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[CITE: 42USC9922]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
           CHAPTER 106--COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
 
Sec. 9922. Community food and nutrition programs


(a) Grants

    The Secretary may, through grants to public and private, nonprofit 
agencies, provide for community-based, local, statewide, and national 
programs--
        (1) to coordinate private and public food assistance resources, 
    wherever the grant recipient involved determines such coordination 
    to be inadequate, to better serve low-income populations;
        (2) to assist low-income communities to identify potential 
    sponsors of child nutrition programs and to initiate such programs 
    in underserved or unserved areas; and
        (3) to develop innovative approaches at the State and local 
    level to meet the nutrition needs of low-income individuals.

(b) Allotments and distribution of funds

           (1) Not to exceed $6,000,000 in appropriations

        Of the amount appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out this 
    section (but not to exceed $6,000,000), the Secretary shall 
    distribute funds for grants under subsection (a) of this section as 
    follows:

        (A) Allotments

            From a portion equal to 60 percent of such amount (but not 
        to exceed $3,600,000), the Secretary shall allot for grants to 
        eligible agencies for statewide programs in each State the 
        amount that bears the same ratio to such portion as the low-
        income and unemployed population of such State bears to the low-
        income and unemployed population of all the States.

        (B) Competitive grants

            From a portion equal to 40 percent of such amount (but not 
        to exceed $2,400,000), the Secretary shall make grants on a 
        competitive basis to eligible agencies for local and statewide 
        programs.

                (2) Greater available appropriations

        Any amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out this 
    section in excess of $6,000,000 shall be allotted as follows:

        (A) Allotments

            The Secretary shall use 40 percent of such excess to allot 
        for grants under subsection (a) of this section to eligible 
        agencies for statewide programs in each State an amount that 
        bears the same ratio to 40 percent of such excess as the low-
        income and unemployed population of such State bears to the low-
        income and unemployed population of all the States.

        (B) Competitive grants for local and statewide programs

            The Secretary shall use 40 percent of such excess to make 
        grants under subsection (a) of this section on a competitive 
        basis to eligible agencies for local and statewide programs.

        (C) Competitive grants for nationwide programs

            The Secretary shall use the remaining 20 percent of such 
        excess to make grants under subsection (a) of this section on a 
        competitive basis to eligible agencies for nationwide programs, 
        including programs benefiting Indians, as defined in section 
        9911 of this title, and migrant or seasonal farmworkers.

        (3) Eligibility for allotments for statewide programs

        To be eligible to receive an allotment under paragraph (1)(A) or 
    (2)(A), an eligible agency shall demonstrate that the proposed 
    program is statewide in scope and represents a comprehensive and 
    coordinated effort to alleviate hunger within the State.

            (4) Minimum allotments for statewide programs

        (A) In general

            From the amounts allotted under paragraphs (1)(A) and 
        (2)(A), the minimum total allotment for each State for each 
        fiscal year shall be--
                (i) $15,000 if the total amount appropriated to carry 
            out this section is not less than $7,000,000 but less than 
            $10,000,000;
                (ii) $20,000 if the total amount appropriated to carry 
            out this section is not less than $10,000,000 but less than 
            $15,000,000; or
                (iii) $30,000 if the total amount appropriated to carry 
            out this section is not less than $15,000,000.

        (B) Definition

            In this paragraph, the term ``State'' does not include Guam, 
        American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

                         (5) Maximum grants

        From funds made available under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) for 
    any fiscal year, the Secretary may not make grants under subsection 
    (a) of this section to an eligible agency in an aggregate amount 
    exceeding $50,000. From funds made available under paragraph (2)(C) 
    for any fiscal year, the Secretary may not make grants under 
    subsection (a) of this section to an eligible agency in an aggregate 
    amount exceeding $300,000.

(c) Report

    For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall prepare and submit, to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report 
concerning the grants made under this section. Such report shall 
include--
        (1) a list of grant recipients;
        (2) information on the amount of funding awarded to each grant 
    recipient; and
        (3) a summary of the activities performed by the grant 
    recipients with funding awarded under this section and a description 
    of the manner in which such activities meet the objectives described 
    in subsection (a) of this section.

(d) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1999 through 
2003.

(Pub. L. 97-35, title VI, Sec. 681, as added Pub. L. 105-285, title II, 
Sec. 201, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2752.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 681 of Pub. L. 97-35 was classified to section 9910 
of this title, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 
105-285.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 9903 of this title.
