US Code

Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

7 U.S.C. § 7511a

Emergency food program infrastructure grants

(a)

Definition of eligible entity

In this section, the term “eligible entity” means an emergency feeding organization.

(b)

Program authorized

(1)

In general

The Secretary shall use funds made available under subsection (d) to make grants to eligible entities to pay the costs of an activity described in subsection (c).

(2)

Rural preference

The Secretary shall use not less than 50 percent of the funds described in paragraph (1) for a fiscal year to make grants to eligible entities that serve predominantly rural communities for the purposes of—
(A)
expanding the capacity and infrastructure of food banks, State-wide food bank associations, and food bank collaboratives that operate in rural areas; and
(B)
improving the capacity of the food banks to procure, receive, store, distribute, track, and deliver time-sensitive or perishable food products.
(c)

Use of funds

An eligible entity shall use a grant received under this section for any fiscal year to carry out activities of the eligible entity, including—
(1)
the development and maintenance of a computerized system for the tracking of time-sensitive food products;
(2)
capital, infrastructure, and operating costs associated with the collection, storage, distribution, and transportation of time-sensitive and perishable food products;
(3)
improving the security and diversity of the emergency food distribution and recovery systems of the United States through the support of small or mid-size farms and ranches, fisheries, and aquaculture, and donations from local food producers and manufacturers to persons in need;
(4)
providing recovered foods to food banks and similar nonprofit emergency food providers to reduce hunger in the United States;
(5)
improving the identification of—
(A)
potential providers of donated foods;
(B)
potential nonprofit emergency food providers; and
(C)
persons in need of emergency food assistance in rural areas; and
(6)
constructing, expanding, or repairing a facility or equipment to support hunger relief agencies in the community.
(d)

Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2023.

Pub. L. 98–8, title II, § 209Pub. L. 110–234, title IV, § 4202122 Stat. 1121 Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a)122 Stat. 1664 Pub. L. 113–79, title IV, § 4027(b)128 Stat. 812 Pub. L. 115–334, title IV, § 4018(d)132 Stat. 4650 (, as added , , ; , title IV, § 4202, , , 1883; amended , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 110–234Pub. L. 110–246Pub. L. 110–234section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246 and enacted identical sections. was repealed by .

Prior Provisions

section 209 of Pub. L. 98–8section 612c of this titlePub. L. 99–198, title XV, § 1562(e)(1)99 Stat. 1590 A prior , which related to commodity supplemental food program administrative expenses, was set out in a note under prior to repeal by , , .

Amendments

Pub. L. 115–3342018—Subsec. (d). substituted “2023” for “2018”.

Pub. L. 113–792014—Subsec. (d). substituted “2018” for “2012”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 110–234Pub. L. 110–246Pub. L. 110–234section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246section 8701 of this titleEnactment of this section and repeal of by effective , the date of enactment of , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as a note under .

section 4407 of Pub. L. 110–246section 1161 of Title 2Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 2008 Amendment note under , The Congress.