§ 7507. — State and local supplementation of commodities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC7507]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 102--EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE
Sec. 7507. State and local supplementation of commodities
(a) Authorization
The Secretary shall establish procedures under which State and local
agencies, charitable institutions, or any other persons may supplement
the commodities distributed under the program authorized by this chapter
for use by emergency feeding organizations with nutritious and wholesome
commodities that such entities or persons donate to State agencies and
emergency feeding organizations for distribution, in all or part of the
State, in addition to the commodities otherwise made available under
this chapter.
(b) Use of funds and facilities
States and emergency feeding organizations may use the funds
appropriated under this chapter and equipment, structures, vehicles, and
all other facilities involved in the storage, handling, or distribution
of commodities made available under this chapter, and the personnel,
both paid or volunteer, involved in such storage, handling, or
distribution, to store, handle or distribute commodities donated for the
use of emergency feeding organizations under subsection (a) of this
section.
(c) Volunteer workers
State and emergency feeding organizations shall continue, to the
maximum extent practicable, to use volunteer workers and commodities and
other foodstuffs donated by charitable and other organizations in the
operation of the program authorized by this section.
(Pub. L. 98-8, title II, Sec. 203D, as added Pub. L. 100-435, title I,
Sec. 102, Sept. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 1647.)
Effective Date
Section to be effective and implemented on Oct. 1, 1988, see section
701(a) of Pub. L. 100-435, set out as an Effective Date of 1988
Amendment note under section 2012 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 7501, 7514 of this title.
