Improving the EFAP infrastructure grants program

Section 209 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7511a) is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking an emergency feeding organization and inserting the State agency designated by a State in the State plan required by section 202A (7 U.S.C. 7503), (2) in subsection (b)(2)— (A) by striking the heading and inserting Preference, (B) by inserting Tribal, low income, and remote before communities, and (C) in subparagraph (A) by striking and inserting rural with these, (3) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking carry out activities of the eligible entity and inserting distribute grant amounts to support activities, (B) in paragraph (1) by striking for the tracking of time-sensitive food products and inserting needed to safely and efficiently distribute food to people in need, (C) in paragraph (2) by striking time-sensitive and perishable food products and inserting commodities provided by the Secretary under this Act and commodities secured from other sources, (D) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking through the support of small or mid-size farms and ranches, fisheries, and aquaculture, and donations from local food producers and manufacturers to persons in need, and (ii) by inserting, including expanding mobile and home delivery options and assessments or professional studies of outreach activities after United States, (E) in paragraph (4) by inserting, governmental, and Tribal after nonprofit, (F) in paragraph (5)— (i) in subparagraph (B) by inserting, governmental, and Tribal after nonprofit, and (ii) in subparagraph (C)— (I) by striking rural areas and inserting underserved areas identified in subsection (b)(2), and (II) by striking and at the end, (G) in paragraph (6)— (i) by striking constructing and inserting renovating, and (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting; and, and (H) by adding at the end the following: (7) not more than 10 percent of such grant for administrative costs to carry this section., and (4) in subsection (d) by striking $15,000,000 and all that follows through 2023, and inserting $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2026 through 2030.