Amendment #640 to H4400

Massachusetts Emergency Food Assistance Program (MEFAP)

Representatives Ferrante of Gloucester, Ashe of Longmeadow, Barber of Somerville, Benson of Lunenburg, Cahill of Lynn, Carvalho of Boston, Connolly of Cambridge, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, Day of Stoneham, DiZoglio of Methuen, Ehrlich of Marblehead, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Fernandes of Falmouth, Finn of West Springfield, Garlick of Needham, Garry of Dracut, Gentile of Sudbury, Goldstein-Rose of Amherst, Gordon of Bedford, Gregoire of Marlborough, Haddad of Somerset, Hecht of Watertown, Higgins of Leominster, Hogan of Stow, Honan of Boston, Kafka of Stoughton, Kane of Shrewsbury, Keefe of Worcester, Khan of Newton, Koczera of New Bedford, Lewis of Framingham, Linsky of Natick, Madaro of Boston, Mark of Peru, Matias of Lawrence, McMurtry of Dedham, O'Day of West Boylston, Orrall of Lakeville, Peake of Provincetown, Peisch of Wellesley, Pignatelli of Lenox, Poirier of North Attleborough, Provost of Somerville, Puppolo of Springfield, Rogers of Cambridge, Roy of Franklin, Schmid of Westport, Scibak of South Hadley, Silvia of Fall River, Smizik of Brookline, Stanley of Waltham, Tosado of Springfield, Tyler of Boston, Ultrino of Malden, Vargas of Haverhill, Vega of Holyoke, Vieira of Falmouth, Walsh of Framingham and Whipps of Athol move to amend the bill in section 2, item 2511-0105, by striking the item in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:-

“2511-0105 For the purchase of supplemental foods for the emergency food assistance program within the Feeding America nationally-certified food bank system; provided, that the funds appropriated in this item shall reflect the Feeding America allocation formula in order to benefit the commonwealth’s 4 regional food banks; provided further, that the department may assess an administrative charge not to exceed 2 per cent of the total appropriation in this item; and provided further, that $1,000,000 shall be expended for operating funds to distribute food for the Massachusetts emergency food assistance program ………... $20,000,000”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #640 to H4400

Massachusetts Emergency Food Assistance Program (MEFAP)