FOOD BANK DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

SEC. 502. FOOD BANK DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. (a) In General.—The Secretary of Agriculture may carry out demonstration projects to provide and redistribute to needy individ-102 STAT. 1672 uals and families through community food banks and other charitable food banks— (1) agricultural commodities or the products thereof made available under section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431); and (2) to the extent practicable, agricultural commodities or the products thereof made available under section 32 of the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes”, approved August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c). (b) Food Types.—The Secretary shall determine the quantities, varieties, and types of agricultural commodities and products thereof to be made available to community food banks under this section, (c) Report.—Not later than July 1, 1990, the Secretary shall submit, to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, a report describing any demonstration projects carried out under this section. The report shall include an analysis and evaluation of the distribution and redistribution of food under the demonstration projects and the feasibility of expanding the projects to other community food banks. (d) Termination.—The authority provided under this section shall terminate on September 30, 1990. (e) Authorization of Appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $400,000 for each of the fiscal years 1989 through 1990.