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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1740 

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to permit 

the simplified summer food programs to be carried out in all States 

and by all service institutions. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 28, 2007 

Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. PALLONE, and Mr. LOBIONDO) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

Act to permit the simplified summer food programs to 

be carried out in all States and by all service institutions. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds that— 

5 (1) proper nutrition is a key to childhood health 

6 and equal educational opportunities; 

7 (2) each day, more than 30,000,000 children 

8 participate in Federal school meal programs; 

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(3) more than 1 1 ⁄2 of those children receive free 

2 or reduced price meals due to low household income; 

3 (4) in 1968, Congress established the summer 

4 food service program for children under section 13 

5 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

6 Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) because the nutrition needs of 

7 low income children do not subside when the school 

8 year ends; 

9 (5) in 2001, Congress introduced a pilot pro10 gram allowing 13 States and Puerto Rico to stream11 line administrative procedures; 

12 (6) since 2001— 

13 (A) the 13 original pilot States have in14 creased their participation rates in the summer 

15 food service program by 43.3 percent; and 

16 (B) non-participating States have de17 creased their participation rates in the program 

18 by 14.6 percent; 

19 (7) in 2004, recognizing the success of the pilot 

20 States, Congress made the pilot program permanent 

21 and authorized an additional 6 States to participate 

22 in the program; 

23 (8) since 2004, participation in the summer 

24 food service program among the additional 6 States 

25 has increased by 3.4 percent; 

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1 (9) in 2006, Congress authorized another 7 

2 States to participate in the program; and 

3 (10) increased efforts to meet the summer nu4 tritional needs of all children in the United States 

5 should be employed. 

6 SEC. 2. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN. 

7 (a) PAYMENTS TO SERVICE INSTITUTIONS.—Section 

8 13(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (A) by striking subparagraph (A); 

12 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

13 through (D) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), 

14 respectively; 

15 (C) in subparagraph (A) (as redesignated 

16 by subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and 

17 all that follows through ‘‘shall not exceed’’ and 

18 inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara20 graph (B) and in addition to amounts made 

21 available under paragraph (3), payments to 

22 service institutions shall be’’; 

23 (D) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated 

24 by subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘subparamstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 graph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; 

2 and 

3 (E) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated 

4 by subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘(A), (B), 

5 and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) and (B)’’; and 

6 (2) in the second sentence of paragraph (3), by 

7 striking ‘‘full amount of State approved’’ and all 

8 that follows through ‘‘maximum allowable’’. 

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 18 of the 

10 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 1769) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking subsection (f); and 

13 (2) by redesignating subsection (g) through (k) 

14 as subsections (f) through (j), respectively. 

15 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

16 this section take effect on January 1 of the first full cal17 endar year following the date of enactment of this Act. 

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