42 U.S.C. § 9922 — Community food and nutrition programs

Page 7964 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 9922 nonprofit organizations to test or assist in the development of new approaches or methods that will aid in overcoming special problems identified by communities or neighborhoods or otherwise assist in furthering the purposes of this chapter, and which may include providing assistance for projects that are designed to serve low-income individuals and families who are not being effectively served by other pro- grams. (b) Evaluation The Secretary shall require all activities re- ceiving assistance under this section to be eval- uated for their effectiveness. Funding for such evaluations shall be provided as a stated per- centage of the assistance or through a separate grant awarded by the Secretary specifically for the purpose of evaluation of a particular activ- ity or group of activities. (c) Annual report The Secretary shall compile an annual report containing a summary of the evaluations re- quired in subsection (b) and a listing of all ac- tivities assisted under this section. The Sec- retary shall annually submit the report to the Chairperson of the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Chairperson of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate. (Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 680, as added Pub. L. 105–285, title II, § 201, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2750.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 680 of Pub. L. 97–35 was classified to section 9909 of this title, prior to the general amend- ment of this chapter by Pub. L. 105–285. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Committee on Labor and Human Resources of Senate changed to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of Senate by Senate Resolution No. 20, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 19, 1999. PROCEDURES TO PERMIT GRANT FUNDS OR INTANGIBLE PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY GRANT FUNDS TO BECOME SOLE PROPERTY OF GRANTEES Pub. L. 118–47, div. D, title II, Mar. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 666, provided in part: ‘‘That the Secretary [of Health and Human Services] shall establish procedures regard- ing the disposition of intangible assets and program in- come that permit such assets acquired with, and pro- gram income derived from, grant funds authorized under section 680 of the CSBG Act [Community Serv- ices Block Grant Act, 42 U.S.C. 9921] to become the sole property of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years after the end of the grant period for any activity consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act [42 U.S.C. 9921(a)(2)(A)]: Provided further, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity in- vestments and other debt instruments, and program in- come may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That these procedures shall apply to such grant funds made available after November 29, 1999’’. Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 117–328, div. H, title II, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4873. Pub. L. 117–103, div. H, title II, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 460. Pub. L. 116–260, div. H, title II, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1584. Pub. L. 116–94, div. A, title II, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2572. Pub. L. 115–245, div. B, title II, Sept. 28, 2018, 132 Stat. 3084. Pub. L. 115–141, div. H, title II, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 730. Pub. L. 115–31, div. H, title II, May 5, 2017, 131 Stat. 533. Pub. L. 114–113, div. H, title II, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2614. Pub. L. 113–235, div. G, title II, Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2481. Pub. L. 113–76, div. H, title II, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 378. Pub. L. 112–74, div. F, title II, Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 1078. Pub. L. 111–117, div. D, title II, Dec. 16, 2009, 123 Stat. 3251. Pub. L. 111–8, div. F, title II, Mar. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 775. Pub. L. 110–161, div. G, title II, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2180. Pub. L. 109–149, title II, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2855. Pub. L. 108–447, div. F, title II, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3134. Pub. L. 108–199, div. E, title II, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 249. Pub. L. 108–7, div. G, title II, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 319. Pub. L. 107–116, title II, Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2196. Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(1) [title II], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–23. Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(4) [title II], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–235. § 9922. Community food and nutrition programs (a) Grants The Secretary may, through grants to public and private, nonprofit agencies, provide for com- munity-based, local, statewide, and national programs— (1) to coordinate private and public food as- sistance resources, wherever the grant recipi- ent involved determines such coordination to be inadequate, to better serve low-income pop- ulations; (2) to assist low-income communities to identify potential sponsors of child nutrition programs and to initiate such programs in un- derserved or unserved areas; and (3) to develop innovative approaches at the State and local level to meet the nutrition needs of low-income individuals. (b) Allotments and distribution of funds (1) Not to exceed $6,000,000 in appropriations Of the amount appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out this section (but not to exceed $6,000,000), the Secretary shall distribute funds for grants under subsection (a) as follows: (A) Allotments From a portion equal to 60 percent of such amount (but not to exceed $3,600,000), the Secretary shall allot for grants to eligible agencies for statewide programs in each State the amount that bears the same ratio to such portion as the low-income and unem- ployed population of such State bears to the low-income and unemployed population of all the States. Page 7965 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 9923 1 See References in Text note below. (B) Competitive grants From a portion equal to 40 percent of such amount (but not to exceed $2,400,000), the Secretary shall make grants on a competi- tive basis to eligible agencies for local and statewide programs. (2) Greater available appropriations Any amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out this section in excess of $6,000,000 shall be allotted as follows: (A) Allotments The Secretary shall use 40 percent of such excess to allot for grants under subsection (a) to eligible agencies for statewide pro- grams in each State an amount that bears the same ratio to 40 percent of such excess as the low-income and unemployed popu- lation of such State bears to the low-income and unemployed population of all the States. (B) Competitive grants for local and state- wide programs The Secretary shall use 40 percent of such excess to make grants under subsection (a) on a competitive basis to eligible agencies for local and statewide programs. (C) Competitive grants for nationwide pro- grams The Secretary shall use the remaining 20 percent of such excess to make grants under subsection (a) on a competitive basis to eli- gible agencies for nationwide programs, in- cluding programs benefiting Indians, as de- fined in section 9911 of this title, and mi- grant or seasonal farmworkers. (3) Eligibility for allotments for statewide pro- grams To be eligible to receive an allotment under paragraph (1)(A) or (2)(A), an eligible agency shall demonstrate that the proposed program is statewide in scope and represents a com- prehensive and coordinated effort to alleviate hunger within the State. (4) Minimum allotments for statewide pro- grams (A) In general From the amounts allotted under para- graphs (1)(A) and (2)(A), the minimum total allotment for each State for each fiscal year shall be— (i) $15,000 if the total amount appro- priated to carry out this section is not less than $7,000,000 but less than $10,000,000; (ii) $20,000 if the total amount appro- priated to carry out this section is not less than $10,000,000 but less than $15,000,000; or (iii) $30,000 if the total amount appro- priated to carry out this section is not less than $15,000,000. (B) Definition In this paragraph, the term ‘‘State’’ does not include Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Com- monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. (5) Maximum grants From funds made available under para- graphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) for any fiscal year, the Secretary may not make grants under sub- section (a) to an eligible agency in an aggre- gate amount exceeding $50,000. From funds made available under paragraph (2)(C) for any fiscal year, the Secretary may not make grants under subsection (a) to an eligible agency in an aggregate amount exceeding $300,000. (c) Report For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall pre- pare and submit, to the Committee on Edu- cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep- resentatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report con- cerning the grants made under this section. Such report shall include— (1) a list of grant recipients; (2) information on the amount of funding awarded to each grant recipient; and (3) a summary of the activities performed by the grant recipients with funding awarded under this section and a description of the manner in which such activities meet the ob- jectives described in subsection (a). (d) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be nec- essary for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003. (Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 681, as added Pub. L. 105–285, title II, § 201, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2752.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 681 of Pub. L. 97–35 was classified to section 9910 of this title, prior to the general amend- ment of this chapter by Pub. L. 105–285. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Committee on Labor and Human Resources of Senate changed to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of Senate by Senate Resolution No. 20, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 19, 1999. § 9923. National or regional programs designed to provide instructional activities for low-in- come youth (a) General authority The Secretary is authorized to make a grant to an eligible service provider to administer na- tional or regional programs to provide instruc- tional activities for low-income youth. In mak- ing such a grant, the Secretary shall give pri- ority to eligible service providers that have a demonstrated ability to operate such a program. (b) Program requirements Any instructional activity carried out by an eligible service provider receiving a grant under this section shall be carried out on the campus of an institution of higher education (as defined in section 1141(a) 1 of title 20) and shall include— (1) access to the facilities and resources of such an institution; (2) an initial medical examination and fol- low-up referral or treatment, without charge,