,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eacf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #d1 #bjbc    
,ms4 ,bonamici 7for herself and ,ms4    
,schrier7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to address   
infrastructure needs for food banks     
serving rural communities and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,supporting         
,transportation ,organization and       
,refrigeration ,expansion ,act of #bjbc 
or ,,store ,act of #bjbc4  #b4          
,improving the ,,efap infrastructure    
grants program ,section #bji of the     
,emergency ,food ,assistance ,act of    
#aihc 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #geaa;a7 is         
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a7 by    
striking an emergency feeding           
organization and inserting the ,state   
agency designated by a ,state in the    
,state plan required by section #bjb;,a 
7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #gejc71  7#b7 in          
subsection 7b77#b7--  7,a7 by striking  

the heading and inserting ,preference1  
7,b7 by inserting ,tribal1 low income1  
and remote before communities1 and  7,c7
 in subparagraph 7,a7 by striking and   
inserting rural with these1  7#c7 in    
subsection 7c7--  7,a7 by striking carry
 out activities of the eligible entity  
and inserting distribute grant amounts  
to support activities1  7,b7 in         
paragraph 7#a7 by striking for the      
tracking of time-sensitive food products
 and inserting needed to safely and     
efficiently distribute food to people in
 need1  7,c7 in paragraph 7#b7 by       
striking time-sensitive and perishable  
food products and inserting commodities 
provided by the ,secretary under this   
,act and commodities secured from other 
sources1  7,d7 in paragraph 7#c7--  7i7 
by striking through the support of small
 or mid-size farms and ranches1         
fisheries1 and aquaculture1 and         
donations from local food producers and 
manufacturers to persons in need1 and   
7ii7 by inserting 1 including expanding 

mobile and home delivery options and    
assessments or professional studies of  
outreach activities after ,united       
,states1  7,e7 in paragraph 7#d7 by     
inserting 1 governmental1 and ,tribal   
after nonprofit1 and  7,f7 in paragraph 
7#e7--  7i7 in subparagraph 7,b7 by     
inserting 1 governmental1 and ,tribal   
after nonprofit1 and  7ii7 in           
subparagraph 7,c7--  7,i7 by striking   
rural areas and inserting underserved   
areas identified in subsection 7b77#b71 
and  7,,ii7 by striking and at the end1 
7,g7 in paragraph 7#f7-- 7i7 by striking
 constructing and inserting renovating1 
and  7ii7 by striking the period at the 
end and inserting 2 and1 and  7,h7 by   
adding at the end the following3  7#g7  
not more than #d percent of such grant  
for administrative costs to carry this  
section4  1 and  7#d7 in subsection 7d7 
by striking #ae1jjj1jjj and all that    
follows through #bjbc1 and inserting    
#be1jjj1jjj for each of the fiscal years
 #bjbd through #bjbh4  #c4 ,report on   

cold storage needs nationally  7a7      
,report ,not later than #b years after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,agriculture shall    
carry out a study and produce a report--
 7#a7 on the shortages to meet the total
 emergency food needs for refrigerated  
and frozen storage space1 as well as    
refrigerated trucks and other delivery  
vehicles1 for use by emergency food     
organizations to meet the needs of their
 communities1 and  7#b7 an estimate of  
the cost to meet the needs of all       
emergency food organizations1 including 
food banks and food pantries1 nationally
 for new coolers1 freezers1 refrigerated
 and dry trucks1 and trailers4  7b7     
,definitions ,in this section--  7#a7   
,emergency food organization ,the term  
emergency food organization has the     
meaning given it in section #b of the   
,emergency ,food ,assistance ,act of    
#aihc 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #geja7 and is not   
otherwise limited to relevant           
organizations participating in the      

emergency food assistance program under 
such ,act4  7#b7 ,shortages ,the term   
shortages means meeting the total       
emergency food needs of the community1  
group1 school1 network1 region1 town1   
city1 state1 or otherwise relevant area 
an emergency feeding organization       
serves4  7c7 ,appropriations ,there is  
appropriated1 out of any funds in the   
,treasury not otherwise appropriated1   
#a1jjj1jjj1 to remain available until   
expended1 to carry out this section4