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 99 STAT. 1592

Repeal.

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

section shall include, but not be limited to, dairy products, wheat or the products thereof, rice, honey, and cornmeal.. (b) Section 1114(a) of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (7 U.S.C. 1431e) is amended by C inserting "(1)" after "(a)"; D (2) adding, at the end thereof, the following: "(2)(A) Effective through June 30, 1987, whenever a commodity is made available without charge or credit under any nutrition program administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary shall encourage consumption of such commodity through agreements with private companies under which the commodity is reprocessed into end-food products for use by eligible recipient agencies. The expense of reprocessing shall be paid by such eligible recipient agencies. "(B) To maintain eligibility to enter into, and to continue, any agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture under subparagraph (A), a private company shall annually settle all accounts with the Secretary and any appropriate State agency r^arding commodities processed under such agreements.". (c) Section 203 of the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is repealed. STATE COOPERATION

Rural areas.

SEC. 1568. (a) Section 203B(b) of 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 sentence: "Each State agency shall encourage distribution of such commodities in rural areas.. (b) Section 203B of the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(d) Each State agency receiving commodities under this title 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.". AUTHORIZATION FOR FUNDING AND RELATED PROVISIONS

SEC. 1569. (a) Section 204 of the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by— (1) redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (2) after subsection (b), inserting the following: "(c)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1986, and September 30, 1987, for the Secretary to make available to the States for State and local payments for costs associated with the distribution of commodities by emergency feeding organizations under this title. Funds appropriated under this paragraph for any fiscal year shall be allocated to the States on an advance basis, dividing such funds among the States in the same proportions as the commodities distributed under this title for such fiscal year are divided among the States. If a State agency is unable to use all of the funds so

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