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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3581

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve, promote, and expand

the school breakfast program under that Act.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 20, 1993

Mr. SAWYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve, promote, and expand the school breakfast program under

that Act.

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

3 SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF COST BASIS FOR SEVERE

4 NEED REIMBURSEMENT.

5 Section 4(d) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42

6 U.S.C. 1773(d)) is amended—

7 (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘, and in

8 which’’ and all that follows through ‘‘program’’; and

9 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol10 lows:
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1 ‘‘(2) If at least 40 percent of the students at a school

2 who participate in the school lunch program established

3 under the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751

4 et seq.) are eligible to receive meals at free or reduced

5 prices, the school shall be entitled to receive the meal reim6 bursement rate specified in subsection (b)(2).’’.

7 SEC. 2. PROMOTION OF SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM.

8 Section 4(f)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1773(f)(1))

9 is amended—

10 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; and

11 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub12 paragraph:

13 ‘‘(B) In cooperation with State educational agencies,

14 the Secretary shall establish a program to promote the

15 school breakfast program by—

16 ‘‘(i) marketing the program in a manner that

17 expands participation in the program by schools and

18 students; and

19 ‘‘(ii) improving public education and outreach

20 efforts that enhance the public image of the pro21 gram.’’.

22 SEC. 3. STARTUP COSTS FOR SCHOOL BREAKFAST PRO23 GRAM.

24 Section 4(g)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1773(g)(1))

25 is amended—
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1 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘and

2 $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1991, 1992,

3 1993, and 1994,’’ and inserting ‘‘, $5,000,000 for

4 each of fiscal years 1991 through 1994, and

5 $9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 through

6 1998,’’; and

7 (2) by inserting after the first sentence the fol8 lowing new sentence: ‘‘Of the amounts made avail9 able under the preceding sentence for fiscal years

10 1995 through 1998, not more than $3,000,000 shall

11 be used to carry out the expansion program author12 ized by subsection (h) for each of fiscal years 1995

13 and 1996, and not more than $4,000,000 shall be

14 used to carry out the expansion program for each of

15 fiscal years 1997 and 1998.’’.

16 SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAMS.

17 Section 4 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1773) is amended

18 by adding at the end the following new subsection:

19 ‘‘EXPANSION OF PROGRAMS

20 ‘‘(h)(1) With funds made available to carry out this

21 subsection under subsection (g)(1), the Secretary shall

22 make payments on a competitive basis to State edu23 cational agencies in a substantial number of States for dis24 tribution to eligible schools to assist the schools with ex25 penses incurred in expanding a school breakfast program

26 established under this section. Payments received under
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1 this subsection shall be in addition to payments to which

2 State educational agencies are entitled under subsection

3 (b).

4 ‘‘(2) In making payments under this subsection in

5 any fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide a preference

6 to State educational agencies that submit to the Sec7 retary—

8 ‘‘(A) a plan to expand school breakfast pro9 grams conducted in the State, including a descrip10 tion of—

11 ‘‘(i) the manner in which the agency will

12 provide technical assistance and funding to

13 schools in the State to expand the programs; or

14 ‘‘(ii) significant public or private resources

15 that have been assembled to carry out the ex16 pansion of the programs during the year; or

17 ‘‘(B) documentation of the need for—

18 ‘‘(i) equipment, including the purchase, re19 placement, or upgrading of equipment associ20 ated with expanding the school breakfast pro21 gram; or

22 ‘‘(ii) other needs, including a need for tem23 porary personnel, or funds to defray adminis24 trative or other costs associated with expanding

25 the school breakfast program.
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1 ‘‘(3) Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (g)(2),

2 and paragraphs (3) through (5) of subsection (g), shall

3 apply to payments made under this subsection.’’.

4 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

5 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect

6 on October 1, 1994, or the date of the enactment of this

7 Act, whichever occurs later.

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