FEED Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6700 To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen- cy to approve State, local, and Indian tribal government plans to partner with small and mid-size restaurants and nonprofit organizations to pro- vide nutritious meals to individuals in need, to waive certain matching fund requirements, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 5, 2020 Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. BASS, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. BERA, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. PANETTA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. HURD of Texas, Ms. MENG, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. COSTA, and Mr. CASTRO of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to approve State, local, and Indian tribal government plans to partner with small and mid- size restaurants and nonprofit organizations to provide nutritious meals to individuals in need, to waive certain matching fund requirements, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 May 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6700.IH H6700 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6700 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FEMA Empowering 2 Essential Deliveries Act’’ or the ‘‘FEED Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. STATE AND LOCAL PLANS FOR MEAL DELIVERY. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—During the period following the 5 emergency declaration issued by the President on March 6 13, 2020, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Robert T. 7 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 8 (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)), and under any subsequent major dis- 9 aster declaration under section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 10 5170) that supersedes such emergency declaration, the 11 Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 12 Agency may approve plans from State, local, and Indian 13 tribal governments that meet the requirements of sub- 14 section (b). 15 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to provide food 16 services set forth in this subsection, a State, local, or In- 17 dian tribal government shall establish a network to coordi- 18 nate food distribution and delivery that includes a detailed 19 plan to— 20 (1) establish contracts with small and mid-sized 21 restaurants and non-profits, including faith-based 22 organizations and soup kitchens to prepare healthy 23 meals for people in need; and 24 (2) partner with non-profit organizations, in- 25 cluding faith-based organizations and soup kitchens 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 May 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6700.IH H6700 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 6700 IH to purchase directly from food producers and farm- 1 ers. 2 (c) WAIVER OF MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.—During 3 the period referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator 4 shall waive the matching requirements of section 403(b) 5 and 503(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 6 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b(b) and 42 7 U.S.C. 5193(a), respectively). 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 May 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6700.IH H6700 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS