7 USC 7501 - Definitions

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 26, 2024

§ 7501.

Definitions

In this chapter:

(1)

Additional commodities

(2)

Average monthly number of unemployed persons

(3)

Eligible recipient agency

The term “eligible recipient agency” means a public or nonprofit organization that—

(A)

administers—

(i)

an emergency feeding organization;

(ii)

a charitable institution (including a hospital and a retirement home, but excluding a penal institution) to the extent that the institution serves needy persons;

(iii)

a summer camp for children, or a child nutrition program providing food service;

(iv)

a nutrition project operating under the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), including a project that operates a congregate nutrition site and a project that provides home-delivered meals; or

(v)

a disaster relief program;

(B)

has been designated by the appropriate State agency, or by the Secretary; and

(C)

has been approved by the Secretary for participation in the program established under this chapter.

(4)

Emergency feeding organization

(5)

Food bank

(6)

Food pantry

(7)

Poverty line

(8)

Soup kitchen

(9)

Total value of additional commodities

(10)

Value of additional commodities allocated to each State

(Pub. L. 98–8, title II, § 201A, as added Pub. L. 98–92, § 2(2), Sept. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 608; amended Pub. L. 99–198, title XV, § 1563, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1590; Pub. L. 104–193, title VIII, § 871(a), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2343.)

cite as: 7 USC 7501