7 U.S.C. § 1724 : US Code - Section 1724: Levels of assistance

Search 7 U.S.C. § 1724 : US Code - Section 1724: Levels of assistance

(a) Minimum levels
(1) Minimum assistance
Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Administrator shall
make agricultural commodities available for food distribution
under this subchapter in an amount that for each of fiscal years
2002 through 2007 is not less than 2,500,000 metric tons.
(2) Minimum non-emergency assistance
Of the amounts specified in paragraph (1), and except as
provided in paragraph (3), the Administrator shall make
agricultural commodities available for non-emergency food
distribution through eligible organizations under section 1722 of
this title in an amount that for each of fiscal years 2002
through 2007 is not less than 1,875,000 metric tons.
(3) Exception
The Administrator may waive the requirements of paragraphs (1)
and (2) for any fiscal year if the Administrator determines that
such quantities of commodities cannot be used effectively to
carry out this subchapter or in order to meet an emergency. In
making a waiver under this paragraph, the Administrator shall
prepare and submit to the Committees on International Relations,
Agriculture and Appropriations of the House of Representatives,
and the Committees on Appropriations and Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry of the Senate a report containing the reasons for
the waiver. No waiver shall be made before the beginning of the
applicable fiscal year.
(b) Use of value-added commodities
(1) Minimum levels
Except as provided in paragraph (2), in making agricultural
commodities available under this subchapter, the Administrator
shall ensure that not less than 75 percent of the quantity of
such commodities required to be distributed during each fiscal
year under subsection (a)(2) of this section be in the form of
processed, fortified, or bagged commodities and that not less
than 50 percent of the quantity of the bagged commodities that
are whole grain commodities be bagged in the United States.
(2) Waiver of minimum
The Administrator may waive the requirement of paragraph (1)
for any fiscal year in which the Administrator determines that
the requirements of the programs established under this
subchapter will not be best served by the enforcement of such
requirement under such paragraph.