EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO DONATE UNUSABLE FOOD.

SEC. 365. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO DONATE UNUSABLE FOOD. (a) Authority for Donations From Defense Agencies.— Section 2485 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out “Secretary of a military department” in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting in lieu thereof “Secretary of Defense”. (b) Expansion of Eligible Recipients.— Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking out “authorized charitable nonprofit food banks” and inserting in lieu thereof “entities specified under subsection (d)”; and (2) in subsection (d), by striking out “may only be made” and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “may only be made to an entity that is one of the following: “(1) A charitable nonprofit food bank that is designated by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Health and Human Services as authorized to receive such donations. “(2) A State or local agency that is designated by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Health and Human Services as authorized to receive such donations. “(3) A chapter or other local unit of a recognized national veterans organization that provides services to persons without adequate shelter and is designated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as authorized to receive such donations. 110 STAT. 2495 “(4) A not-for-profit organization that provides care for homeless veterans and is designated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as authorized to receive such donations.”. (c) Clarification of Food That May Be Donated.— Subsection (b) of such section is further amended by inserting “rations known as humanitarian daily rations (HDRs),” after “(MREs),”.