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 PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

99 STAT. 1589

AUTHORIZATION CEILING; AUTHORTTY TO REDUCE BENEFITS

SEC. 1541. Section 18 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 tJ.S.C. 2027) is amended by— (1) inserting, after the first sentence of subsection (a)(D, the following: "To carry out the provisions of this Act, there are hereby authorized to t e appropriated not in excess of $13,037,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986; not in excess of $13,936,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987; not in excess of $14,741,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988; not in excess of $15,435,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989; and not in excess of $15,970,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990."; and (2) in the second sentence of subsection 0)), striking out "the limitation set herein," and inserting in lieu thereof "the appropriation amount authorized in subsection (a)(D,". TRANSFER OF FUNDS

SEC. 1542. (a) Section 18 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2027) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(f) No funds appropriated to carry out this Act may be trans- Prohibition. ferred to the Office of the Inspector General, or the Office of the General Counsel, of the Department of Agriculture.". (b) The amendment made by this section shall become effective on Effective date. October 1, 1986. 7 USC 2027 note. PUERTO RICO BLOCK GRANT

SEC. 1543. Section 19 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2028) Ante, p. 818. is amended by— (1) striking out "for each fiscal year" in subsection (a)(l)(A) and inserting in lieu thereof "for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, $852,750,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, $879,750,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988, $908,250,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and $936,750,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990,"; (2) striking out "noncash" in subsection (a)(l)(A); and (3) striking out "a single agency which shall be" in clause (i) of subsection (b)(l)(A) and inserting in lieu thereof "the agency or agencies directly." Subtitle B—Commodity Distribution Provisions TRANSFER OF SECTION 32 COMMODITIES

SEC. 1561. Section 32 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes", approved August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "A public or private nonprofit organization that receives agricultural commodities or the products thereof under clause (2) of the second sentence may transfer such commodities or products to another public or private nonprofit organization that agrees to use such commodities or products to provide, without cost or waste, nutrition assistance to individuals in low-income groups.".

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