EMERGENCY FOOD FOR DISASTER VICTIMS.

SEC. 1720. EMERGENCY FOOD FOR DISASTER VICTIMS. Section 5(h) (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) (A) The Secretary shall provide, by regulation, for emergency allotments to eligible households to replace food destroyed in a disaster. The regulations shall provide for replacement of the value of food actually lost up to a limit approved by the Secretary not greater than the applicable maximum monthly allotment for the household size. “(B) The Secretary shall adjust reporting and other application requirements to be consistent with what is practicable under actual conditions in the affected area. In making this adjustment, the Secretary shall consider the availability of the State agency’s offices and personnel and any damage to or disruption of transportation and communication facilities.”.