PURPOSES.

SEC. 931. PURPOSES. The purposes of this subtitle are to— (1) provide technical assistance and training through the Extension Service in the Department of Agriculture to Indian tribes and Alaska Natives for the development and operation of subsistence farming programs to improve the nutritional health of Indians living on or near Indian reservations; (2) establish the Indian subsistence farming demonstration grant program within the Department of Agriculture; and (3) provide a supplemental source of fresh produce for Indians and Alaska Natives who— (A) have special dietary needs; (B) are participating in— (i) the food stamp program established under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); or (ii) the food distribution program on Indian reservations established under section 4(b) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)); or (C) have income below 185 percent of the poverty line referred to in section 5(c)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2014(c)(1)).