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§ 3030a. Nutrition services incentive program
(a)
Purpose
The purpose of this section is to provide incentives to encourage and reward effective performance by States and tribal organizations in the efficient delivery of nutritious meals to older individuals.
(b)
Allotment and provision and payment
(1)
The Secretary shall allot and provide, in accordance with this section, to or on behalf of each State agency with a plan approved under this subchapter for a fiscal year, and to or on behalf of each grantee with an application approved under subchapter X of this chapter for such fiscal year, an amount bearing the same ratio to the total amount appropriated for such fiscal year under subsection (e) of this section as the number of meals served in the State under such plan approved for the preceding fiscal year (or the number of meals served by the subchapter X grantee, under such application approved for such preceding fiscal year), bears to the total number of such meals served in all States and by all subchapter X grantees under all such plans and applications approved for such preceding fiscal year.
(2)
For purposes of paragraph (1), in the case of a grantee that has an application approved under subchapter X of this chapter for a fiscal year but that did not receive assistance under this section for the preceding fiscal year, the number of meals served by the subchapter X grantee for the preceding fiscal year shall be deemed to equal the number of meals that the Assistant Secretary estimates will be served by the subchapter X grantee in the fiscal year for which the application was approved.
(c)
Donation of products
(1)
Agricultural commodities and products purchased by the Secretary of Agriculture under section
612c of title
7, shall be donated to a recipient of a grant or contract to be used for providing nutrition services in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
(d)
Option to obtain commodities from Secretary of Agriculture
(1)
Each State agency and each grantee under subchapter X of this chapter shall be entitled to use all or any part of amounts allotted under subsection (b) of this section to obtain from the Secretary of Agriculture commodities available through any Federal food commodity processing program, at the rates at which such commodities are valued for purposes of such program.
(2)
The Secretary of Agriculture shall determine and report to the Secretary, by such date as the Secretary may require, the amount (if any) of its allotment under subsection (b) of this section which each State agency and subchapter X grantee has elected to receive in the form of commodities. Such amount shall include an amount bearing the same ratio to the costs to the Secretary of Agriculture of providing such commodities under this subsection as the value of commodities received by such State agency or subchapter X grantee under this subsection bears to the total value of commodities so received.
(3)
From the allotment under subsection (b) of this section for each State agency and subchapter X grantee, the Secretary shall first reimburse the Secretary of Agriculture for costs of commodities received by such State agency or grantee under this subsection, and shall then pay the balance (if any) to such State agency or grantee.
(4)
Each State agency shall promptly and equitably disburse amounts received under this subsection to recipients of grants and contracts. Such disbursements shall only be used by such recipients of grants or contracts to purchase United States agricultural commodities and other foods for their nutrition projects.
(5)
Among the commodities delivered under subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall give special emphasis to high protein foods. The Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary, is authorized to prescribe the terms and conditions respecting the provision of commodities under this subsection.
(e)
Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section (other than subsection (c)(1) of this section) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
(f)
Dissemination of information
In each fiscal year, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall jointly disseminate to State agencies, area agencies on aging, and providers of nutrition services assisted under this subchapter, information concerning—
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