§ 7501. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC7501]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 102--EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE
Sec. 7501. Definitions
In this chapter:
(1) Additional commodities
The term ``additional commodities'' means commodities made
available under section 7515 of this title in addition to the
commodities made available under sections 7502 and 7507 of this
title.
(2) Average monthly number of unemployed persons
The term ``average monthly number of unemployed persons'' means
the average monthly number of unemployed persons in each State
during the most recent fiscal year for which information concerning
the number of unemployed persons is available, as determined by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.
(3) Eligible recipient agency
The term ``eligible recipient agency'' means a public or
nonprofit organization that--
(A) administers--
(i) an emergency feeding organization;
(ii) a charitable institution (including a hospital and
a retirement home, but excluding a penal institution) to the
extent that the institution serves needy persons;
(iii) a summer camp for children, or a child nutrition
program providing food service;
(iv) a nutrition project operating under the Older
Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), including a
project that operates a congregate nutrition site and a
project that provides home-delivered meals; or
(v) a disaster relief program;
(B) has been designated by the appropriate State agency, or
by the Secretary; and
(C) has been approved by the Secretary for participation in
the program established under this chapter.
(4) Emergency feeding organization
The term ``emergency feeding organization'' means a public or
nonprofit organization that administers activities and projects
(including the activities and projects of a charitable institution,
a food bank, a food pantry, a hunger relief center, a soup kitchen,
or a similar public or private nonprofit eligible recipient agency)
providing nutrition assistance to relieve situations of emergency
and distress through the provision of food to needy persons,
including low-income and unemployed persons.
(5) Food bank
The term ``food bank'' means a public or charitable institution
that maintains an established operation involving the provision of
food or edible commodities, or the products of food or edible
commodities, to food pantries, soup kitchens, hunger relief centers,
or other food or feeding centers that, as an integral part of their
normal activities, provide meals or food to feed needy persons on a
regular basis.
(6) Food pantry
The term ``food pantry'' means a public or private nonprofit
organization that distributes food to low-income and unemployed
households, including food from sources other than the Department of
Agriculture, to relieve situations of emergency and distress.
(7) Poverty line
The term ``poverty line'' has the meaning provided in section
9902(2) of title 42.
(8) Soup kitchen
The term ``soup kitchen'' means a public or charitable
institution that, as an integral part of the normal activities of
the institution, maintains an established feeding operation to
provide food to needy homeless persons on a regular basis.
(9) Total value of additional commodities
The term ``total value of additional commodities'' means the
actual cost of all additional commodities that are paid by the
Secretary (including the distribution and processing costs incurred
by the Secretary).
(10) Value of additional commodities allocated to each State
The term ``value of additional commodities allocated to each
State'' means the actual cost of additional commodities allocated to
each State that are paid by the Secretary (including the
distribution and processing costs incurred by the Secretary).
(Pub. L. 98-8, title II, Sec. 201A, as added Pub. L. 98-92, Sec. 2(2),
Sept. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 608; amended Pub. L. 99-198, title XV,
Sec. 1563, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1590; Pub. L. 104-193, title VIII,
Sec. 871(a), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2343.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'',
meaning the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, title II of Pub. L.
98-8, Mar. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 35, as amended, which enacted this chapter
and amended provisions set out as a note under section 612c of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out below and Tables.
The Older Americans Act of 1965, referred to in par. (3)(A)(iv), is
Pub. L. 89-73, July 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 218, as amended, which is
classified generally to chapter 35 (Sec. 3001 et seq.) of Title 42, The
Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3001 of Title 42
and Tables.
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-193 amended section generally, substituting
provisions containing an opening provision and pars. (1) to (10)
defining ``additional commodities'', ``average monthly number of
unemployed persons'', ``eligible recipient agency'', ``emergency feeding
organization'', ``food bank'', ``food pantry'', ``poverty line'', ``soup
kitchen'', ``total value of additional commodities'', and ``value of
additional commodities allocated to each state'' for an opening
provision and pars. (1) to (6) defining ``eligible recipient agencies''.
1985--Par. (1). Pub. L. 99-198 inserted before semicolon at end
``(including the activities and projects of charitable institutions,
food banks, hunger centers, soup kitchens, and similar public or private
nonprofit eligible recipient agencies) hereinafter in this chapter
referred to as `emergency feeding organizations' ''.
Effective Date
Section 2 of Pub. L. 98-92 provided in part that the amendments made
by that section [enacting this section and sections 7504 to 7506 and
7513 of this title and amending sections 7502, 7508, 7509, and 7512] are
effective Oct. 1, 1983.
Short Title
Section 201 of title II of Pub. L. 98-8, as amended by Pub. L. 98-
92, Sec. 2(1), Sept. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 608; Pub. L. 101-624, title XVII,
Sec. 1772(a)(2), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3808, provided that: ``This
title [enacting this chapter and amending provisions set out as a note
under section 612c of this title] may be cited as the `Emergency Food
Assistance Act of 1983', and is hereinafter in this title referred to as
`this Act'.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 7514 of this title.
