school and college students in home economics courses. (7 U.S.C. 1431 note.)

DONATIONS OF PROCESSED GRAIN FOOD PRODUCTS

ACT OF AUGUST 19, 1958'

Authorizing Commodity Credit Corporation to purchase flour and cornmeal and donating same for certain domestic and foreign purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That at any time Commodity Credit Corporation has any grain available for donation pursuant to clause (3) or (4)8 of section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, section 210 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, or title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act, as amended, the Corporation, in lieu of processing all or any part of such grain into human food products, may purchase such processed food products in quantities not to exceed the equivalent of the respective grain available for donation on the date of such purchase and donate such processed food products pursuant to clause (3) or (4)8 of such section 416, and to such section 210, and make such processed food products available to the President pursuant to such title II, and may sell, without regard to the provisions of section 407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, a quantity of the grain equivalent to the processed food products so purchased: Provided, That no food product purchased pursuant to the authority contained herein shall constitute less than 50 per centum by weight of the grain from which processed, or contain any additive other than for normal vitamin enrichment, preservative, and bleaching purposes. (7 U.S.C. 1431 note.)

DONATIONS TO PENAL AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Agricultural Act of 1956-SEC. 210.9 Notwithstanding any other limitations as to the disposal of surplus commodities acquired through price support operations, the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized on such terms and under such regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem in the public interest, and upon application, to donate food commodities acquired through price support operations to Federal penal and correctional institutions, and to State correctional institutions for minors, other than those in which food service is provided for inmates on a fee, contract, or concession basis. (7 U.S.C. 1859.)

COTTON FOR COLLEGES

Agricultural Act of 1958-SEC. 505.10 Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized, on such terms as the Secretary of Agriculture may approve, to donate cotton acquired through its price support operations to educational institutions for use in the training of students in the processing and manufacture of cotton into textiles. (7 U.S.C. 1431a.)

7P.L. 85-683, 72 Stat. 635. Amended by Act of August 31, 1964, P.L. 88-550, 78 Stat. 755.

Clause (4) of section 416 was repealed by the Food for Peace Act of 1966, P.L. 89-808, 80 Stat. 1538, Nov. 11, 1966. P.L. 84-540, 70 Stat. 202, May 28, 1956.

10 P.L. 85-835, 72 Stat. 996, Aug. 28, 1958.

ENRICHMENT OF AND SANITARY CONTAINERS FOR CORN MEAL, GRITS, RICE, AND WHITE FLOUR DISTRIBUTION

Act of September 21, 1959-SEC. 201.11 (a) In order to insure the nutritional value of cornmeal, grits, rice, and white flour when such foods are made available for distribution under section 416 (3) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 or for distribution to schools under the National School Lunch Act or any other Act, such foods shall be enriched so as to meet the standards for enriched cornmeal, enriched corn grits, enriched rice, or enriched flour, as the case may be, prescribed in regulations promulgated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and in order to protect the nutritional value and sanitary quality of such enriched foods during transportation and storage such foods shall be packaged in sanitary containers. For convenience and ease in handling, the weight of any sanitary container when filled shall not exceed fifty pounds unless a larger container is requested by the recipient agency. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the distribution of fortified parboiled rice which is substantially equal in nutritional value to that of enriched rice. 13

(b) The term "sanitary container" means any container of such material and construction as (1) will not permit the infiltration of foreign matter into the contents of such container under ordinary conditions of shipping and handling, and (2) will not, for a period of at least one year, disintegrate so as to contaminate the contents of the container necessitating the washing of the contents prior to use. (7 USC 1431c.)

DONATIONS TO AREAS UNDER U.S. JURISDICTION

Act of September 6, 1958-SEC. 9.14 Notwithstanding any other provision of law those areas under the jurisdiction or administration of the United States are authorized to receive from the Department of Agriculture for distribution on the same basis as domestic distribution in any State, Territory, or possession of the United States, without exchange of funds, such surplus commodities as may be available pursuant to clause (2) of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c), and section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1431). (7 U.S.C. 1431b.)

DOMESTIC DISTRIBUTIONS OF SURPLUS FOODS AVAILABLE FOR GRANT OR FOREIGN CURRENCY SALES

Mutual Security Act of 1954 SEC. 402.15 Of the funds authorized to be made available in the fiscal year 1961 pursuant to this Act (other than funds made available pursuant to title II), not less than $175,000,000 shall be used to finance the export and sale for foreign currencies or the grant of surplus agricultural commodities or products thereof produced in the United States, in addition to surplus agricultural commodities or products transferred pursuant to the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and in accordance with

11 P.L. 86-341, 73 Stat. 610.

12 Clause beginning with "unless" added by the Act of October 11, 1962, P.L. 87-803, 76 Stat. 910.

13 This sentence and all other references to rice in sec. 201(a) were added by the Act of October 11, 1962, P.L. 87-803, 76 Stat. 910.

14 P.L. 85-931, 72 Stat. 1792, amended by Act of November 11, 1966, P.L. 89-808, 80 Stat. 1538, effective January 1, 1967.

15 P.L. 83-665, 68 Stat. 843, Aug. 26, 1954.

the standards as to pricing and the use of private trade channels expressed in section 101 of said Act. Foreign currency proceeds accruing from such sales shall be used for the purpose of this Act and with particular emphasis on the purposes of section 104 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 which are in harmony with the purposes of this Act. Notwithstanding section 1415 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953, or any other provision of law, the President may use or enter into agreements with friendly nations or organizations of nations to use for such purposes the foreign currencies which accrue to the United States under this section. Surplus food commodities or products thereof made available for transfer under this Act (or any other Act) as a grant or as a sale for foreign currencies may also be made available to the maximum extent practicable to eligible domestic recipients pursuant to section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1431), or to needy persons within the United States pursuant to clause (2) of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c). (22 U.S.C. 1922.)

DONATIONS TO PROJECTS FOR THE ELDERLY

COMPREHENSIVE OLDER AMERICANS ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1978

AVAILABILITY OF SURPLUS COMMODITIES

SEC. 311.16 (a)

(1) Agricultural commodities and products purchased by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be donated to a recipient of a grant or contract to be used for providing nutrition services in accordance with the provisions of this title.

(2) The Commodity Credit Corporation shall dispose of food commodities under section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431) by donating them to a recipient of a grant or contract to be used for providing nutrition services in accordance with the provisions of this title.

(3) Dairy products purchased by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 709 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 (7 U.S.C. 1446a-1) shall be used to meet the requirements of programs providing nutrition services in accordance with the provisions of this title.

(4) *** Among the commodities delivered under this subsection, the Secretary shall give special emphasis to high protein foods, meat, and meat alternates. The Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Commissioner, is authorized to prescribe the terms and conditions respecting the donating of commodities under this subsection. (42 U.S.C. 3030a.)

16 P.L. 95-478, 92 Stat. 1533, Oct. 18, 1978. Substantially the same provisions were previously to be found in Sec. 707 of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, P.L. 92-258, 86 Stat. 94, Mar. 22, 1972, 42 USC 3045ƒ (p. 239 of Agriculture Handbook 476), which was repealed by Sec. 501 of the 1978 Act.

FOOD BANK DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

Agricultural Act of 1980-SEC. 211. (a)17 The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out demonstration projects to provide agricultural commodities and other foods that might not otherwise be used, or might be more effectively used by organizations assisted under this section, to community food banks for emergency food box distribution to needy individuals and families. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Secretary shall make available for purposes of such demonstration projects, agricultural commodities and other foods available to the Secretary under section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, section 709 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965, and section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c). For purposes of distributing agricultural commodities and other foods to community food banks under this section, the Secretary may, in consultation with State agencies, use food distribution systems currently used to distribute agricultural commodities and other foods under the National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act of 1966. The Secretary shall select food banks, in consultation with the Director of the Community Services Administration, for participation in the demonstration projects under this section. Food banks shall be selected for participation so as to ensure adequate geographic distribution of emergency food box programs in at least two but not more than seven Department of Agriculture regions. (7 U.S.C. -.)

17 P.L. 96-494, 94 Stat. 2570, Dec. 3, 1980.

DISASTER RELIEF ACT OF 1974'

TITLE I-FINDINGS, DECLARATIONS, AND DEFINITIONS

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 102. As used in this Act

(1) "Emergency" means any hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, drought, fire, explosion, or other catastrophe in any part of the United States which requires Federal emergency assistance to supplement State and local efforts to save lives and protect property, public health and safety or to avert or lessen the threat of a disaster.

(2) "Major disaster" means any hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, drought, fire, explosion, or other catastrophe in any part of the United States which, in the determination of the President, causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrent major disaster assistance under this Act, above and beyond emergency services by the Federal Government, to supplement the efforts and available resources of States, local governments, and disaster relief organizations in alleviating the damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused thereby.

(3) United States" means the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Canal Zone, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

(4) "State" means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Canal Zone, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

(5) "Governor" means the chief executive of any State.

(6) "Local government" means (A) any county, city, village, town, district, or other political subdivision of any State, any Indian tribe or authorized tribal organization, or Alaska Native village or organization, and (B) includes any rural community or unincorporated town or village or any other public entity for which an application for assistance is made by a State or political subdivision thereof.

(7) "Federal agency" means any department, independent establishment, Government corporation, or other agency of the executive branch of the Federal Government, including the United States Postal Service, but shall not include the American National Red Cross. (42 U.S.C. 5122.)

1P.L. 93-288, 88 Stat. 143, May 22, 1974. Section 603 of this Act repealed the Disaster Relief Act of 1970, P.L. 91–606, 84 Stat. 1744, Dec. 31, 1970 (for pertinent provisions, see p. 241 of Agriculture Handbook No. 444).