Budget Amendment ID: FY2022-S3-309

ENV 309

Food Security Infrastructure Grants

Ms. Comerford, Mr. Eldridge, Ms. Gobi, Messrs. Moore, Lesser, Timilty, Hinds, Tarr, O'Connor, Gomez and Cyr and Ms. Rausch moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 2511-0100, by adding the following words:- “; provided further, that not less than $30,000,000 shall be expended for the Food Security Infrastructure Grant program; provided that $25,000,000 of funds expended for Food Security Infrastructure Grants shall be expended for for-profit enterprises, with priority given to farms, and that $5,000,000 of funds expended for Food Security Infrastructure Grants shall be expended for nonprofit entities, with priority given to proposals focused on systemic solutions to food insecurity”; and by striking out the figure “$8,626,467” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$38,626,467”.