,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bgac  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bg1     
#bjbc,mr4 ,casey introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,food and      
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh and the        
,emergency ,food ,assistance ,act of    
#aihc to make commodities available for 
the ,emergency ,food ,assistance        
,program1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,farmers ,feeding ,america ,act of  
#bjbc4  #b4 ,availability of commodities
 for the ,emergency ,food ,assistance   
,program ,section #bg7;a7 of the ,food  
and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g        
,u4,s4,c4 #bjcf7;a77 is amended-- 7#a7  
by striking #bjbc each place it appears 
7except in paragraph 7#b77;,d77ix77 and 
inserting #bjbh2 and  7#b7 in paragraph 
7#b7-- 7,a7 in subparagraph 7,d7-- 7i7  
in clause 7viii71 by striking and at the

 end2 and  7ii7 by adding at the end the
 following3  7x7 for each of fiscal     
years #bjbd through #bjbh1 #ejj1jjj1jjj2
 and  2 and  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,e7--
 7i7 by striking #bjbd and inserting    
#bjbi2 and  7ii7 by striking specified  
in subparagraph 7,d77ix7 and inserting  
described in subparagraph 7,d77x74  #c4 
,emergency food program storage and     
distribution ,section #bjd7;a77#a7 of   
the ,emergency ,food ,assistance ,act of
 #aihc 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #gejh7;a77#a77 is  
amended1 in the first sentence1 by      
striking #ajj1jjj1jjj and inserting     
#bjj1jjj1jjj4  #d4 ,emergency food      
program infrastructure grants ,section  
#bji7;d7 of the ,emergency ,food        
,assistance ,act of #aihc 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#geaa;a7d77 is amended by striking #bjbc
 and inserting #bjbh4  #e4              
,geographically isolated ,states        
,section #bad of the ,emergency ,food   
,assistance ,act of #aihc 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#geae7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7c71 by adding at the end the following3

  7#c7 ,alternative delivery options for
 geographically isolated ,states  7,a7  
,definition of geographically isolated  
,state ,in this paragraph1 the term     
geographically isolated ,state means--  
7i7 the ,state of ,hawaii2  7ii7 the    
,state of ,alaska2  7iii7 the           
,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico2  7iv7   
the ,commonwealth of the ,northern      
,mariana ,islands2  7v7 the ,virgin     
,islands of the ,united ,states2 and    
7vi7 ,guam4  7,b7 ,alternative delivery 
options ,at the request of a            
geographically isolated ,state1 the     
,secretary shall coordinate with the    
geographically isolated ,state-- 7i7 to 
establish alternative delivery options  
for commodities allocated to that       
geographically isolated ,state under    
this section to ensure that the         
geographically isolated ,state is able  
to receive those commodities2 and  7ii7 
to allow for the geographically isolated
 ,state to order commodities through the
 ,department of ,defense ,fresh ,fruit  

and ,vegetable ,program4  7,c7 ,direct  
purchase option ,the ,secretary may     
transfer to a geographically isolated   
,state the cash value of not more than  
#bj percent of the commodities allocated
 to that geographically isolated ,state 
under this section to be used by the    
geographically isolated ,state to       
procure domestically grown food in lieu 
of receipt of those commodities4  2 and 
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7e7 ,fresh produce packages  7#a7 ,in 
general ,in purchasing fresh produce    
packages to provide under the program   
established under this ,act1 the        
,secretary may consider additional      
factors beyond lowest price in          
determining winning bids for contracts  
for those fresh produce packages1       
including product variety and           
transportation distance4  7#b7          
,nutrition ,the ,secretary shall carry  
out paragraph 7#a7 in a manner that     
maintains the goal of maximizing the    
amount of nutritious food available     

through the program described in that   
paragraph4  4