HUNGER PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

SEC. 1774. HUNGER PREVENTION PROGRAMS. (a) Soup Kitchens and Food Banks.— Section 110 of the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–435; 7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking “1991” and inserting “1995”; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) as paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: “(4) Food pantry.— The term ‘food pantry’ means a public or private nonprofit organization that distributes food to low-income and unemployed households, including food from sources other than the Department of Agriculture, to relieve situations of emergency and distress.”; (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following new subsection: “(c) Amounts.— “(1) 1991 fiscal year.— During fiscal year 1991, the Secretary shall spend $32,000,000, to purchase, process, and distribute additional commodities to States for distribution to soup kitchens and food banks within a given State that provide nutrition assistance to relieve situations of emergency and distress through the provision of food and meals to needy persons. 104 STAT. 3812 “(2) 1992 through 1995 fiscal years.— There are authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1992 through 1995 to purchase, process, and distribute additional commodities to States for distribution to soup kitchens and food banks within a given State that provide nutrition assistance to relieve situations of emergency and distress through the provision of food and meals to needy persons. Any amounts provided for fiscal years 1992 through 1995 shall be available only to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts. “(3) Food pantries.— In instances in which food banks do not operate within a given State, the State may distribute commodities to food pantries.”; and (4) by striking subsection (j). (b) Gleaning Assistance.— Section 111 of the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 111. GLEANING CLEARINGHOUSES. “(a) Definition of Gleaning.— For purposes of this section, the term ‘to glean’ means to collect unharvested crops from the fields of farmers, or to obtain agricultural products from farmers, processors, or retailers, in order to distribute the products to needy individuals, including unemployed and low-income individuals, and the term includes only those situations in which agricultural products and access to fields and facilities are made available without charge. “(b) Establishment.— “(1) In general.— The Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘Secretary) is authorized to assist States and private nonprofit organizations in establishing Gleaning Clearinghouses (hereafter in this section referred to as a ‘Clearinghouse’). “(2) Assistance.— The Secretary is authorized to provide technical information and other assistance considered appropriate by the Secretary to encourage public and nonprofit private organizations to— “(A) initiate and carry out gleaning activities, and to assist other organizations and individuals to do so, through lectures, correspondence, consultation, or such other measures as the Secretary may consider appropriate; “(B) collect from public and private sources (including farmers, processors, and retailers) information relating to the kinds, quantities, and geographical locations of agricultural products not completely harvested; “(C) gather, compile, and make available to public and nonprofit private organizations and to the public the statistics and other information collected under this paragraph, at reasonable intervals; “(D) establish and operate a toll-free telephone line by which— “(i) farmers, processors, and retailers may report to a Clearinghouse for dissemination information regarding unharvested crops and agricultural products available for gleaning, and may also report now they may be contacted; “(ii) public and nonprofit organizations that wish to glean or to assist others to glean, may report to a Clearinghouse the kinds and amounts of products that104 STAT. 3813 are wanted for gleaning, and may also report how they may be contacted; “(iii) persons who can transport crops or products may report the availability of free transportation for gleaned crops or products; and “(iv) information about gleaning can be provided without charge by a Clearinghouse to the persons and organizations described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii); “(E) prepare, publish, and make available to the public, at cost and on a continuing basis, a handbook on gleaning that includes such information and advice as may be useful in operating efficient gleaning activities and projects, including information regarding how to— “(i) organize groups to engage in gleaning; and “(ii) distribute to needy individuals, including low-income and unemployed individuals, food and other agricultural products that have been gleaned; or “(F) advertise in print, on radio, television, or through other media, as the Secretary considers to be appropriate, the services offered by a Clearinghouse under this section.”. (c) Cheese and Nonfat Dry Milk.— (1) Conforming amendment.— Subsection (d) of section 5 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–86; 7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by inserting “(1)” after the subsection designation. (2) Transfer.— Section 130 of the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended— (A) by redesignating such section as paragraph (2) of section 5(d) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); (B) by transfering and inserting such section immediately after paragraph (1) of section 5(d) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); and (C) to read as follows: “(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall, to the extent that the Commodity Credit Corporation inventory levels permit, provide not less than 9,000,000 pounds of cheese and not less than 4,000,000 pounds of nonfat dry milk in each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1995 to the Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary shall use such amounts of cheese and nonfat dry milk to carry out the commodity supplemental food program before the end of each fiscal year.”.