LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD AID PROCUREMENT PROJECTS.

SEC. 3207. LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD AID PROCUREMENT PROJECTS. Section 3206 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 1726c) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking “(b) Study; Field-Based Projects.—” and all that follows through “(2) Field-based projects.—” and inserting the following: “(b) Field-Based Projects.” ; (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (C) in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated), by striking “subparagraph (B)” and inserting “paragraph (2)”; and (D) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by striking “subparagraph (A)” and inserting “paragraph (1)”; (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking “subsection (b)(2)” and inserting “subsection (b)”; (3) by striking subsections (d), (f), and (g); (4) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d); (5) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated)— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking subparagraph (B); and (ii) in subparagraph (A)— (I) by striking “(A) Application.—” and all that follows through “To be eligible” in clause (i) and inserting the following: “(A) In general. To be eligible” ; (II) by redesignating clause (ii) as subparagraph (B) and indenting appropriately; and (III) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated), by striking “clause (i)” and inserting “subparagraph (A)”; and (B) by striking paragraph (4); and (6) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(e) Funding. “(1) Authorization of appropriations. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. “(2) Preference. In carrying out this section, the Secretary may give a preference to eligible organizations that have, or are working toward, projects under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program established under section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-1). “(3) Reporting. Each year, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that describes the use of funds under this section, including— “(A) the impact of procurements and projects on— “(i) local and regional agricultural producers; and “(ii) markets and consumers, including low-income consumers; and “(B) implementation time frames and costs.” .