To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reform funding for the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and for other purposes.

January 4, 2005

Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. WALSH, Mr. BOEHLERT, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. FARR, Mr. HINCHEY, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. KIND, Ms. LEE, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SLAUGHTER, and Mr. TOWNS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reform funding for the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SENIORS FARMERS' MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM.

(a) Funding- Subsection (a) of section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007; Public Law 107-171; 116 Stat. 334) is amended to read as follows:

`(a) Establishment- The Secretary of Agriculture shall use funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out and expand a seniors farmers' market nutrition program in the following amounts:

`(1) For fiscal year 2005, not less than $25,000,000.

`(2) For fiscal year 2006, not less than $50,000,000.

`(3) For fiscal year 2007, not less than $75,000,000.'.

(b) Purposes- Subsection (b)(1) of such section is amended--

(1) by striking `unprepared' and inserting `minimally processed'; and

(2) by striking `and herbs' and inserting `herbs, and other locally produced farm products as the Secretary considers appropriate'.

(c) Administrative Costs; Unexpended Funds- Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:

`(d) Administrative Costs- Not more than 10 percent of the funds made available for a fiscal year under subsection (a) may be used to pay administrative costs incurred in carrying out this section.

`(e) Unexpended Funds- To the extent the funds made available under subsection (a) for a fiscal year are not expended in that fiscal year, the Secretary shall use such funds in a subsequent fiscal year for the same purpose.'.

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