PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

To get the commodities, a State must send the Secretary a plan that shows how it will operate and run the program. If the State wants to change how it runs any part of the program, it must send the proposed amendment to the Secretary for approval. The plan must name the State agency that will distribute the commodities, explain how the State will get the commodities out quickly, and set rules for which agencies and which people or households can get help. The rules for people must require that they are needy and live in the area served when they apply. The plan may include projects with emergency feeding organizations to harvest, process, package, or transport donated commodities received under section 7507(d). The plan must also let emergency feeding groups or recipient agencies give input on what commodities they need. The Secretary will encourage each State to set up a State advisory board of public and private representatives who care about distributing the commodities.

Title 7, §7503

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(a)Plans

(1)In general

To receive commodities under this chapter, a State shall submit to the Secretary an operation and administration plan for the provision of benefits under this chapter.

(2)Updates

A State shall submit to the Secretary for approval any amendment to a plan submitted under paragraph (1) in any case in which the State proposes to make a change to the operation or administration of a program described in the plan.

(b)Requirements

Each plan shall—

(1)designate the State agency responsible for distributing the commodities received under this chapter;

(2)set forth a plan of operation and administration to expeditiously distribute commodities under this chapter;

(3)set forth the standards of eligibility for recipient agencies;

(4)set forth the standards of eligibility for individual or household recipients of commodities, which shall require—

(A)individuals or households to be comprised of needy persons; and

(B)individual or household members to be residing in the geographic location served by the distributing agency at the time of applying for assistance;

(5)at the option of the State agency, describe a plan of operation for 1 or more projects in partnership with 1 or more emergency feeding organizations located in the State to harvest, process, package, or transport donated commodities received under section 7507(d) of this title; and

(6)describe a plan, which may include the use of a State advisory board established under subsection (c), that provides emergency feeding organizations or eligible recipient agencies within the State an opportunity to provide input on the commodity preferences and needs of the emergency feeding organization or eligible recipient agency.

(c)State advisory board

The Secretary shall encourage each State receiving commodities under this chapter to establish a State advisory board consisting of representatives of all entities in the State, both public and private, interested in the distribution of commodities received under this chapter.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical

Amendments

to this section. The

Amendments

by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (b)(5), (6). Pub. L. 115–334 added pars. (5) and (6). 2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–246, § 4201(b), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “To receive commodities under this chapter, a State shall submit a plan of operation and administration every 4 years to the Secretary for approval. The plan may be amended at any time, with the approval of the Secretary.” 1996—Pub. L. 104–193 amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions relating to availability of flour, cornmeal, and cheese acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2008 AmendmentAmendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 8701 of this title. Amendment by section 4201(b) of Pub. L. 110–246 effective Oct. 1, 2008, see section 4407 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 1161 of Title 2, The Congress.

§7503 State Plan

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