Pilot program to purchase locally produced food

Section 203D of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking distribution, to store, handle or distribute and inserting the following: “distribution— (1) to store, handle, or distribute; (B) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (2) to purchase locally produced food in accordance with the pilot program established under subsection (g).; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (g) Pilot program To purchase locally produced food The Secretary shall establish a pilot program under which the Secretary shall permit emergency feeding organizations participating in the program authorized by this Act to use those funds to purchase locally produced food to supplement the commodities provided by the Secretary under this Act..