals supplemental food shall be provided to such needy individuals to prevent health problems and to improve the future status of their health, $100,000,000. FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND EMERGENCY SHELTERS There is hereby appropriated $50,000,000 to the Federal Emer- gency Management Agency to carry out an emergency food and shelter program. Notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other Act, such eunount shall be made available under the terms and conditions of the following paragraphs: The Director of the Feder^ Emergency Management Agency shall, as soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, constitute a national board for the purpose of determining how the program Membership. funds are to be distributed to individual localities. The national board shall consist of seven members. The United Way of America, the Salvation Army, the Council of Churches, the National Confer- ence of Catholic Charities, the Council of Jewish Federations, Inc., the American Red Cross, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall each designate a representative to sit on the nationsil board. The representative of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall chair the national board. Each locality designated by the national board to receive funds shall constitute a local board for the purpose of determining how its funds will be distributed. The local board shall consist, to the extent practicable, of representatives of the same organizations as the national board except that the mayor or appropriate head of govern- ment will replace the Federal Emergency Management Agency member. The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall award a grant for $50,000,000 to the national board within thirty days after enactment of this Act for the purpose of providing emergency food and shelter to needy individuals through private voluntary organizations. Eligible private voluntary organizations should be nonprofit, have a voluntary board, have an accounting system, and practice nondis- crimination. Program Participation in the program should be based upon a private participation. voluntary Organization's ability to deliver emergency food and shel- ter to needy individuals and such other factors as are determined by the local boards. Total administrative costs shall not exceed 2 per centum of the total appropriation. As authorized by the Charter of the Commodity Credit Corpora- tion, the Corporation shall process and distribute surplus food

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