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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3580

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch

Act to promote healthy eating habits for children and to extend certain

authorities contained in such Acts through fiscal year 1998, and for

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 20, 1993

Mr. KILDEE (for himself and Mr. GOODLING) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National

School Lunch Act to promote healthy eating habits for

children and to extend certain authorities contained in

such Acts through fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act of

6 1966 Amendments of 1993’’.
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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of

2 this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT

Sec. 101. Low-fat yogurt as an allowable choice.

Sec. 102. Information to parents concerning importance of nutrition.

Sec. 103. Income guidelines for free lunches served to elementary school students.

Sec. 104. Promotion of healthy eating habits for children.

Sec. 105. Food and nutrition projects.

Sec. 106. Summer food service program for children.

Sec. 107. Commodity distribution program.

Sec. 108. Food service management institute and other institutions.

Sec. 109. Compliance and accountability.

Sec. 110. Nutrition guidance for child nutrition programs.

TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966

Sec. 201. State administrative expenses.

Sec. 202. WIC breastfeeding promotion.

Sec. 203. Expansion of WIC farmers’ market program.

Sec. 204. Nutrition education and training program.

Sec. 205. Technical amendments.

TITLE III—EFFECTIVE DATES

Sec. 301. Effective dates.

3 TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO

4 NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT

5 SEC. 101. LOW-FAT YOGURT AS AN ALLOWABLE CHOICE.

6 Section 9(a)(2) of the National School Lunch Act (42

7 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the

8 following new sentences: ‘‘The Secretary shall permit

9 schools to offer low-fat yogurt as an alternative for meats,

10 eggs, cooked dry beans or peas, peanut butter, or other

11 meat alternatives in the school lunch program. The Sec12 retary may require that the yogurt be enriched with pro13 teins or other nutrients.’’.
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1 SEC. 102. INFORMATION TO PARENTS CONCERNING IMPOR2 TANCE OF NUTRITION.

3 Section 9(a) of the National School Lunch Act (42

4 U.S.C. 1758(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing new paragraph:

6 ‘‘(5)(A) The Secretary shall carry out a program to

7 assist States through grants-in-aid and other means to

8 provide information to parents concerning the importance

9 of nutrition for good health by carrying out parent-student

10 education programs and programs to encourage parents

11 to visit schools with their children to see the operation of

12 the school lunch program established under this Act and

13 the school breakfast program established under the Child

14 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).

15 ‘‘(B) There are authorized to be appropriated to

16 carry out subparagraph (A) $2,000,000 for each fiscal

17 year.’’.

18 SEC. 103. INCOME GUIDELINES FOR FREE LUNCHES

19 SERVED TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STU20 DENTS.

21 The second sentence of section 9(b)(1)(A) of the Na22 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1)(A)) is

23 amended by inserting ‘‘(or, in the case of a student attend24 ing an elementary school, 185 percent)’’ after ‘‘130 per25 cent’’.
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1 SEC. 104. PROMOTION OF HEALTHY EATING HABITS FOR

2 CHILDREN.

3 Section 12 of the National School Lunch Act (42

4 U.S.C. 1760) is amended by adding at the end the follow5 ing new subsection:

6 ‘‘(j) The Secretary shall develop, and make available

7 to the public, public service advertisements that promote

8 healthy eating habits for children.’’.

9 SEC. 105. FOOD AND NUTRITION PROJECTS.

10 Section 12 of the National School Lunch Act (42

11 U.S.C. 1760) (as amended by section 104) is further

12 amended by adding at the end the following new sub13 section:

14 ‘‘(k)(1) The Secretary shall award on an annual basis

15 grants to private nonprofit educational organizations in 3

16 States to create and demonstrate food and nutrition

17 projects that are fully integrated with elementary school

18 curricula.

19 ‘‘(2) Each private nonprofit organization referred to

20 in paragraph (1) shall be selected by the Secretary and

21 shall—

22 ‘‘(A) assist local schools and educators in teach23 ing food and nutrition education that integrates

24 math, science, and verbal skills in the elementary

25 grades;
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1 ‘‘(B) assist local schools and educators in teach2 ing sustainable agricultural practices and ecology

3 through practical applications, like gardening;

4 ‘‘(C) assist in teaching the importance of com5 munity-based models to combat hunger;

6 ‘‘(D) create community service learning oppor7 tunities;

8 ‘‘(E) be experienced in assisting in the creation

9 of curriculum-based models in elementary schools;

10 ‘‘(F) be sponsored by an organization, or be an

11 organization, that provides information concerning

12 hunger and community involvement; and

13 ‘‘(G) be able to provide model curricula, exam14 ples, advice, and guidance to schools, community

15 groups, States, and local organizations regarding

16 means of carrying out similar projects.

17 ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall establish fair and reasonable

18 auditing procedures regarding the expenditure of funds

19 under this subsection.

20 ‘‘(4) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry

21 out this subsection $600,000 for each of the fiscal years

22 1994 through 1998.’’.
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1 SEC. 106. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHIL2 DREN.

3 (a) DEFINITION OF AREAS IN WHICH POOR ECO4 NOMIC CONDITIONS EXIST.—Section 13(a)(1)(C) of the

5 National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(1)(C)) is

6 amended by striking ‘‘50 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘40 per7 cent’’.

8 (b) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—

9 (1) LIMITS ON SITES AND NUMBER OF CHIL10 DREN SERVED.—Clause (i) of section 13(a)(7)(B) of

11 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(7)(B)(i)) is amended

12 to read as follows:

13 ‘‘(i) serve a total of not more than 3,000 chil14 dren per day at not more than 20 sites, with not

15 more than 500 children being served at any 1 site;’’.

16 (2) VENDORS; WAITING PERIOD.—Section

17 13(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(7)) is

18 amended—

19 (A) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting

20 before the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘,

21 except as provided in subparagraph (C)’’; and

22 (B) in subparagraph (C) to read as fol23 lows:

24 ‘‘(C) The Secretary may allow a State to waive the

25 eligibility requirements of subparagraph (B)(ii) with re26 spect to a private nonprofit organization to permit such
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1 organization to obtain meals from a vendor under the

2 same terms and conditions as other service institutions,

3 if the State demonstrates that other reasonable alter4 natives do not exist and that failure to grant a waiver will

5 result in the lack of the establishment of a feeding site

6 for children in the area.’’.

7 (c) SECOND HELPINGS.—Section 13(a) of such Act

8 (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)) is amended by adding at the end the

9 following new paragraph:

10 ‘‘(8) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall

11 issue regulations that provide an allowance for second

12 helpings of up to 5 percent.’’.

13 (d) SINGLE RATE FOR OPERATIONAL AND ADMINIS14 TRATIVE COSTS.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section

16 13(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)(1)) is amend17 ed to read as follows:

18 ‘‘(1)(A) Except as otherwise provided in this para19 graph, payments to service institutions shall equal the full

20 cost of food service operations, including the cost of ob21 taining, preparing, and serving food, and administrative

22 costs.

23 ‘‘(B) Payments to an institution may not exceed—

24 ‘‘(i) $2.2375 for each lunch and supper served;

25 ‘‘(ii) $1.2425 for each breakfast served; and
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1 ‘‘(iii) 58.75 cents for each meal supplement

2 served.

3 ‘‘(C) The amounts specified in subparagraph (B)

4 shall be adjusted on January 1, 1994, and each January

1 thereafter, to the nearest 1 5 ⁄4 cent in accordance with

6 the changes for the 12-month period ending the preceding

7 November 30 in the series for food away from home of

8 the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers pub9 lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Depart10 ment of Labor.

11 ‘‘(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of this

12 paragraph, reimbursement for administrative costs of a

13 service institution shall not exceed 12 percent of the total

14 reimbursement provided to the service institution under

15 this paragraph.’’.

16 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section

17 13(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)) is amended—

18 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking the sec19 ond sentence; and

20 (B) by striking paragraph (4).

21 (e) OFFER VS. SERVE OPTION.—Section 13(b)(2) of

22 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)(2)) is amended by adding

23 at the end the following new sentences: ‘‘The Secretary

24 shall issue regulations that allow schools that are service

25 institutions and that prepare and serve meals on-site to
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1 permit children to refuse 1 food item that the children

2 do not intend to consume without lowering the Federal

3 reimbursement levels that are due under the program es4 tablished by this section and be treated in the same man5 ner as a service institution that serves meals under the

6 program.’’.

7 (f) STARTUP COSTS.—Section 13 of such Act (42

8 U.S.C. 1761) is amended—

9 (1) in subsection (g), by striking the second and

10 third sentences;

11 (2) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as

12 subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and

13 (3) by inserting after subsection (f) the follow14 ing new subsection:

15 ‘‘(g)(1) The Secretary shall make payments, totalling

16 not less than $2,000,000 for each fiscal year, to States

17 for distribution to service institutions in a substantial

18 number of States to assist the institutions with non19 recurring expenses incurred in initiating the summer food

20 service program. Payments received under this subsection

21 shall be in addition to payments to which States are enti22 tled under other provisions of this section and shall be

23 used for increasing the number of feeding sites or the total

24 meals served.
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1 ‘‘(2) In making payments under this subsection for

2 any fiscal year, the Secretary shall, to the maximum ex3 tent practicable, ensure a wide geographic distribution

4 among the States receiving the payments.

5 ‘‘(3) In making payments under this subsection for

6 any fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide a preference

7 to States—

8 ‘‘(A)(i) in which the number of children partici9 pating in the program authorized by this section

10 represents the lowest percentages of the number of

11 children receiving free or reduced price meals under

12 the national school lunch program; or

13 ‘‘(ii) that do not have a summer food service

14 program available to a large number of low-income

15 children in the State; and

16 ‘‘(B) that submit to the Secretary a plan to ex17 pand the programs conducted in the State, including

18 a description of—

19 ‘‘(i) the manner in which the State will

20 provide technical assistance to service institu21 tions in the State to expand the programs; or

22 ‘‘(ii) significant public or private resources

23 that have been assembled to carry out the ex24 pansion of the programs during the year.
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1 ‘‘(4) Funds made available under this subsection that

2 are not used by the State shall be available to the Sec3 retary for distribution to the States during the following

4 fiscal year, in accordance with procedures established by

5 the Secretary.

6 ‘‘(5) The Secretary shall allow States to apply on an

7 annual basis for assistance under this subsection.

8 ‘‘(6) In allocating funds within the State, each State

9 shall give preference for assistance under this subsection

10 to service institutions in areas that demonstrate the great11 est need for the program or that are in areas in which

12 poor economic conditions exist.

13 ‘‘(7) Each State shall ensure that—

14 ‘‘(A) service institutions receiving assistance

15 under this subsection establish additional feeding

16 sites that provide meal service to children in pre17 viously unserved areas; or

18 ‘‘(B) as a result of receiving the assistance,

19 service institutions serve more meals than were

20 served in the previous year.

21 ‘‘(8) Expenditures of funds from State and local

22 sources for the maintenance of the program shall not be

23 diminished as a result of payments received under this

24 subsection.
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1 ‘‘(9) Not later than January 1, 1996, the Secretary

2 shall submit a report to the Committee on Education and

3 Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee

4 on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate con5 cerning the efforts of the Secretary and the States to in6 crease the participation of service institutions in the pro7 gram.

8 ‘‘(10) As used in this subsection, the term ‘service

9 institutions’ means service institutions (as defined in sub10 section (a)(1)(B)) that—

11 ‘‘(A) will serve children a significant percentage

12 of whom are members of low-income families; and

13 ‘‘(B) agree to operate the summer food service

14 program established with the assistance provided

15 under this subsection for a period of not less than

16 3 years.’’.

17 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

18 13(r) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(r)) is amended by

19 striking ‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’.

20 SEC. 107. COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.

21 Section 14 of the National School Lunch Act (42

22 U.S.C. 1762a) is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘1994’’ and

24 inserting ‘‘1998’’; and

25 (2) in subsection (b)—
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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and

2 (B) by adding at the end the following new

3 paragraphs:

4 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall improve the overall nutri5 tional quality of entitlement commodities provided to

6 schools to assist the schools in furthering the nutritional

7 goals for meals established under section 24.

8 ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall—

9 ‘‘(A) require that nutritional content informa10 tion labels be placed on packages or shipments of

11 entitlement commodities provided to the schools; or

12 ‘‘(B) otherwise provide nutritional content in13 formation regarding the commodities provided to the

14 schools.’’.

15 SEC. 108. FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE AND

16 OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

17 Section 21 of the National School Lunch Act (42

18 U.S.C. 1769b–1) is amended—

19 (1) in subsection (b)—

20 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para21 graph (2);

22 (B) by striking the period at the end of

23 paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

24 (C) by adding at the end the following new

25 paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(4) in the case of a food service management

2 institute established pursuant to subsection (a)(2)

3 and other institutions (such as a culinary insti4 tute)—

5 ‘‘(A) training food service personnel to

6 comply with the nutrition guidance and objec7 tive referred to in section 24(b) through a na8 tional network of instructors or other means;

9 ‘‘(B) preparing informational materials,

10 such as video instruction tapes and menu plan11 ners, to promote healthier food preparation; and

12 ‘‘(C) assisting State educational agencies

13 in providing additional nutrition and health in14 structions and instructors.’’; and

15 (2) in subsection (e)—

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘1992,

17 1993, and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1992 through

18 1998’’; and

19 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘1991,

20 1992, 1993, and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1991

21 through 1998’’.

22 SEC. 109. COMPLIANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

23 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment

24 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a

25 report to the Committee on Education and Labor of the
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1 House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri2 culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate that ana3 lyzes—

4 (1) the status of the coordinated review system

5 authorized under section 22 of the National School

6 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769c);

7 (2) the advantages and disadvantages of the

8 system; and

9 (3) the cost impact of the system on schools.

10 SEC. 110. NUTRITION GUIDANCE FOR CHILD NUTRITION

11 PROGRAMS.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 24 of the National School

13 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769e) is amended—

14 (1) in subsection (b) to read as follows:

15 ‘‘(b) REVISION OF MENU PLANNING GUIDES.—

16 ‘‘(1) FAT CONTENT.—The Secretary shall in17 clude in menu planning guides the recommendation

18 provided in the April 1992 version of the publication

19 that menus achieve an average fat content of 30 per20 cent of calories from fat and that saturated fat in21 take should be reduced to an average of 10 percent

22 or less of calories.

23 ‘‘(2) REVISED RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Sec24 retary shall, as necessary, revise the menu planning

25 guides for each covered program to include rec-
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1 ommendations for the implementation of nutrition

2 guidance described in the publication, including re3 vised recommendations in the publication concerning

4 the consumption of fat and saturated fat.’’;

5 (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘, including

6 the guidance regarding fat and saturated fat con7 sumption,’’ after ‘‘publication’’; and

8 (3) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘, including

9 the guidance regarding fat and saturated fat con10 sumption’’ after ‘‘publication’’.

11 (b) REPORT.—Not later than July 1, 1995, the Sec12 retary of Agriculture shall submit to the appropriate com13 mittees of Congress a report that—

14 (1) describes actions taken to ensure compli15 ance with the requirements of section 24 of the Na16 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769e); and

17 (2) makes recommendations regarding the use18 fulness of specific guidelines for dietary fiber, so19 dium, and sugar regarding the school lunch and

20 breakfast programs established under the National

21 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the

22 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et

23 seq.), respectively.

24 (c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 150 days after

25 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-
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1 culture shall issue final regulations to implement section

2 24 of the National School Lunch Act (as amended by sub3 section (a)).

4 TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO

5 CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966

6 SEC. 201. STATE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

7 Section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42

8 U.S.C. 1776) is amended—

9 (1) in subsection (a)(2)—

10 (A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘plus

11 $780,000,’’ after ‘‘1 percent’’; and

12 (B) in the second sentence, by striking

13 ‘‘September 30, 1981, or $100,000’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘September 30, 1993, or $175,000’’; and

15 (2) by amending subsection (h) to read as fol16 lows:

17 ‘‘(h)(1) In addition to the funds allocated pursuant

18 to the other provisions of this section, the Secretary shall

19 make available to each State, for administrative costs in20 curred for any fiscal year in connection with the distribu21 tion of commodities, an amount equal to not less than 1

percent, and not more than 11 22 ⁄2 percent, of the value of

23 the commodities distributed by the Secretary to each State

24 pursuant to this Act and the National School Lunch Act

25 (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq).
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1 ‘‘(2) The allocation required under this subsection

2 shall be made to the State agency responsible for the dis3 tribution of commodities authorized under this Act and

4 the National School Lunch Act.’’.

5 SEC. 202. WIC BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION.

6 Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42

7 U.S.C. 1786) is amended—

8 (1) in subsection (d)(4)—

9 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub10 paragraph (B);

11 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as

12 subparagraph (D); and

13 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B)

14 the following new subparagraph:

15 ‘‘(C) the rate of breastfeeding among

16 postpartum women participating in the program,

17 and expenditures for breastfeeding promotion; and’’;

18 and

19 (2) in subsection (h)(3)(A)—

20 (A) in clause (i)(II), by striking

21 ‘‘$8,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$16,000,000’’;

22 and

23 (B) in clause (ii), by inserting after ‘‘sup24 port activities’’ the following: ‘‘(including the

25 purchase of breast pumps)’’.
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1 SEC. 203. EXPANSION OF WIC FARMERS’ MARKET PRO2 GRAM.

3 Section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42

4 U.S.C. 1786(m)) is amended—

5 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘30 percent’’

6 and inserting ‘‘25 percent’’;

7 (2) in paragraph (5)(C)(ii), by inserting before

8 the period at the end the following: ‘‘, except that

9 the Secretary, at the request of the State agency,

10 may increase the amount under unusual cir11 cumstances such as a natural disaster’’;

12 (3) in paragraph (5)(F)—

13 (A) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause

14 (iv); and

15 (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the follow16 ing new clause:

17 ‘‘(iii) During any fiscal year for which a State re18 ceives assistance under this subsection, the Secretary shall

19 permit the State to use 3 percent of total program funds

20 for market development (including the establishment of

21 additional farmers’ markets and the improvement and ex22 pansion of participating markets) if the Secretary deter23 mines that the State intends to promote—

24 ‘‘(I) the development of farmers’ markets in so25 cially or economically disadvantaged areas where
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1 residents have limited access to locally grown fruits

2 and vegetables; or

3 ‘‘(II) the participation of—

4 ‘‘(aa) farmers who are members of a so5 cially disadvantaged group (as such term is de6 fined in section 2501(e)(1) of the Food, Agri7 culture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990

8 (7 U.S.C. 2279(e)(1)));

9 ‘‘(bb) farmers located in remote rural

10 areas (as defined by the Secretary); or

11 ‘‘(cc) farmers who own or operate small12 scale or limited-resource farms (as defined by

13 the Secretary).’’;

14 (4) in paragraph (10)(A), by striking ‘‘and

15 $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1994’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘$8,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $10,500,000 for

17 fiscal year 1995, $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1996,

18 $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1997, and $18,000,000

19 for fiscal year 1998’’; and

20 (5) in paragraph (11)(D), by inserting before

21 the period at the end the following: ‘‘or any other

22 agency approved by the chief executive officer of the

23 State’’.
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1 SEC. 204. NUTRITION EDUCATION AND TRAINING PRO2 GRAM.

3 (a) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 19(f)(1) of the Child

4 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1788(f)(1)) is amend5 ed—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘for (A) employing’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘for—

8 ‘‘(A) employing’’;

9 (2) by indenting the margins of each of sub10 paragraphs (B) through (I) as so to align with the

11 margin of subparagraph (A) (as amended by para12 graph (1));

13 (3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara14 graph (H);

15 (4) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as sub16 paragraph (Q); and

17 (5) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the fol18 lowing new subparagraphs:

19 ‘‘(I) providing funding for a nutrition compo20 nent in the health education curriculum offered to

21 children in kindergarten through grade 12;

22 ‘‘(J) instructing teachers, school administrators,

23 or other school staff on how to promote better nutri24 tional health and to motivate children to practice

25 sound eating habits;
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1 ‘‘(K) developing means of providing nutrition

2 education to children and families of children

3 through after-school programs;

4 ‘‘(L) training in relation to healthy and nutri5 tious meals;

6 ‘‘(M) creating instructional programming for

7 teachers, school food service personnel, and parents

8 on the relationships between nutrition and health

9 and the role of the food guide pyramid established

10 by the Secretary;

11 ‘‘(N) funding aspects of the Strategic Plan for

12 Nutrition and Education issued by the Secretary;

13 ‘‘(O) increasing evaluation efforts at the State

14 level regarding needs assessment for nutrition edu15 cation efforts;

16 ‘‘(P) encouraging public service advertisements

17 to promote healthy eating habits for children; and’’.

18 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

19 19(i)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1788(i)(2)(a)) is

20 amended—

21 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iii);

22 (2) by striking the period at the end of clause

23 (iv) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

24 (3) by adding at the end the following new

25 clause:
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1 ‘‘(v) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995

2 through 1998.’’.

3 SEC. 205. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

4 (a) CARRYOVER FUNDS.—Section 17(i)(3)(A) of the

5 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(i)(3)(A)) is

6 amended by striking ‘‘1 percent’’ each place it appears in

7 clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting ‘‘3 percent’’.

8 (b) CHANGE OF NAME OF WIC PROGRAM.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 17 of the Child Nu10 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) is amended—

11 (A) by striking the section heading and in12 serting the following new section heading:

13 ‘‘SPECIAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS,

14 AND CHILDREN’’;

15 (B) in the first sentence of subsection

16 (c)(1), by striking ‘‘special supplemental food

17 program’’ and inserting ‘‘special nutrition pro18 gram’’;

19 (C) in the second sentence of subsection

20 (k)(1), by striking ‘‘special supplemental food

21 program’’ each place it appears and inserting

22 ‘‘special nutrition program’’; and

23 (D) in subsection (o)(1)(B), by striking

24 ‘‘special supplemental food program’’ and in25 serting ‘‘special nutrition program’’.

26 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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1 (A) The second sentence of section 9(c) of

2 the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.

3 2018(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘special sup4 plemental food program for women, infants and

5 children’’ and inserting ‘‘special nutrition pro6 gram for women, infants, and children’’.

7 (B) Section 685(b)(8) of the Individuals

8 with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C.

9 1484a(b)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘Special

10 Supplemental Food Program for Women, In11 fants and Children’’ and inserting ‘‘special nu12 trition program for women, infants, and chil13 dren’’.

14 (C) Section 3803(c)(2)(C)(x) of title 31,

15 United States Code, is amended by striking

16 ‘‘special supplemental food program’’ and in17 serting ‘‘special nutrition program’’.

18 (D) Section 399(b)(6) of the Public Health

19 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280c–6(b)(6)) is amend20 ed by striking ‘‘special supplemental food pro21 gram’’ and inserting ‘‘special nutrition pro22 gram’’.

23 (E) Paragraphs (11)(C) and (53)(A) of

24 section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act (42

25 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) are each amended by striking
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3 (F) Section 202 of the Children’s Nutri4 tion Assistance Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–

5 512; 42 U.S.C. 1786 note) is amended by strik6 ing ‘‘special supplemental food program’’ each

7 place it appears and inserting ‘‘special nutrition

8 program’’.

9 TITLE III—EFFECTIVE DATES

10 SEC. 301. EFFECTIVE DATES.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection

12 (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act take

13 effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

14 (b) SPECIAL EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments

15 made by—

16 (1) sections 108, 201 through 203, and 205

17 take effect on October 1, 1994;

18 (2) sections 101 through 105, 109, and 204

19 take effect on July 1, 1995; and

20 (3) section 107 take effect on September 1,

21 1995.

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