103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1614

AN ACT

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the

year 1998, and for other purposes.authorities contained in such Acts through fiscaleating habits for children and to extend certainNational School Lunch Act to promote healthy
103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1614

AN ACT

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 ‘‘Better Nutrition and Health for Children Act of 1994’’.
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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—SCHOOL LUNCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS

Sec. 101. Delivery of commodities.

Sec. 102. Combined Federal and State commodity purchases.

Sec. 103. Nutritional requirements.

Sec. 104. Elimination of whole milk requirement.

Sec. 105. Use of free and reduced price meal eligibility information.

Sec. 106. Automatic eligibility of Head Start participants.

Sec. 107. Use of nutrition education and training program resources.

Sec. 108. Special assistance for schools electing to serve all children free

lunches or breakfasts.

Sec. 109. Definition of school.

Sec. 110. Reimbursement for meals, supplements, and milk under certain programs contingent on timely submission of claims and final program operations report.

Sec. 111. Organically produced agricultural products.

Sec. 112. Food and nutrition projects.

Sec. 113. Summer food service program for children.

Sec. 114. Commodity distribution program.

Sec. 115. Child and adult care food program.

Sec. 116. Homeless children nutrition program; demonstration program for the

prevention of boarder babies.

Sec. 117. Pilot projects.

Sec. 118. Food service management institute.

Sec. 119. Compliance and accountability.

Sec. 120. Duties of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to nonprocurement debarment under certain child nutrition programs.

Sec. 121. Nutrition education promotion program.

Sec. 122. Information clearinghouse.

Sec. 123. Guidance and grants for accommodating medical and special dietary

needs of children with disabilities.

Sec. 124. Inspection of juice and juice products.

Sec. 125. Administration of nutrition programs.

TITLE II—SCHOOL BREAKFAST AND RELATED PROGRAMS

Sec. 201. School breakfast program.

Sec. 202. State administrative expenses.

Sec. 203. Competitive foods of minimal nutritional value.

Sec. 204. Special supplemental nutrition program.

Sec. 205. Nutrition education and training program.

TITLE III—OTHER RELATED PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Distribution of commodities on certain Indian reservations.

TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATES

Sec. 401. Effective dates.
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1 TITLE I—SCHOOL LUNCH AND

2 RELATED PROGRAMS

3 SEC. 101. DELIVERY OF COMMODITIES.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the National School

5 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755) is amended—

6 (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the

7 following new subsection:

8 ‘‘(b) The Secretary shall deliver, to each State par9 ticipating in the school lunch program under this Act,

10 commodities valued at the total level of assistance author11 ized under subsection (c) for each school year for the

12 school lunch program in the State, not later than Septem13 ber 30 of the following school year.’’;

14 (2) by striking subsections (c) and (d); and

15 (3) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as

16 subsections (c) and (d), respectively.

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

18 (1) Subsection (f), and clauses (i) and (ii) of

19 subsection (g)(3)(A), of section 14 of such Act (42

20 U.S.C. 1762a) are amended by striking ‘‘section

21 6(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6(c)’’.

22 (2) The last sentence of section 16(a) of such

23 Act (42 U.S.C. 1765(a)) is amended by striking

24 ‘‘section 6(e) of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section

25 6(c)’’.
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1 (3) Section 17(h)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

2 1766(h)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘section

3 6(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6(c)’’.

4 SEC. 102. COMBINED FEDERAL AND STATE COMMODITY

5 PURCHASES.

6 Section 7 of the National School Lunch Act (42

7 U.S.C. 1756) is amended by adding at the end the follow8 ing new subsection:

9 ‘‘(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

10 Secretary may enter into an agreement with a State agen11 cy under which funds payable to the State under section

12 4 or 11 may be used by the Secretary for the purpose

13 of purchasing commodities for use by schools in the State

14 in meals served under the school lunch program under this

15 Act.’’.

16 SEC. 103. NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

17 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL LUNCH

18 PROGRAM.—Section 9(a)(1) of the National School Lunch

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(1)) is amended—

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

21 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub22 paragraph:

23 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall provide technical assistance

24 and training, including technical assistance and training

25 in the preparation of lower-fat versions of foods commonly
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1 used in the school lunch program under this Act, to

2 schools participating in the school lunch program to assist

3 the schools in complying with the nutritional requirements

4 prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph (A)

5 and in providing appropriate meals to children with medi6 cally certified special dietary needs. The Secretary shall

7 provide additional technical assistance to schools that are

8 having difficulty maintaining compliance with the require9 ments.’’.

10 (b) MINIMUM NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MEAS11 URED BY WEEKLY AVERAGE OF NUTRIENT CONTENT OF

12 SCHOOL LUNCHES.—Section 9(a)(1)(A) of such Act (42

13 U.S.C. 1758(a)(1)(A)) (as amended by subsection (a)) is

14 further amended—

15 (1) by striking ‘‘; except that such minimum

16 nutritional requirements’’ and inserting the follow17 ing: ‘‘, except that—

18 ‘‘(i) the minimum nutritional requirements’’;

19 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert20 ing ‘‘; and’’; and

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

22 clause:

23 ‘‘(ii) the minimum nutritional requirements

24 shall be measured by not less than the weekly aver25 age of the nutrient content of school lunches.’’.
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1 (c) DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS.—Section

2 9 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1758) is amended by adding

3 at the end the following new subsection:

4 ‘‘(f)(1) Not later than July 1, 1996, the Secretary,

5 State educational agencies, schools, and school food serv6 ice authorities shall, to the maximum extent practicable,

7 inform students who participate in the school lunch and

8 school breakfast programs, and parents and guardians of

9 the students, of—

10 ‘‘(A) the nutritional content of the lunches and

11 breakfasts that are served under the programs; and

12 ‘‘(B) the consistency of the lunches and break13 fasts with the guidelines contained in the most re14 cent ‘Dietary Guidelines for Americans’ that is pub15 lished under section 301 of the National Nutrition

16 Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7

17 U.S.C. 5341) (referred to in this subsection as the

18 ‘Guidelines’), including the consistency of the

19 lunches and breakfasts with the guideline for fat

20 content.

21 ‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), not

22 later than July 1, 1996, schools that are participating in

23 the school lunch or school breakfast program shall serve

24 lunches and breakfasts under the programs that are con-
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1 sistent with the Guidelines (as measured in accordance

2 with subsection (a)(1)(A)(ii)).

3 ‘‘(B) State educational agencies may grant waivers

4 from the requirements of subparagraph (A) subject to cri5 teria established by the appropriate State educational

6 agency. The waivers shall not permit schools to implement

7 the requirements later than July 1, 1998, or a later date

8 determined by the Secretary.

9 ‘‘(C) To assist schools in meeting the requirements

10 of this paragraph, the Secretary shall—

11 ‘‘(i) develop, and provide to schools, standard12 ized recipes, menu cycles, and food product speci13 fication and preparation techniques; and

14 ‘‘(ii) provide to schools information regarding

15 nutrient standard menu planning, assisted nutrient

16 standard menu planning, and other approaches, in17 cluding food-based menu systems with nutrient anal18 ysis, as determined by the Secretary.

19 ‘‘(D) Schools may use any of the approaches de20 scribed in subparagraph (C) to meet the requirements of

21 this paragraph.

22 ‘‘(3)(A) Not later than 120 days after the date of

23 enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit

24 to the authorizing committees of Congress a detailed and

25 specific plan that describes the actions the Secretary will
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1 take to encourage schools that are participating in the

2 school lunch and school breakfast programs to serve

3 lunches and breakfasts under each program that are con4 sistent with the Guidelines.

5 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall include in the plan—

6 ‘‘(i) a strategy for providing technical assist7 ance to States, State educational agencies, schools,

8 and school food service authorities to encourage con9 sistency with the Guidelines; and

10 ‘‘(ii) a strategy for informing State child nutri11 tion directors, school food service directors, parents,

12 guardians, and students of—

13 ‘‘(I) the provisions of the Guidelines;

14 ‘‘(II) the importance of implementing the

15 Guidelines; and

16 ‘‘(III) specific suggestions for dietary

17 modifications that would achieve the objectives

18 of the Guidelines.’’.

19 SEC. 104. ELIMINATION OF WHOLE MILK REQUIREMENT.

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

21 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)) is amended—

22 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’;

23 (2) by striking ‘‘fluid whole milk and fluid

24 unflavored lowfat milk’’ and inserting ‘‘fluid milk,

25 except that a State educational agency may require
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1 schools in the State to offer any type or types of

2 milk to students’’; and

3 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub4 paragraph:

5 ‘‘(B)(i) The Secretary shall purchase each calendar

6 year to carry out the school lunch program under this Act,

7 and the school breakfast program under section 4 of the

8 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), lowfat

9 cheese on a bid basis in a quantity that is the milkfat

10 equivalent of the quantity of milkfat the Secretary esti11 mates the Commodity Credit Corporation will purchase

12 each calendar year as a result of the elimination of the

13 requirement that schools offer students fluid whole milk

14 and fluid unflavored lowfat milk, based on data provided

15 by the Director of Office of Management and Budget.

16 ‘‘(ii) Not later than 30 days after the Secretary pro17 vides an estimate required under clause (i), the Director

18 of the Congressional Budget Office shall provide to the

19 appropriate committees of Congress a report on whether

20 the Director concurs with the estimate of the Secretary.

21 ‘‘(iii) The quantity of lowfat cheese that is purchased

22 under this subparagraph shall be in addition to the quan23 tity of cheese that is historically purchased by the Sec24 retary to carry out school feeding programs. The Secretary

25 shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure that
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1 purchases under this subparagraph shall not displace com2 mercial purchases of cheese by schools.’’.

3 SEC. 105. USE OF FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEAL ELIGI4 BILITY INFORMATION.

5 Clause (iii) of section 9(b)(2)(C) of the National

6 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(2)(C)(iii)) is

7 amended to read as follows:

8 ‘‘(iii) The use or disclosure of any information ob9 tained from an application for free or reduced price meals,

10 or from a State or local agency referred to in clause (ii),

11 shall be limited to—

12 ‘‘(I) a person directly connected with the ad13 ministration or enforcement of this Act or the Child

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

15 a regulation issued pursuant to either Act;

16 ‘‘(II) a person directly connected with the ad17 ministration or enforcement of a State health or

18 education program administered by the State or

19 local educational agency (other than a program car20 ried out under title XIX of the Social Security Act

21 (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.)); and

22 ‘‘(III)(aa) the Comptroller General of the Unit23 ed States for audit and examination authorized by

24 any other provision of law; and
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1 ‘‘(bb) notwithstanding any other provision of

2 law, a Federal, State, or local law enforcement offi3 cial for the purpose of investigating an alleged viola4 tion of any program covered by paragraph (1) or

5 this paragraph.

6 ‘‘(iv) Information provided by a school under clause

7 (iii)(II) shall be limited to the income eligibility status of

8 the child for whom application for free or reduced price

9 meal benefits was made or for whom eligibility information

10 was provided under clause (ii), unless the consent of the

11 parent or guardian of the child for whom application for

12 benefits was made is obtained.

13 ‘‘(v) A person described in clause (iii) who publishes,

14 divulges, discloses, or makes known in any manner, or to

15 any extent not authorized by Federal law (including a reg16 ulation), any information obtained under this subsection

17 shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not

18 more than 1 year, or both.’’.

19 SEC. 106. AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY OF HEAD START PAR20 TICIPANTS.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(b)(6) of the National

22 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(6)) is amended—

23 (1) in subparagraph (A)—

24 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by

25 striking ‘‘a member of’’;
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1 (B) in clause (i)—

2 (i) by inserting ‘‘a member of’’ after

3 ‘‘(i)’’; and

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end;

5 (C) in clause (ii)—

6 (i) by inserting ‘‘a member of’’ after

7 ‘‘(ii)’’; and

8 (ii) by striking the period at the end

9 and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

10 (D) by adding at the end the following new

11 clause:

12 ‘‘(iii) enrolled as a participant in a Head Start

13 program authorized under the Head Start Act (42

14 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), on the basis of a determination

15 that the child is a member of a family that meets

16 the low-income criteria prescribed under section

17 645(a)(1)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.

18 9840(a)(1)(A)).’’; and

19 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘food

20 stamps or aid to families with dependent children’’

21 and inserting ‘‘food stamps or aid to families with

22 dependent children, or of enrollment or participation

23 in a Head Start program on the basis described in

24 subparagraph (A)(iii),’’.
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

2 subsection (a) shall become effective on September 1,

3 1995.

4 SEC. 107. USE OF NUTRITION EDUCATION AND TRAINING

5 PROGRAM RESOURCES.

6 Section 9 of the National School Lunch Act (42

7 U.S.C. 1758) (as amended by section 103(c)) is further

8 amended by adding at the end the following new sub9 section:

10 ‘‘(g) In carrying out this Act and the Child Nutrition

11 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), a State educational

12 agency shall, particularly with regard to the responsibil13 ities of the agency under subsection (a)(3), use resources

14 provided through the nutrition education and training pro15 gram authorized under section 19 of the Child Nutrition

16 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1788) for training aimed at im17 proving the quality and acceptance of school meals.’’.

18 SEC. 108. SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOLS ELECTING

19 TO SERVE ALL CHILDREN FREE LUNCHES OR

20 BREAKFASTS.

21 Section 11(a)(1) of the National School Lunch Act

22 (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)) is amended—

23 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’;

24 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘In the

25 case of’’ and inserting the following:
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1 ‘‘(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), (D),

2 or (E), in the case of’’; and

3 (3) by striking the third and fourth sentences

4 and inserting the following new subparagraphs:

5 ‘‘(C)(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (D), in

6 the case of any school that—

7 ‘‘(I) elects to serve all children in the school

8 free lunches under the school lunch program during

9 any period of 3 successive school years, or in the

10 case of a school that serves both lunches and break11 fasts, elects to serve all children in the school free

12 lunches and free breakfasts under the school lunch

13 program and the school breakfast program estab14 lished under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of

15 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) during any period of 3 suc16 cessive school years; and

17 ‘‘(II) pays, from sources other than Federal

18 funds, for the costs of serving the lunches or break19 fasts that are in excess of the value of assistance re20 ceived under this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of

21 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) with respect to the

22 number of lunches or breakfasts served during the

23 period;

24 special assistance payments shall be paid to the State edu25 cational agency with respect to the school during the pe-
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1 riod on the basis of the number of lunches or breakfasts

2 determined under clause (ii) or (iii).

3 ‘‘(ii) For purposes of making special assistance pay4 ments under clause (i), except as provided in clause (iii),

5 the number of lunches or breakfasts served by a school

6 to children who are eligible for free lunches or breakfasts

7 or reduced price lunches or breakfasts during each school

8 year of the 3-school-year period shall be considered to be

9 equal to the number of lunches or breakfasts served by

10 the school to children eligible for free lunches or break11 fasts or reduced price lunches or breakfasts during the

12 first school year of the period.

13 ‘‘(iii) For purposes of computing the amount of the

14 payments, a school may elect to determine on a more fre15 quent basis the number of children who are eligible for

16 free or reduced price lunches or breakfasts who are served

17 lunches or breakfasts during the 3-school-year period.

18 ‘‘(D)(i) In the case of any school that, on the date

19 of enactment of this subparagraph, is receiving special as20 sistance payments under this paragraph for a 3-school21 year period described in subparagraph (C), the State may

22 grant, at the end of the 3-school-year period, an extension

23 of the period for an additional 2 school years, if the State

24 determines, through available socioeconomic data ap-
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1 proved by the Secretary, that the income level of the popu2 lation of the school has remained stable.

3 ‘‘(ii) A school described in clause (i) may reapply to

4 the State at the end of the 2-school-year period described

5 in clause (i) for the purpose of continuing to receive spe6 cial assistance payments, as determined in accordance

7 with this paragraph, for a subsequent 5-school-year pe8 riod. The school may reapply to the State at the end of

9 the 5-school-year period, and at the end of each 5-school10 year period thereafter for which the school receives special

11 assistance payments under this paragraph, for the purpose

12 of continuing to receive the payments for a subsequent 5-

13 school-year period. The school shall require submission of

14 applications for free and reduced price lunches, or for free

15 and reduced price lunches and breakfasts, in the first

16 school year of each 5-school-year period for which the

17 school receives special assistance payments under this

18 paragraph, for the purpose of calculating the special as19 sistance payments.

20 ‘‘(E)(i) In the case of any school that—

21 ‘‘(I) elects to serve all children in the school

22 free lunches under the school lunch program during

23 any period of 4 successive school years, or in the

24 case of a school that serves both lunches and break25 fasts, elects to serve all children in the school free
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1 lunches and free breakfasts under the school lunch

2 program and the school breakfast program during

3 any period of 4 successive school years; and

4 ‘‘(II) pays, from sources other than Federal

5 funds, for the costs of serving the lunches or break6 fasts that are in excess of the value of assistance re7 ceived under this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of

8 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) with respect to the

9 number of lunches or breakfasts served during the

10 period;

11 total Federal cash reimbursements and total commodity

12 assistance shall be provided to the State educational agen13 cy with respect to the school at a level that is equal to

14 the total Federal cash reimbursements and total commod15 ity assistance received by the school in the last school year

16 for which the school accepted applications under the school

17 lunch or school breakfast program, adjusted annually for

18 inflation in accordance with paragraph (3)(B) and for

19 changes in enrollment, to carry out the school lunch or

20 school breakfast program.

21 ‘‘(ii) A school described in clause (i) may reapply to

22 the State at the end of the 4-school-year period described

23 in clause (i), and at the end of each 4-school-year period

24 thereafter for which the school receives reimbursements

25 and assistance under this subparagraph, for the purpose
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1 of continuing to receive the reimbursements and assist2 ance for a subsequent 4-school-year period. The State may

3 approve an application under this clause if the State deter4 mines, through available socioeconomic data approved by

5 the Secretary, that the income level of the population of

6 the school has remained consistent with the income level

7 of the population of the school in the last school year for

8 which the school accepted the applications described in

9 clause (i).’’.

10 SEC. 109. DEFINITION OF SCHOOL.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 12(d)(5) of the National

12 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(d)(5)) is amended—

13 (1) in the first sentence—

14 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking

15 ‘‘under,’’ and inserting ‘‘under and’’;

16 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘,

17 and’’ and inserting a period; and

18 (C) by striking subparagraph (C); and

19 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘of

20 clauses (A) and (B)’’.

21 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

22 subsection (a) shall become effective on October 1, 1995.
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1 SEC. 110. REIMBURSEMENT FOR MEALS, SUPPLEMENTS,

2 AND MILK UNDER CERTAIN PROGRAMS CON3 TINGENT ON TIMELY SUBMISSION OF CLAIMS

4 AND FINAL PROGRAM OPERATIONS REPORT.

5 Section 12 of the National School Lunch Act (42

6 U.S.C. 1760) is amended by adding at the end the follow7 ing new subsection:

8 ‘‘(j)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Sec9 retary may provide reimbursements for final claims sub10 mitted to State agencies by eligible schools, institutions,

11 and service institutions for service of meals, supplements,

12 and milk under this Act or the Child Nutrition Act of

13 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) only if—

14 ‘‘(A) the claims have been submitted to the

15 State agencies not later than 60 days after the last

16 day of the month for which reimbursements are

17 claimed; and

18 ‘‘(B) the final program operations report for

19 the month is submitted to the Secretary not later

20 than 90 days after the last day of the month.

21 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may waive the requirements of

22 paragraph (1).’’.

23 SEC. 111. ORGANICALLY PRODUCED AGRICULTURAL PROD24 UCTS.

25 Section 12 of the National School Lunch Act (42

26 U.S.C. 1760) (as amended by section 110) is further
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1 amended by adding at the end the following new sub2 section:

3 ‘‘(k)(1) The Secretary shall make available, at the re4 quest of State educational agencies and schools participat5 ing in the school lunch program, information about means

6 for schools to obtain organically produced agricultural

7 products (as defined in section 2103 of the Organic Foods

8 Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6502)), such as meats,

9 poultry products, fruits, products made from grains, dairy

10 products, and vegetables that are organically produced.’’.

11 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply beginning on the date

12 the Secretary establishes an organic certification program

13 for producers and handlers of agricultural products in ac14 cordance with such Act (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.).’’.

15 SEC. 112. FOOD AND NUTRITION PROJECTS.

16 Section 12 of the National School Lunch Act (42

17 U.S.C. 1760) (as amended by section 111) is further

18 amended by adding at the end the following new sub19 section:

20 ‘‘(l)(1) The Secretary, acting through the Adminis21 trator of the Food and Nutrition Service or through the

22 Extension Service, shall award on an annual basis grants

23 to a private nonprofit organization or educational institu24 tion in each of 3 States to create, operate, and dem-
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1 onstrate food and nutrition projects that are fully inte2 grated with elementary school curricula.

3 ‘‘(2) Each organization or institution referred to in

4 paragraph (1) shall be selected by the Secretary and

5 shall—

6 ‘‘(A) assist local schools and educators in offer7 ing food and nutrition education that integrates

8 math, science, and verbal skills in the elementary

9 grades;

10 ‘‘(B) assist local schools and educators in teach11 ing agricultural practices through practical applica12 tions, like gardening;

13 ‘‘(C) create community service learning oppor14 tunities or educational programs;

15 ‘‘(D) be experienced in assisting in the creation

16 of curriculum-based models in elementary schools;

17 ‘‘(E) be sponsored by an organization or insti18 tution, or be an organization or institution, that pro19 vides information, or conducts other educational ef20 forts, concerning the success and productivity of

21 American agriculture and the importance of the free

22 enterprise system to the quality of life in the United

23 States; and

24 ‘‘(F) be able to provide model curricula, exam25 ples, advice, and guidance to school, community
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1 groups, States, and local organizations regarding

2 means of carrying out similar projects.

3 ‘‘(3) Subject to the availability of appropriations to

4 carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall make grants

5 to each of the 3 private organizations or institutions se6 lected under this section in amounts of not less than

7 $100,000, nor more than $200,000, for each of fiscal

8 years 1995 through 1998.

9 ‘‘(4) The Secretary shall establish fair and reasonable

10 auditing procedures regarding the expenditure of funds

11 under this subsection.

12 ‘‘(5) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry

13 out this subsection such sums as are necessary for each

14 of fiscal years 1995 through 1998.’’.

15 SEC. 113. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHIL16 DREN.

17 (a) ORDER OF PRIORITY.—Section 13(a)(4) of the

18 National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(4)) is

19 amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (F) and

20 inserting the following:

21 ‘‘(A) School food authorities.

22 ‘‘(B) Units of local, municipal, or county gov23 ernment that have demonstrated successful program

24 performance in a prior year.
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1 ‘‘(C) Other units of local, municipal, or county

2 government, and private nonprofit organizations eli3 gible under paragraph (7).’’.

4 (b) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—Section

5 13(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(7)) is amended

6 by striking subparagraph (C).

7 (c) NON-SCHOOL SITES.—Section 13(c)(1) of such

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(c)(1)) is amended by inserting before

9 the period at the end the following: ‘‘or that provide meal

10 service at non-school sites to children who are not in

11 school for a period during the months of October through

12 April due to an unanticipated school closure’’.

13 (d) REGISTERED FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT

14 COMPANY REPORTS.—Section 13(l)(3) of such Act (42

15 U.S.C. 1761(l)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘and their pro16 gram record’’ and inserting ‘‘that have been seriously defi17 cient in their participation in the program,’’.

18 (e) MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION PLAN.—

19 Section 13(n) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(n)) is amend20 ed—

21 (1) in paragraph (2), by adding ‘‘and’’ after the

22 semicolon at the end;

23 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the semicolon

24 at the end and inserting a period; and

25 (3) by striking paragraphs (4) through (12).
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1 (f) ELIMINATION OF WARNING IN PRIVATE NON2 PROFIT ORGANIZATION APPLICATION RELATING TO

3 CRIMINAL PROVISIONS AND RELATED MATTERS.—Sec4 tion 13(q) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(q)) is amended—

5 (1) by striking paragraph (2);

6 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para7 graph (2); and

8 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘paragraphs

9 (1) and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and

10 (2)’’.

11 (g) HEARINGS REGARDING STATE ACTION ON THE

12 BASIS OF FEDERAL REVIEW FINDINGS.—Section 13(q) of

13 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(q)) (as amended by paragraphs

14 (1) and (2) of subsection (f)) is further amended by insert15 ing before paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:

16 ‘‘(3) A State shall not be required to provide a hear17 ing to a private nonprofit organization concerning a State

18 action taken on the basis of a Federal review finding with

19 respect to a program carried out under this section. If a

20 State does not provide a hearing to the organization con21 cerning the action, the Secretary, on request, shall provide

22 a hearing to the organization concerning the action.’’.

23 (h) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 13(r) of such

24 Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(r)) is amended by striking ‘‘1994’’

25 and inserting ‘‘1998’’.
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1 (i) ALL-DAY ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary of Agri2 culture shall—

3 (1) not later than 180 days after the date of

4 enactment of this Act, identify sources of Federal

5 funds that may be available from other Federal

6 agencies for service institutions under the summer

7 food service program for children established under

8 section 13 of the National School Lunch Act (42

9 U.S.C. 1761) to carry out all-day educational and

10 recreational activities for children at feeding sites

11 under the program; and

12 (2) notify through State agencies, as deter13 mined appropriate by the Secretary, the service in14 stitutions of the sources.

15 SEC. 114. COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.

16 (a) EXTENSION.—Section 14(a) of the National

17 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1762a(a)) is amended by

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

19 (b) NUTRITIONAL CONTENT.—Section 14(b) of such

20 Act (42 U.S.C. 1762a(b)) is amended—

21 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and

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

23 paragraphs:

24 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall improve the overall nutri25 tional quality of entitlement commodities (within the
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1 meaning of section 18) provided to schools under the

2 school lunch program to assist the schools in improving

3 the nutritional content of meals served under the program.

4 ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall—

5 ‘‘(A) require that nutritional content informa6 tion labels be placed on packages or shipments of

7 commodities provided to schools under the school

8 lunch program; or

9 ‘‘(B) otherwise provide nutritional content in10 formation regarding the commodities provided to

11 schools under the school lunch program.’’.

12 SEC. 115. CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM.

13 (a) REAPPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE AT 3-YEAR IN14 TERVALS.—Section 17(d)(2)(A) of the National School

15 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(d)(2)(A)) is amended by

16 striking ‘‘2-year intervals’’ and inserting ‘‘3-year inter17 vals’’.

18 (b) USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS TO CONDUCT

19 OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT TO UNLICENSED DAY

20 CARE HOMES.—Section 17(f)(3)(C) of such Act (42

21 U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)(C)) is amended—

22 (1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(C)’’; and

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

24 clause:
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1 ‘‘(ii) Funds for administrative expenses may be used

2 by a family or group day care home sponsoring organiza3 tion to conduct outreach and recruitment to unlicensed

4 family or group day care homes so that the day care

5 homes may become licensed.’’.

6 (c) INFORMATION AND TRAINING CONCERNING

7 CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Section 17(k) of

8 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(k)) is amended by adding at

9 the end the following new paragraph:

10 ‘‘(4) The Secretary shall encourage States to provide

11 information and training concerning child health and de12 velopment to family or group day care home sponsoring

13 organizations.’’.

14 (d) EXTENSION OF STATEWIDE DEMONSTRATION

15 PROJECTS.—Section 17(p) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

16 1766(p)) is amended—

17 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), strike ‘‘25 percent of

18 the children served by such organization’’ and insert

19 ‘‘25 percent of the children enrolled in the organiza20 tion or 25 percent of the licensed capacity of the or21 ganization for children, whichever is less,’’;

22 (2) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘1992’’

23 and inserting ‘‘1998’’; and

24 (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘1994’’ and

25 inserting ‘‘1998’’.
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1 (e) WIC INFORMATION.—Section 17 of such Act (42

2 U.S.C. 1766) is amended by adding at the end the follow3 ing new subsection:

4 ‘‘(q)(1) The Secretary shall provide State agencies

5 with basic information concerning the importance and

6 benefits of the special supplemental nutrition program for

7 women, infants, and children authorized under section 17

8 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786).

9 ‘‘(2) The State agency shall—

10 ‘‘(A) provide each child care institution partici11 pating in the program established under this section,

12 other than institutions providing day care outside

13 school hours for schoolchildren, with materials that

14 include—

15 ‘‘(i) a basic explanation of the benefits and

16 importance of the special supplemental nutri17 tion program for women, infants, and children;

18 ‘‘(ii) the maximum income limits, accord19 ing to family size, applicable to children up to

20 age 5 in the State under the special supple21 mental nutrition program for women, infants,

22 and children; and

23 ‘‘(iii) a listing of the addresses and phone

24 numbers of offices at which parents may apply;
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1 ‘‘(B) annually provide the institutions with an

2 update of the information on income limits described

3 in subparagraph (A)(ii); and

4 ‘‘(C) ensure that, at least once a year, the insti5 tutions to which subparagraph (A) applies provide

6 written information to parents that includes—

7 ‘‘(i) basic information on the benefits pro8 vided under the special supplemental nutrition

9 program for women, infants, and children;

10 ‘‘(ii) information on the maximum income

11 limits, according to family size, applicable to

12 the program; and

13 ‘‘(iii) information on where parents may

14 apply to participate in the program.’’.

15 SEC. 116. HOMELESS CHILDREN NUTRITION PROGRAM;

16 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR THE PRE17 VENTION OF BOARDER BABIES.

18 (a) HOMELESS CHILDREN NUTRITION PROGRAM.—

19 The National School Lunch Act is amended by inserting

20 after section 17A (42 U.S.C. 1766a) the following new

21 section:

22 ‘‘SEC. 17B. HOMELESS CHILDREN NUTRITION PROGRAM.

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct

24 projects designed to provide food service throughout the
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1 year to homeless children under the age of 6 in emergency

2 shelters.

3 ‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN PROJECTS.—

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter

5 into agreements with State, city, local, or county

6 governments, other public entities, or private non7 profit organizations to participate in the projects

8 conducted under this section.

9 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec10 retary shall establish eligibility requirements for the

11 entities described in paragraph (1) that desire to

12 participate in the projects conducted under this sec13 tion, including requirements that—

14 ‘‘(A) each private nonprofit organization

15 shall operate not more than 5 food service sites

16 under the project and shall serve not more than

17 300 homeless children under the age of 6 at

18 each site; and

19 ‘‘(B) each food service site operated by any

20 of the organizations shall meet applicable State

21 and local health, safety, and sanitation stand22 ards.

23 ‘‘(c) PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.—

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A project conducted under

25 this section shall—
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1 ‘‘(A) use the same meal patterns, and re2 ceive reimbursement payments for meals and

3 supplements at the same rates, as apply to child

4 care centers participating in the child care food

5 program established under section 17 for free

6 meals and supplements; and

7 ‘‘(B) receive reimbursement payments for

8 meals and supplements served on Saturdays,

9 Sundays, and holidays, at the request of the

10 sponsor of the project.

11 ‘‘(2) MODIFICATION.—The Secretary may mod12 ify the meal pattern requirements to take into ac13 count the needs of infants.

14 ‘‘(3) HOMELESS CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR

15 FREE MEALS WITHOUT APPLICATION.—Homeless

16 children under the age of 6 in emergency shelters

17 shall be considered eligible for free meals without

18 submitting an application.

19 ‘‘(d) FUNDING PRIORITIES.—From the amount de20 scribed in subsection (f), the Secretary shall provide fund21 ing for projects carried out under this section for a par22 ticular fiscal year (referred to in this subsection as the

23 ‘current fiscal year’) in the following order of priority, to

24 the maximum extent practicable:
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1 ‘‘(1) The Secretary shall first provide such

2 funding to entities and organizations, each of

3 which—

4 ‘‘(A) received funding under this section or

5 section 18(c) (as in effect on the day before the

6 date of enactment of this section) to carry out

7 a project for the preceding fiscal year; and

8 ‘‘(B) is eligible to receive funding under

9 this section to carry out the project for the cur10 rent fiscal year;

11 to enable the entity or organization to carry out the

12 project under this section for the current fiscal year

13 at the level of service provided by the project during

14 the preceding fiscal year.

15 ‘‘(2) From the portion of the amount that re16 mains after the application of paragraph (1), the

17 Secretary shall provide funds to entities and organi18 zations, each of which is eligible to receive funding

19 under this section, to enable the entity or organiza20 tion to carry out a new project under this section for

21 the current fiscal year, or to expand the level of

22 service provided by a project for the current fiscal

23 year over the level provided by the project during the

24 preceding fiscal year.
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1 ‘‘(e) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall advise each State

2 of the availability of the projects conducted under this sub3 section for States, cities, counties, local governments, and

4 other public entities, and shall advise each State of the

5 procedures for applying to participate in the project.

6 ‘‘(f) FUNDING.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From funds made available

8 under section 7(a)(5)(B)(i) of the Child Nutrition

9 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776(a)(5)(B)(i)), the Sec10 retary shall expend $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1995

11 and each subsequent fiscal year to carry out this

12 section.

13 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may expend

14 less than the amount described in paragraph (1) if

15 there is an insufficient number of suitable applicants

16 to carry out projects under this section. Any funds

17 made available under this subsection to carry out

18 the projects for a fiscal year that are not obligated

19 to carry out the projects in the fiscal year shall re20 main available until expended for purposes of carry21 ing out the projects.

22 ‘‘(g) DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY SHELTER.—As

23 used in this section, the term ‘emergency shelter’ has the

24 meaning provided in section 321(2) of the Stewart B.
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1 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

2 11351(2)).’’.

3 (b) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR THE PREVEN4 TION OF BOARDER BABIES.—Subsection (c) of section 18

5 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(c)) is

6 amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(c)(1) Using the funds provided under paragraph

8 (7), the Secretary shall conduct at least 1 demonstration

9 project through a participating entity during each of fiscal

10 years 1995 through 1998 that is designed to provide food

11 and nutrition services throughout the year to—

12 ‘‘(A) homeless pregnant women; and

13 ‘‘(B) homeless mothers or guardians of infants,

14 and the children of the mothers and guardians.

15 ‘‘(2) To be eligible to obtain funds under this sub16 section, a homeless shelter, transitional housing organiza17 tion, or other entity that provides or will provide tem18 porary housing for individuals described in paragraph (1)

19 shall (in accordance with guidelines established by the Sec20 retary)—

21 ‘‘(A) submit to the Secretary a proposal to pro22 vide food and nutrition services, including a plan for

23 coordinating the services with services provided

24 under the special supplemental nutrition program

25 for women, infants, and children authorized under
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1 section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42

2 U.S.C. 1786);

3 ‘‘(B) receive the approval of the Secretary for

4 the proposal;

5 ‘‘(C) be located in an urban area that has—

6 ‘‘(i) a significant population of boarder ba7 bies;

8 ‘‘(ii) a very high rate of mortality for chil9 dren under 1 year of age; or

10 ‘‘(iii) a significant population of homeless

11 pregnant women and homeless women with in12 fants;

13 as determined by the Secretary; and

14 ‘‘(D) be able to coordinate services provided

15 under this subsection with the services provided by

16 the local government and with other programs that

17 may assist the participants receiving services under

18 this subsection.

19 ‘‘(3) Food and nutrition services funded under this

20 subsection—

21 ‘‘(A) may include—

22 ‘‘(i) meals, supplements, and other food;

23 ‘‘(ii) nutrition education;

24 ‘‘(iii) nutrition assessments;

25 ‘‘(iv) referrals to—
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1 ‘‘(I) the special supplemental nutrition

2 program for women, infants, and children

3 authorized under section 17 of such Act

4 (42 U.S.C. 1786);

5 ‘‘(II) the medical assistance program

6 established under title XIX of the Social

7 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.); and

8 ‘‘(III) other public or private pro9 grams and services;

10 ‘‘(v) activities related to the services de11 scribed in any of clauses (i) through (iv); and

12 ‘‘(vi) administrative activities related to the

13 services described in any of clauses (i) through

14 (v); and

15 ‘‘(B) may not include the construction, pur16 chase, or rental of real property.

17 ‘‘(4)(A) A participating entity shall—

18 ‘‘(i) use the same meal patterns, and receive re19 imbursement payments for meals and supplements

20 at the same rates, as apply to child care centers par21 ticipating in the child care food program under sec22 tion 17 for free meals and supplements;

23 ‘‘(ii) receive reimbursement payments for meals

24 and supplements served on Saturdays, Sundays, and

25 holidays, at the request of the entity; and
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1 ‘‘(iii) maintain a policy of not providing services

2 or assistance to pregnant women, or homeless

3 women with infants, who use a controlled substance

4 (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Sub5 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)).

6 ‘‘(B) The Secretary may modify the meal pattern re7 quirements to take into account the needs of infants,

8 homeless pregnant women, homeless mothers, guardians

9 of infants, or the children of the women, mothers, or

10 guardians.

11 ‘‘(C) The Secretary shall provide funding to a partici12 pating entity for services described in paragraph (3) that

13 are provided to individuals described in paragraph (1).

14 ‘‘(5) The Secretary shall impose such auditing and

15 recordkeeping requirements as are necessary to monitor

16 the use of Federal funds to carry out this subsection.

17 ‘‘(6) The Secretary shall periodically report to the ap18 propriate committees of Congress on projects carried out

19 under this subsection.

20 ‘‘(7)(A) Out of any moneys in the Treasury not other21 wise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pro22 vide to the Secretary $400,000 for each of fiscal years

23 1995 through 1998 to carry out this subsection. The Sec24 retary shall be entitled to receive the funds and shall ac25 cept the funds.
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1 ‘‘(B) Any funds provided under subparagraph (A) to

2 carry out projects under this subsection for a fiscal year

3 that are not obligated in the fiscal year shall be used by

4 the Secretary to carry out the homeless children nutrition

5 program established under section 17B.

6 ‘‘(8) As used in this subsection:

7 ‘‘(A) The term ‘boarder baby’ means an aban8 doned infant described in section 103(1) of the

9 Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 (Public

10 Law 100–505; 42 U.S.C. 670 note).

11 ‘‘(B) The term ‘nutrition education’ has the

12 meaning provided in section 17(b)(7) of the Child

13 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)(7)).’’.

14 SEC. 117. PILOT PROJECTS.

15 (a) FORTIFIED FLUID MILK.—Section 18 of the Na16 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended by

17 adding at the end the following new subsection:

18 ‘‘(e)(1) Subject to the availability of appropriations

19 to carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall establish

20 pilot projects in at least 25 school districts under which

21 the milk offered by schools meets the fortification require22 ments of paragraph (3) for lowfat, skim, and other forms

23 of fluid milk.

24 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall make available to school dis25 tricts information that compares the nutritional benefits
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1 of fluid milk that meets the fortification requirements of

2 paragraph (3) and the nutritional benefits of other milk

3 that is made available through the school lunch program

4 established under this Act.

5 ‘‘(3) The fortification requirements for fluid milk for

6 the pilot project referred to in paragraph (1) shall provide

7 that—

8 ‘‘(A) all whole milk in final package form for

9 beverage use shall contain not less than—

10 ‘‘(i) 3.25 percent milk fat; and

11 ‘‘(ii) 8.7 percent milk solids not fat;

12 ‘‘(B) all lowfat milk in final package form for

13 beverage use shall contain not less than 10 percent

14 milk solids not fat; and

15 ‘‘(C) all skim milk in final package form for

16 beverage use shall contain not less than 9 percent

17 milk solids not fat.

18 ‘‘(4)(A) In selecting where to establish pilot projects

19 under this subsection, the Secretary shall take into ac20 count, among other factors, the availability of fortified

21 milk and the interest of the school district in being in22 cluded in the pilot project.

23 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall establish the pilot projects

24 in as many geographic areas as practicable, except that
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1 none of the projects shall be established in school districts

2 that use milk described in paragraph (3) or similar milk.

3 ‘‘(5) Not later than 2 years after the establishment

4 of pilot projects under this subsection, the Secretary shall

5 report to the appropriate committees of Congress on—

6 ‘‘(A) the acceptability of fortified whole, lowfat,

7 and skim milk products to participating children;

8 ‘‘(B) the impact of offering the milk on milk

9 consumption;

10 ‘‘(C) the views of the school food service au11 thorities on the pilot projects; and

12 ‘‘(D) any increases or reductions in costs attrib13 uted to the pilot projects.

14 ‘‘(6) The Secretary shall—

15 ‘‘(A) obtain copies of any research studies or

16 papers that discuss the impact of the fortification of

17 milk pursuant to standards established by the

18 States; and

19 ‘‘(B) on request, make available to State agen20 cies and the public—

21 ‘‘(i) the information obtained under sub22 paragraph (A); and

23 ‘‘(ii) information about where to obtain

24 milk described in paragraph (3).
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1 ‘‘(7)(A) The pilot projects established under this sub2 section shall terminate on the last day of the third year

3 after the establishment of the pilot projects.

4 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall advise representatives of all

5 districts participating in the pilot projects that the dis6 tricts may continue to offer the fortified forms of milk de7 scribed in paragraph (3) after the project terminates.’’.

8 (b) INCREASED CHOICES OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES,

9 LEGUMES, CEREALS, AND GRAIN-BASED PRODUCTS.—

10 Section 18 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) (as amended by

11 subsection (a)) is further amended by adding at the end

12 the following new subsection:

13 ‘‘(f)(1) The Secretary is authorized to establish a

14 pilot project to assist schools participating in the school

15 lunch program established under this Act, and the school

16 breakfast program established under section 4 of the Child

17 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), to offer partici18 pating students additional choices of fruits, vegetables,

19 legumes, cereals, and grain-based products (including,

20 subject to paragraph (7), organically produced agricul21 tural commodities and products) (collectively referred to

22 in this subsection as ‘qualified products’).

23 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall establish procedures under

24 which schools may apply to participate in the pilot project.
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1 To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall

2 select qualified schools that apply from each State.

3 ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall use the funds provided

4 under this subsection to provide to the schools referred

5 to in paragraph (1)—

6 ‘‘(A) per meal reimbursements, in addition to

7 reimbursements otherwise due the schools;

8 ‘‘(B) incentive awards to schools that agree to

9 increase the choices of the schools of qualified prod10 ucts during the school year; or

11 ‘‘(C) qualified products acquired by the Sec12 retary.

13 ‘‘(4) The Secretary may provide a priority for receiv14 ing funds under this subsection to—

15 ‘‘(A) schools that are located in low-income

16 areas (as defined by the Secretary); and

17 ‘‘(B) schools that rarely offer 3 or more choices

18 of qualified products per meal.

19 ‘‘(5) On request, the Secretary shall provide informa20 tion to the appropriate committees of Congress on the im21 pact of the pilot project on participating schools, includ22 ing—

23 ‘‘(A) the extent to which school children in24 creased consumption of qualified products;
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1 ‘‘(B) the extent to which increased consumption

2 of qualified products offered under the pilot project

3 has contributed to a reduction in fat intake in the

4 school breakfast and school lunch programs;

5 ‘‘(C) the desirability of—

6 ‘‘(i) requiring that each school participat7 ing in the school breakfast program increase

8 the number of choices of qualified products of9 fered per meal to at least 2 choices;

10 ‘‘(ii) requiring that each school participat11 ing in the school lunch program increase the

12 number of choices of qualified products offered

13 per meal; and

14 ‘‘(iii) mandating that the Secretary provide

15 additional Federal reimbursements to assist

16 schools in complying with clauses (i) and (ii);

17 ‘‘(D) the views of school food service authorities

18 on the pilot project; and

19 ‘‘(E) any increase or reduction in costs to the

20 schools in offering the additional qualified products.

21 ‘‘(6) Subject to the availability of funds appropriated

22 to carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall use not

23 more than $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995

24 through 1997 to carry out this subsection.
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1 ‘‘(7) For purposes of this subsection, qualified prod2 ucts shall include organically produced agricultural com3 modities and products beginning on the date the Secretary

4 establishes an organic certification program for producers

5 and handlers of agricultural products in accordance with

6 the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501

7 et seq.).’’.

8 (c) INCREASED CHOICES OF LOWFAT DAIRY PROD9 UCTS AND LEAN MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.—Sec10 tion 18 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) (as amended by sub11 section (b)) is further amended by adding at the end the

12 following new subsection:

13 ‘‘(g)(1) The Secretary is authorized to establish a

14 pilot project to assist schools participating in the school

15 lunch program established under this Act, and the school

16 breakfast program established under section 4 of the Child

17 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), to offer partici18 pating students additional choices of lowfat dairy products

19 and lean meat and poultry products (including, subject to

20 paragraph (7), organically produced agricultural commod21 ities and products) (collectively referred to in this sub22 section as ‘qualified products’).

23 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall establish procedures under

24 which schools may apply to participate in the pilot project.
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1 To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall

2 select qualified schools that apply from each State.

3 ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall use the funds provided

4 under this subsection to provide to the schools referred

5 to in paragraph (1)—

6 ‘‘(A) per meal reimbursements, in addition to

7 reimbursements otherwise due the schools;

8 ‘‘(B) incentive awards to schools that agree to

9 increase the choices of the schools of qualified prod10 ucts during the school year; or

11 ‘‘(C) qualified products acquired by the Sec12 retary.

13 ‘‘(4) The Secretary may provide a priority for receiv14 ing funds under this subsection to—

15 ‘‘(A) schools that are located in low-income

16 areas (as defined by the Secretary); and

17 ‘‘(B) schools that rarely offer 3 or more choices

18 of qualified products per meal.

19 ‘‘(5) On request, the Secretary shall provide informa20 tion to the appropriate committees of Congress on the im21 pact of the pilot project on participating schools, includ22 ing—

23 ‘‘(A) the extent to which school children in24 creased consumption of qualified products;
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1 ‘‘(B) the extent to which increased consumption

2 of qualified products offered under the pilot project

3 has contributed to a reduction in fat intake in the

4 school breakfast and school lunch programs;

5 ‘‘(C) the desirability of—

6 ‘‘(i) requiring that each school participat7 ing in the school breakfast program increase

8 the number of choices of qualified products of9 fered per meal to at least 2 choices;

10 ‘‘(ii) requiring that each school participat11 ing in the school lunch program increase the

12 number of choices of qualified products offered

13 per meal; and

14 ‘‘(iii) mandating that the Secretary provide

15 additional Federal reimbursements to assist

16 schools in complying with clauses (i) and (ii);

17 ‘‘(D) the views of the school food service au18 thorities on the pilot project; and

19 ‘‘(E) any increase or reduction in costs to the

20 schools in offering the additional qualified products.

21 ‘‘(6) Subject to the availability of funds appropriated

22 to carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall use not

23 more than $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995

24 through 1997 to carry out this subsection.
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1 ‘‘(7) For purposes of this subsection, qualified prod2 ucts shall include organically produced agricultural com3 modities and products beginning on the date the Secretary

4 establishes an organic certification program for producers

5 and handlers of agricultural products in accordance with

6 the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501

7 et seq.).’’.

8 SEC. 118. FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE.

9 (a) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—Section 21(c)(2) of the

10 National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(c)(2)) is

11 amended—

12 (1) in subparagraph (B)—

13 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause

14 (viii);

15 (B) by redesignating clause (ix) as clause

16 (x); and

17 (C) by inserting after clause (viii) the fol18 lowing new clause:

19 ‘‘(ix) culinary skills; and’’;

20 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara21 graph (D);

22 (3) by striking the period at the end of sub23 paragraph (E) and inserting a semicolon; and

24 (4) by adding at the end the following new sub25 paragraphs:
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1 ‘‘(F) training food service personnel to

2 comply with the nutrition guidance and objec3 tives of section 24 through a national network

4 of instructors or other means;

5 ‘‘(G) preparing informational materials,

6 such as video instruction tapes and menu plan7 ners, to promote healthier food preparation; and

8 ‘‘(H) assisting State educational agencies

9 in providing additional nutrition and health in10 structions and instructors, including training

11 personnel to comply with the nutrition guidance

12 and objectives of section 24.’’.

13 (b) USE OF FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT INSTI14 TUTE FOR DIETARY AND NUTRITION ACTIVITIES.—Sec15 tion 21(d) (42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(d)) is amended—

16 (1) by striking ‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—The’’ and

17 inserting the following:

18 ‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The’’; and

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

21 paragraph:

22 ‘‘(2) USE OF INSTITUTE FOR DIETARY AND NU23 TRITION ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall use any

24 food service management institute established under
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1 subsection (a)(2) to assist in carrying out dietary

2 and nutrition activities of the Secretary.’’.

3 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

4 21 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b–1) is amended—

5 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘from’’ and

6 inserting ‘‘subject to the availability of, and from,’’;

7 and

8 (2) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the

9 following new subsection:

10 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

11 ‘‘(1) TRAINING ACTIVITIES AND TECHNICAL AS12 SISTANCE.—There are authorized to be appropriated

13 $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1990, $2,000,000 for fis14 cal year 1991, and $1,000,000 for each of fiscal

15 years 1992 through 1998 for purposes of carrying

16 out subsection (a)(1).

17 ‘‘(2) FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT INSTI18 TUTE.—

19 ‘‘(A) FUNDING.—Out of any moneys in the

20 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Sec21 retary of the Treasury shall provide to the Sec22 retary $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and each

23 subsequent fiscal year to carry out subsection

24 (a)(2). The Secretary shall be entitled to receive

25 the funds and shall accept the funds.
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1 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—In addition

2 to amounts made available under subparagraph

3 (A), there are authorized to be appropriated to

4 carry out subsection (a)(2) such sums as are

5 necessary for fiscal year 1995 and each subse6 quent fiscal year. The Secretary shall carry out

7 activities under subsection (a)(2), in addition to

8 the activities funded under subparagraph (A),

9 to the extent provided for, and in such amounts

10 as are provided for, in advance in appropria11 tions Acts.

12 ‘‘(C) FUNDING FOR EDUCATION, TRAIN13 ING, OR APPLIED RESEARCH OR STUDIES.—In

14 addition to amounts made available under sub15 paragraphs (A) and (B), from amounts other16 wise appropriated in discretionary appropria17 tions, the Secretary may provide funds to any

18 food service management institute established

19 under subsection (a)(2) for projects specified by

20 the Secretary that will contribute to implement21 ing dietary or nutrition initiatives. Any addi22 tional funding under this subparagraph shall be

23 provided noncompetitively in a separate cooper24 ative agreement.’’.
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1 SEC. 119. COMPLIANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

2 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment

3 of this Act, the Director of the Office of Technology As4 sessment shall submit a report to the Committee on Edu5 cation and Labor of the House of Representatives and the

6 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the

7 Senate that analyzes—

8 (1) the status of the coordinated review system

9 authorized under section 22 of the National School

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

11 (2) the advantages and disadvantages of the

12 system; and

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

14 SEC. 120. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE

15 RELATING TO NONPROCUREMENT DEBAR16 MENT UNDER CERTAIN CHILD NUTRITION

17 PROGRAMS.

18 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

19 (1) in recent years, there has been an alarming

20 number of instances of price-fixing and bid-rigging

21 regarding foods purchased for—

22 (A) the school lunch program established

23 under the National School Lunch Act (42

24 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); and
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1 (B) the school breakfast program estab2 lished under section 4 of the Child Nutrition

3 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773);

4 (2) effective educational and monitoring pro5 grams can greatly reduce the incidence of price-fix6 ing and bid-rigging by companies that sell products

7 to schools;

8 (3) reducing the incidence of price-fixing and

9 bid-rigging in connection with the school lunch and

10 breakfast programs could save school districts, par11 ents, and taxpayers millions of dollars per year; and

12 (4) the Comptroller General of the United

13 States has noted that bid-rigging awareness training

14 is an effective means of deterring improper collusion

15 and bid-rigging.

16 (b) NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT.—The National

17 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) is amended

18 by adding at the end the following new section:

19 ‘‘SEC. 25. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY RELATING TO

20 NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT.

21 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are to

22 promote the prevention and deterrence of instances of

23 fraud, bid rigging, and other anticompetitive activities en24 countered in the procurement of products for child nutri25 tion programs by—
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1 ‘‘(1) establishing guidelines and a timetable for

2 the Secretary to initiate debarment proceedings, as

3 well as establishing mandatory debarment periods;

4 and

5 ‘‘(2) providing training, technical advice, and

6 guidance in identifying and preventing the activities.

7 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:

8 ‘‘(1) CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM.—The term

9 ‘child nutrition program’ means—

10 ‘‘(A) the school lunch program established

11 under this Act;

12 ‘‘(B) the summer food service program for

13 children established under section 13;

14 ‘‘(C) the child and adult care food program

15 established under section 17;

16 ‘‘(D) the homeless children nutrition pro17 gram established under section 17B;

18 ‘‘(E) the special milk program established

19 under section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of

20 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772);

21 ‘‘(F) the school breakfast program estab22 lished under section 4 of such Act (42 U.S.C.

23 1773); and

24 ‘‘(G) the special supplemental nutrition

25 program for women, infants, and children au-
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1 thorized under section 17 of such Act (42

2 U.S.C. 1786).

3 ‘‘(2) CONTRACTOR.—The term ‘contractor’

4 means a person that contracts with a State, an

5 agency of a State, or a local agency to provide goods

6 or services in relation to the participation of a local

7 agency in a child nutrition program.

8 ‘‘(3) LOCAL AGENCY.—The term ‘local agency’

9 means a school, school food authority, child care

10 center, sponsoring organization, or other entity au11 thorized to operate a child nutrition program at the

12 local level.

13 ‘‘(4) NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT.—The

14 term ‘nonprocurement debarment’ means an action

15 to bar a person from programs and activities involv16 ing Federal financial and nonfinancial assistance,

17 but not including Federal procurement programs

18 and activities.

19 ‘‘(5) PERSON.—The term ‘person’ means any

20 individual, corporation, partnership, association, co21 operative, or other legal entity, however organized.

22 ‘‘(c) ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY AND PREVENT

23 FRAUD AND ANTICOMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES.—The Sec24 retary shall—
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1 ‘‘(1) in cooperation with any other appropriate

2 individual, organization, or agency, provide advice,

3 training, technical assistance, and guidance (which

4 may include awareness training, training films, and

5 troubleshooting advice) to representatives of States

6 and local agencies regarding means of identifying

7 and preventing fraud and anticompetitive activities

8 relating to the provision of goods or services in con9 junction with the participation of a local agency in

10 a child nutrition program; and

11 ‘‘(2) provide information to, and fully cooperate

12 with, the Attorney General and State attorneys gen13 eral regarding investigations of fraud and anti14 competitive activities relating to the provision of

15 goods or services in conjunction with the participa16 tion of a local agency in a child nutrition program.

17 ‘‘(d) NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT.—

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para19 graph (3) and subsection (e), not later than 180

20 days after notification of the occurrence of a cause

21 for debarment described in paragraph (2), the Sec22 retary shall initiate nonprocurement debarment pro23 ceedings against the contractor who has committed

24 the cause for debarment.
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1 ‘‘(2) CAUSES FOR DEBARMENT.—Actions re2 quiring initiation of nonprocurement debarment pur3 suant to paragraph (1) shall include a situation in

4 which a contractor is found guilty in any criminal

5 proceeding, or found liable in any civil or adminis6 trative proceeding, in connection with the supplying,

7 providing, or selling of goods or services to any local

8 agency in connection with a child nutrition program,

9 of—

10 ‘‘(A) an anticompetitive activity, including

11 bid-rigging, price-fixing, the allocation of cus12 tomers between competitors, or other violation

13 of Federal or State antitrust laws;

14 ‘‘(B) fraud, bribery, theft, forgery, or em15 bezzlement;

16 ‘‘(C) knowingly receiving stolen property;

17 ‘‘(D) making a false claim or statement; or

18 ‘‘(E) other obstruction of justice.

19 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—If the Secretary determines

20 that a decision on initiating nonprocurement debar21 ment proceedings cannot be made within 180 days

22 after notification of the occurrence of a cause for de23 barment described in paragraph (2) because of the

24 need to further investigate matters relating to the

25 possible debarment or for other good cause (as de-
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1 termined by the Secretary), the Secretary may have

2 such additional time as the Secretary considers nec3 essary to make a decision, but not to exceed an addi4 tional 180 days.

5 ‘‘(4) MANDATORY CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM

6 DEBARMENT PERIODS.—

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the other

8 provisions of this paragraph and notwithstand9 ing any other provision of law except subsection

10 (e), if, after deciding to initiate nonprocurement

11 debarment proceedings pursuant to paragraph

12 (1), the Secretary decides to debar a contractor,

13 the debarment shall be for a period of not less

14 than 1 year.

15 ‘‘(B) PREVIOUS DEBARMENT.—If the con16 tractor has been previously debarred pursuant

17 to nonprocurement debarment proceedings initi18 ated pursuant to paragraph (1), and the cause

19 for debarment is described in paragraph (2)

20 based on activities that occurred subsequent to

21 the initial debarment, the debarment shall be

22 for a period of not less than 3 years.

23 ‘‘(C) SCOPE.—At a minimum, a debarment

24 under this subsection shall serve to bar the con25 tractor for the specified period from contracting
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1 to provide goods or services in conjunction with

2 the participation of a local agency in a child nu3 trition program.

4 ‘‘(D) REVERSAL, REDUCTION, OR EXCEP5 TION.—Nothing in this section shall restrict the

6 ability of the Secretary to—

7 ‘‘(i) reverse a debarment decision;

8 ‘‘(ii) reduce the period or scope of a

9 debarment;

10 ‘‘(iii) grant an exception permitting a

11 debarred contractor to participate in a par12 ticular contract to provide goods or serv13 ices; or

14 ‘‘(iv) otherwise settle a debarment ac15 tion at any time;

16 in conjunction with the participation of a local

17 agency in a child nutrition program, if the Sec18 retary determines there is good cause for the

19 action, after taking into account factors set

20 forth in paragraphs (1) through (6) of sub21 section (e).

22 ‘‘(5) INFORMATION.—On request, the Secretary

23 shall present to the appropriate congressional com24 mittees information regarding the decisions required

25 by this subsection.
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1 ‘‘(6) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORI2 TIES.—A debarment imposed under this section

3 shall not reduce or diminish the authority of a Fed4 eral, State, or local government agency or court to

5 penalize, imprison, fine, suspend, debar, or take

6 other adverse action against a person in a civil,

7 criminal, or administrative proceeding.

8 ‘‘(7) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue

9 such regulations as are necessary to carry out this

10 subsection.

11 ‘‘(e) MANDATORY DEBARMENT.—Notwithstanding

12 any other provision of this section, the Secretary shall ini13 tiate the nonprocurement debarment proceedings de14 scribed in subsection (d)(1) against the contractor who

15 has committed a cause for debarment (as determined

16 under subsection (d)(2)), unless the action—

17 ‘‘(1) is likely to have a significant adverse effect

18 on competition or prices in the relevant market or

19 nationally;

20 ‘‘(2) will interfere with the ability of a local

21 agency to procure a needed product for a child nu22 trition program;

23 ‘‘(3) is unfair to a person that is not involved

24 in the improper activity that would otherwise result

25 in the debarment;
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1 ‘‘(4) is likely to have significant adverse eco2 nomic impacts on the local economy in a manner

3 that is unfair to innocent parties;

4 ‘‘(5) is not justified in light of the penalties al5 ready imposed on the contractor for violations rel6 evant to the proposed debarment; or

7 ‘‘(6) is not in the public interest, or otherwise

8 is not in the interests of justice, as determined by

9 the Secretary.

10 ‘‘(f) EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES.—

11 Prior to seeking judicial review in a court of competent

12 jurisdiction, a contractor against whom a nonprocurement

13 debarment proceeding has been initiated shall—

14 ‘‘(1) exhaust all administrative procedures pre15 scribed by the Secretary; and

16 ‘‘(2) receive notice of the final determination of

17 the Secretary.

18 ‘‘(g) INFORMATION RELATING TO PREVENTION AND

19 CONTROL OF ANTICOMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES.—On re20 quest, the Secretary shall present to the appropriate con21 gressional committees information regarding the activities

22 of the Secretary relating to anticompetitive activities,

23 fraud, nonprocurement debarment, and any waiver grant24 ed by the Secretary under this section.’’.
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1 (c) APPLICABILITY.—Section 25 of the National

2 School Lunch Act (as added by subsection (b)) shall not

3 apply to a cause for debarment as described in section

4 25(d)(2) of such Act that is based on an activity that took

5 place prior to the effective date of section 25 of such Act.

6 (d) NO REDUCTION IN AUTHORITY TO DEBAR OR

7 SUSPEND A PERSON FROM FEDERAL FINANCIAL AND

8 NONFINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS.—The au9 thority of the Secretary of Agriculture that exists on the

10 day before the date of enactment of this Act to debar or

11 suspend a person from Federal financial and nonfinancial

12 assistance and benefits under Federal programs and ac13 tivities shall not be diminished or reduced by this Act or

14 the amendment made by subsection (b).

15 SEC. 121. NUTRITION EDUCATION PROMOTION PROGRAM.

16 The National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et

17 seq.) (as amended by section 120(b)) is further amended

18 by adding at the end of each the following new section:

19 ‘‘SEC. 26. NUTRITION EDUCATION PROMOTION PROGRAM.

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, using amounts

21 received under subsection (d), shall establish a nutrition

22 education promotion program to promote healthy eating

23 habits among participants in the domestic food assistance

24 programs of the Department.
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1 ‘‘(b) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.—In carrying out the

2 program described in subsection (a), the Secretary may—

3 ‘‘(1) develop or assist other persons in develop4 ing appropriate educational materials, including pub5 lic service announcements, promotional publications,

6 and press kits for the purpose of promoting nutri7 tion education;

8 ‘‘(2) distribute or assist other persons in dis9 tributing the materials to appropriate public or pri10 vate individuals and entities; and

11 ‘‘(3) provide funds to public or private individ12 uals and entities, including teachers, child care pro13 viders, physicians, health professional organizations,

14 food service personnel, school food authorities, and

15 community-based organizations for the purpose of

16 assisting the individuals and entities in conducting

17 nutrition education promotion programs to promote

18 healthy eating habits among the participants in the

19 domestic food assistance programs of the Depart20 ment.

21 ‘‘(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND GRANTS.—

22 The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements

23 with, and make grants to, Federal agencies, State, and

24 local governments, and other entities, to carry out the pro25 gram described in subsection (a).
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1 ‘‘(d) GIFTS, BEQUESTS, AND DEVISES.—

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other

3 provision of law, the Secretary may solicit, accept,

4 use, and dispose of gifts, bequests, or devises of

5 services or property, both real and personal, for the

6 purpose of establishing and carrying out the pro7 gram described in subsection (a). Gifts, bequests, or

8 devises of money and proceeds from the sale of other

9 property received as gifts, bequests, or devises shall

10 be deposited in the Treasury and shall be available

11 for disbursement on order of the Secretary.

12 ‘‘(2) CRITERIA FOR ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec13 retary shall establish criteria for determining wheth14 er to solicit and accept gifts, bequests, or devises

15 under paragraph (1), including criteria that would

16 ensure that the acceptance of any gifts, bequests, or

17 devises would not—

18 ‘‘(A) reflect unfavorably on the ability of

19 the Secretary to carry out the responsibilities of

20 the Secretary in a fair and objective manner; or

21 ‘‘(B) compromise, or appear to com22 promise, the integrity of any governmental pro23 gram or any officer or employee involved in the

24 program.’’.
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1 SEC. 122. INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.

2 The National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et

3 seq.) (as amended by section 121) is further amended by

4 adding at the end the following new section:

5 ‘‘SEC. 27. INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter into

7 a contract with a nongovernmental organization described

8 in subsection (b) to establish and maintain a clearinghouse

9 to provide information to nongovernmental groups located

10 throughout the United States that assist low-income indi11 viduals or communities regarding food assistance, self-help

12 activities to aid individuals in becoming self-reliant, and

13 other activities that empower low-income individuals or

14 communities to improve the lives of low-income individuals

15 and reduce reliance on Federal, State, or local govern16 mental agencies for food or other assistance.

17 ‘‘(b) NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION.—The

18 nongovernmental organization referred to in subsection

19 (a) shall be selected on a competitive basis and shall—

20 ‘‘(1) be experienced in the gathering of first21 hand information in all the States through onsite

22 visits to grassroots organizations in each State that

23 fight hunger and poverty or that assist individuals

24 in becoming self-reliant;
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1 ‘‘(2) be experienced in the establishment of a

2 clearinghouse similar to the clearinghouse described

3 in subsection (a);

4 ‘‘(3) agree to contribute in-kind resources to5 wards the establishment and maintenance of the

6 clearinghouse and agree to provide clearinghouse in7 formation, free of charge, to the Secretary, States,

8 counties, cities, antihunger groups, and grassroots

9 organizations that assist individuals in becoming

10 self-sufficient and self-reliant;

11 ‘‘(4) be sponsored by an organization, or be an

12 organization, that—

13 ‘‘(A) has helped combat hunger for at least

14 10 years;

15 ‘‘(B) is committed to reinvesting in the

16 United States; and

17 ‘‘(C) is knowledgeable regarding Federal

18 nutrition programs;

19 ‘‘(5) be experienced in communicating the pur20 pose of the clearinghouse through the media, includ21 ing the radio and print media, and be able to pro22 vide access to the clearinghouse information through

23 computer or telecommunications technology, as well

24 as through the mails; and
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1 ‘‘(6) be able to provide examples, advice, and

2 guidance to States, counties, cities, communities,

3 antihunger groups, and local organizations regarding

4 means of assisting individuals and communities to

5 reduce reliance on government programs, reduce

6 hunger, improve nutrition, and otherwise assist low7 income individuals and communities become more

8 self-sufficient.

9 ‘‘(c) AUDITS.—The Secretary shall establish fair and

10 reasonable auditing procedures regarding the expenditures

11 of funds to carry out this section.

12 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.—Out of any moneys in the Treasury

13 not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury

14 shall pay to the Secretary to provide to the organization

15 selected under this section, to establish and maintain the

16 information clearinghouse, $200,000 for each of fiscal

17 years 1995 and 1996, $150,000 for each of fiscal years

18 1997 and 1998, and $75,000 for fiscal year 1999. The

19 Secretary shall be entitled to receive the funds and shall

20 accept the funds.’’.
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1 SEC. 123. GUIDANCE AND GRANTS FOR ACCOMMODATING

2 MEDICAL AND SPECIAL DIETARY NEEDS OF

3 CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

4 The National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et

5 seq.) (as amended by section 122) is further amended by

6 adding at the end the following new section:

7 ‘‘SEC. 28. GUIDANCE AND GRANTS FOR ACCOMMODATING

8 MEDICAL AND SPECIAL DIETARY NEEDS OF

9 CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

10 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:

11 ‘‘(1) CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.—The term

12 ‘children with disabilities’ means individuals, each of

13 which is—

14 ‘‘(A) a participant in a covered program;

15 and

16 ‘‘(B) an individual with a disability, as de17 fined in section 7(8) of the Rehabilitation Act

18 of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 706(8)) for purposes of sec19 tion 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29

20 U.S.C. 794).

21 ‘‘(2) COVERED PROGRAM.—The term ‘covered

22 program’ means—

23 ‘‘(A) the school lunch program established

24 under this Act;
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1 ‘‘(B) the school breakfast program estab2 lished under section 4 of the Child Nutrition

3 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); and

4 ‘‘(C) any other program established under

5 this Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42

6 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) that the Secretary deter7 mines is appropriate.

8 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en9 tity’ means a school food service authority, or insti10 tution or organization, that participates in a covered

11 program.

12 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE.—

13 ‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary, in con14 sultation with the Attorney General and the Sec15 retary of Education, shall develop and approve guid16 ances for accommodating the medical and special di17 etary needs of children with disabilities under cov18 ered programs in a manner that is consistent with

19 section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29

20 U.S.C. 794).

21 ‘‘(2) TIMING.—In the case of the school lunch

22 program established under this Act and the school

23 breakfast program established under section 4 of the

24 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), the

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1 paragraph (1) not later than 90 days after the date

2 of enactment of this section.

3 ‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTION.—Not later than 60 days

4 after the date that the development of the guidance

5 relating to a covered program is completed, the Sec6 retary shall distribute the guidance to school food

7 service authorities, and institutions and organiza8 tions, participating in the covered program.

9 ‘‘(4) REVISION OF GUIDANCE.—The Secretary,

10 in consultation with the Attorney General and the

11 Secretary of Education, shall periodically update and

12 approve the guidance to reflect new scientific infor13 mation and comments and suggestions from persons

14 carrying out covered programs, recognized medical

15 authorities, parents, and other persons.

16 ‘‘(c) GRANTS.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability

18 of appropriations provided in advance to carry out

19 this subsection, the Secretary shall make grants on

20 a competitive basis to State educational agencies for

21 distribution to eligible entities to assist the eligible

22 entities with nonrecurring expenses incurred in ac23 commodating the medical and special dietary needs

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1 sistent with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of

2 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794).

3 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Subject to

4 paragraph (3)(A)(iii), assistance received through

5 grants made under this subsection shall be in addi6 tion to any other assistance that State educational

7 agencies and eligible entities would otherwise receive.

8 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION BY SECRETARY.—

9 ‘‘(A) PREFERENCE.—In making grants

10 under this subsection for any fiscal year, the

11 Secretary shall provide a preference to State

12 educational agencies that, individually—

13 ‘‘(i) submit to the Secretary a plan for

14 accommodating the needs described in

15 paragraph (1), including a description of

16 the purpose of the project for which the

17 agency seeks such a grant, a budget for

18 the project, and a justification for the

19 budget;

20 ‘‘(ii) provide to the Secretary data

21 demonstrating that the State served by the

22 agency has a substantial percentage of

23 children with medical or special dietary

24 needs, and information explaining the basis

25 for the data; or
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1 ‘‘(iii) demonstrate to the satisfaction

2 of the Secretary that the activities sup3 ported through such a grant will be coordi4 nated with activities supported under other

5 Federal, State, and local programs, includ6 ing—

7 ‘‘(I) activities carried out under

8 title XIX of the Social Security Act

9 (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.);

10 ‘‘(II) activities carried out under

11 the Individuals with Disabilities Edu12 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.);

13 and

14 ‘‘(III) activities carried out under

15 section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act

16 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1788) or by the

17 food service management institute es18 tablished under section 21.

19 ‘‘(B) REALLOCATION.—The Secretary shall

20 act in a timely manner to recover and reallocate

21 to other States any amounts provided to a

22 State educational agency under this subsection

23 that are not used by the agency within a rea24 sonable period (as determined by the Sec25 retary).
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1 ‘‘(C) APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall

2 allow State educational agencies to apply on an

3 annual basis for assistance under this sub4 section.

5 ‘‘(4) ALLOCATION BY STATE EDUCATIONAL

6 AGENCIES.—In allocating funds made available

7 under this subsection within a State, the State edu8 cational agency shall give a preference to eligible en9 tities that demonstrate the greatest ability to use the

10 funds to carry out the plan submitted by the State

11 in accordance with paragraph (3)(A)(i).

12 ‘‘(5) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—Expenditures

13 of funds from State and local sources to accommo14 date the needs described in paragraph (1) shall not

15 be diminished as a result of grants received under

16 this subsection.

17 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

18 There are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000

19 for each of fiscal years 1995 through 2000 to carry

20 out this subsection.’’.

21 SEC. 124. INSPECTION OF JUICE AND JUICE PRODUCTS.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The National School Lunch Act

23 (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) (as amended by section 123) is

24 further amended by adding at the end the following new

25 section:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 29. INSPECTION OF JUICE AND JUICE PRODUCTS.

2 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF JUICE AND JUICE PRODUCT.—

3 As used in this section, the terms ‘juice’ and ‘juice prod4 uct’ mean juice and a juice-based product, respectively, for

5 which a United States standard for a grade has been is6 sued by the Secretary under the Agricultural Marketing

7 Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.).

8 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITION.—No State, State agency, or local

9 agency shall contract to procure, or make available, juice

10 or a juice product for use in the school lunch program

11 established under this Act or the school breakfast program

12 established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of

13 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) unless the juice or juice product

14 was processed under in-plant inspection conducted by the

15 Secretary.

16 ‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue such

17 regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.’’.

18 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

19 subsection (a) shall become effective on the date that is

20 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

21 SEC. 125. ADMINISTRATION OF NUTRITION PROGRAMS.

22 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment

23 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue regula24 tions that—
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1 (1) significantly ease the administrative and pa2 perwork burdens on participating schools and fami3 lies with respect to—

4 (A) the school lunch program established

5 under the National School Lunch Act (42

6 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); and

7 (B) the school breakfast program estab8 lished under section 4 of the Child Nutrition

9 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); and

10 (2) streamline Federal, State, and local admin11 istration of all programs established under the Na12 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.)

13 and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.

14 1771 et seq.).

15 TITLE II—SCHOOL BREAKFAST

16 AND RELATED PROGRAMS

17 SEC. 201. SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM.

18 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL BREAK19 FAST PROGRAM.—Section 4(e)(1) of the Child Nutrition

20 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773(e)(1)) is amended—

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

22 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub23 paragraph:

24 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall provide through State edu25 cational agencies technical assistance and training, includ-
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1 ing technical assistance and training in the preparation

2 of foods high in complex carbohydrates and lower-fat ver3 sions of foods commonly used in the school breakfast pro4 gram established under this section, to schools participat5 ing in the school breakfast program to assist the schools

6 in complying with the nutritional requirements prescribed

7 by the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph (A) and in

8 providing appropriate meals to children with medically cer9 tified special dietary needs. The Secretary shall provide

10 through State educational agencies additional technical as11 sistance to schools that are having difficulty maintaining

12 compliance with the requirements.’’.

13 (b) STARTUP AND EXPANSION OF SCHOOL BREAK14 FAST PROGRAM AND SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM

15 FOR CHILDREN.—Subsection (g) of section 4 of the Child

16 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773(g)) is amended

17 to read as follows:

18 ‘‘STARTUP COSTS

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

20 not less than $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1991

21 through 1996, $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997

22 and 1998, and $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and each

23 subsequent fiscal year, on a competitive basis and in the

24 following order of priority (subject to other provisions of

25 this subsection), to—
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1 ‘‘(A) State educational agencies in a substantial

2 number of States for distribution to eligible schools

3 to assist the schools with nonrecurring expenses in4 curred in—

5 ‘‘(i) initiating a school breakfast program

6 under this section; or

7 ‘‘(ii) expanding a school breakfast pro8 gram; and

9 ‘‘(B) a substantial number of States for dis10 tribution to service institutions to assist the institu11 tions with nonrecurring expenses incurred in—

12 ‘‘(i) initiating a summer food service pro13 gram for children; or

14 ‘‘(ii) expanding a summer food service pro15 gram for children.

16 ‘‘(2) Payments received under this subsection shall

17 be in addition to payments to which State agencies are

18 entitled under subsection (b) and section 13 of the Na19 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761).

20 ‘‘(3) To be eligible to receive a payment under this

21 subsection, a State educational agency shall submit to the

22 Secretary a plan to expand school breakfast programs con23 ducted in the State, including a description of the manner

24 in which the agency will provide technical assistance and

25 funding to schools in the State to expand the programs.
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1 ‘‘(4) In making payments under this subsection for

2 any fiscal year to initiate or expand school breakfast pro3 grams, the Secretary shall provide a preference to State

4 educational agencies that—

5 ‘‘(A) have in effect a State law that requires

6 the expansion of the programs during the year;

7 ‘‘(B) have significant public or private resources

8 that have been assembled to carry out the expansion

9 of the programs during the year;

10 ‘‘(C) do not have a breakfast program available

11 to a large number of low-income children in the

12 State; or

13 ‘‘(D) serve an unmet need among low-income

14 children, as determined by the Secretary.

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

16 any fiscal year to initiate or expand summer food service

17 programs for children, the Secretary shall provide a pref18 erence to States—

19 ‘‘(A)(i) in which the numbers of children par20 ticipating in the summer food service program for

21 children represent the lowest percentages of the

22 number of children receiving free or reduced price

23 meals under the national school lunch program es24 tablished under the National School Lunch Act (42

25 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); or
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1 ‘‘(ii) that do not have a summer food service

2 program for children available to a large number of

3 low-income children in the State; and

4 ‘‘(B) that submit to the Secretary a plan to ex5 pand the summer food service programs for children

6 conducted in the State, including a description of—

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

8 provide technical assistance and funding to

9 service institutions in the State to expand the

10 programs; and

11 ‘‘(ii) significant public or private resources

12 that have been assembled to carry out the ex13 pansion of the programs during the year.

14 ‘‘(6) The Secretary shall act in a timely manner to

15 recover and reallocate to other States any amounts pro16 vided to a State educational agency or State under this

17 subsection that are not used by the agency or State within

18 a reasonable period (as determined by the Secretary).

19 ‘‘(7) The Secretary shall allow States to apply on an

20 annual basis for assistance under this subsection.

21 ‘‘(8) Each State agency and State, in allocating funds

22 within the State, shall give preference for assistance under

23 this subsection to eligible schools and service institutions

24 that demonstrate the greatest need for a breakfast pro-
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1 gram or a summer food service program for children, re2 spectively.

3 ‘‘(9) Expenditures of funds from State and local

4 sources for the maintenance of the breakfast program and

5 the summer food service program for children shall not

6 be diminished as a result of payments received under this

7 subsection.

8 ‘‘(10) As used in this subsection:

9 ‘‘(A) The term ‘eligible school’ means a

10 school—

11 ‘‘(i) attended by children a significant per12 centage of whom are members of low-income

13 families; and

14 ‘‘(ii) that agrees to operate the breakfast

15 program established with the assistance pro16 vided under this section for a period of not less

17 than 3 years.

18 ‘‘(B) The term ‘service institutions’ means an

19 institution or organization described in paragraph

20 (1)(B) or (7) of section 13(a) of the National School

21 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(1)(B) or (7)).

22 ‘‘(C) The term ‘summer food service program

23 for children’ means a program authorized by section

24 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761).’’.
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1 SEC. 202. STATE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

2 (a) FUNDING FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN NUTRITION

3 PROGRAM.—Section 7(a) of the Child Nutrition Act of

4 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776(a)) is amended—

5 (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by

6 striking ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this sub7 section’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) through

8 (5)’’; and

9 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking subparagraph

10 (B) and inserting the following new subparagraph:

11 ‘‘(B)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this

12 subsection, of the amounts that are provided under para13 graph (1), before making the allocations required under

14 paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), the Secretary shall allocate

15 $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and each subsequent fiscal

16 year to carry out section 17B of the National School

17 Lunch Act.

18 ‘‘(ii) After making the allocations required under

19 clause (i) and paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), the Secretary

20 shall allocate, for purposes of administrative costs, any re21 maining amounts among States that demonstrate a need

22 for the amounts.’’.

23 (b) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR SERIOUS DEFI24 CIENCY IN STATE ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAMS.—Sec25 tion 7(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1776(a)) is amended by

26 adding at the end the following new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(9)(A) If the Secretary determines that the adminis2 tration of any program by a State under this Act (other

3 than section 17) or under the National School Lunch Act

4 (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), or compliance with a regulation

5 issued to carry out a program pursuant to either of such

6 Acts, is seriously deficient, and the State fails to correct

7 the deficiency within a period of time specified by the Sec8 retary, the Secretary may withhold from the State all or

9 part of the funds allocated to the State under this section

10 and sections 13(k)(1) and 17 of the National School

11 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(k)(1) and 1766).

12 ‘‘(B) On a subsequent determination by the Secretary

13 that the administration of the program for which the Sec14 retary withheld funds under subparagraph (A), or compli15 ance with the regulation issued to carry out the program,

16 is no longer seriously deficient and is carried out in an

17 acceptable manner, the Secretary may allocate all or part

18 of the funds withheld under subparagraph (A) to the

19 State.’’.

20 (c) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FUNDS

21 FOR STATE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Section 7(h)

22 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1776(h)) is amended by striking

23 ‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’.

24 (d) PROHIBITION OF FUNDING UNLESS STATE

25 AGREES TO PARTICIPATE IN CERTAIN STUDIES OR SUR-
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1 VEYS.—Section 7 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1776) is amend2 ed—

3 (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub4 section (i); and

5 (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the follow6 ing new subsection:

7 ‘‘(h) The Secretary may not provide amounts under

8 this section to a State for administrative costs incurred

9 in any fiscal year unless the State agrees to participate

10 in each study or survey of a program authorized under

11 this Act or the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.

12 1751 et seq.) that is conducted by the Secretary.’’.

13 SEC. 203. COMPETITIVE FOODS OF MINIMAL NUTRITIONAL

14 VALUE.

15 Section 10 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42

16 U.S.C. 1779) is amended—

17 (1) by designating the first, second, and third

18 sentences as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respec19 tively;

20 (2) in subsection (b) (as so designated)—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘Such regulations’’ and in22 serting ‘‘(1) The regulations’’; and

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

24 paragraphs:
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1 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall develop and provide to ele2 mentary schools, through each State agency, model lan3 guage that bans the sale of competitive foods of minimal

4 nutritional value anywhere on elementary school grounds

5 before the end of the last lunch period.

6 ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall provide to secondary

7 schools, through State agencies, a copy of regulations (in

8 existence on the effective date of this paragraph) concern9 ing the sale of competitive foods of minimal nutritional

10 value.

11 ‘‘(4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply to a

12 State that has in effect a ban on the sale of competitive

13 foods of minimal nutritional value in schools in the

14 State.’’.

15 SEC. 204. SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM.

16 (a) DEFINITION OF NUTRITIONAL RISK.—Section

17 17(b)(8) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.

18 1786(b)(8)) is amended—

19 (1) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub20 paragraph (E);

21 (2) by inserting after ‘‘health,’’ at the end of

22 subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:

23 ‘‘(D) conditions that directly affect the nutritional

24 health of a person, such as alcoholism or drug

25 abuse,’’; and
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1 (3) in subparagrah (E) (as so redesignated), by

2 striking ‘‘alcoholism and drug addiction, homeless3 ness, and’’ and inserting ‘‘homelessness and’’.

4 (b) PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY.—Section 17(d)(3) of

5 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(3)) is amended—

6 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; and

7 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub8 paragraph:

9 ‘‘(B) Under the procedures, a pregnant woman who

10 meets the income eligibility standards shall be considered

11 presumptively eligible to participate in the program and

12 shall be certified for participation immediately, without de13 laying certification until an evaluation is made concerning

14 nutritional risk. A nutritional risk evaluation of the

15 woman shall be completed not later than 60 days after

16 the woman is certified for participation. If it is subse17 quently determined that the woman does not meet nutri18 tional risk criteria, the certification of the woman shall

19 terminate on the date of the determination.’’.

20 (c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 17(e) of

21 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(e)) is amended by redesignating

22 paragraph (3) (as added by section 123(a)(3)(D) of the

23 Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 1989

24 (Public Law 101–147; 103 Stat. 895)) and paragraphs

25 (4) and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively.
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1 (d) COORDINATION OF WIC AND MEDICAID PRO2 GRAMS USING MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS.—Section

3 17(f)(1)(C)(iii) is amended by inserting before the semi4 colon at the end the following: ‘‘, including medicaid pro5 grams that use managed care providers under section

6 1903(m) or 1915(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

7 1396b(m) or 1396n(b)) (including coordination through

8 the referral of potentially eligible women, infants, and chil9 dren between the program authorized under this section

10 and the medicaid program)’’.

11 (e) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION FOR CERTAIN MI12 GRANT POPULATIONS.—The first sentence of section

13 17(f)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(3)) is amended

14 by inserting before the period at the end the following:

15 ‘‘and shall ensure that local programs provide priority con16 sideration to serving migrant participants who are resid17 ing in the State for a limited period of time’’.

18 (f) INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES.—Paragraph

19 (18) of section 17(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(18))

20 is amended to read as follows:

21 ‘‘(18) Not later than July 1 of each year, a State

22 agency may implement income eligibility guidelines under

23 this section concurrently with the implementation of in24 come eligibility guidelines under the medicaid program es-
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1 tablished under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42

2 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.).’’.

3 (g) USE OF RECOVERED PROGRAM FUNDS IN YEAR

4 COLLECTED.—Section 17(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

5 1786(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following

6 new paragraph:

7 ‘‘(23) A State agency may use funds recovered as a

8 result of violations in the food delivery system of the pro9 gram in the year in which the funds are collected for the

10 purpose of carrying out the program.’’.

11 (h) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 17 of such

12 Act (42 U.S.C. 1786) is amended—

13 (1) in the first sentence of subsection (g)(1), by

14 striking ‘‘1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘1991 through 1998’’; and

16 (2) in the first sentence of subsection (h)(2)(A),

17 by striking ‘‘1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994’’ and

18 inserting ‘‘1990 through 1998’’.

19 (i) USE OF FUNDS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND

20 RESEARCH EVALUATION PROJECTS.—Section 17(g)(5) of

21 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(g)(5)) is amended—

22 (1) by striking ‘‘and administration of pilot

23 projects’’ and inserting ‘‘administration of pilot

24 projects’’;
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1 (2) by inserting before the period at the end the

2 following: ‘‘, and carrying out technical assistance

3 and research evaluation projects of the programs es4 tablished under this section’’; and

5 (3) by adding at the end the following new sen6 tence: ‘‘The Secretary may allow the interagency

7 transfer of funds made available to carry out this

8 paragraph to Federal and other agencies to carry

9 out projects and initiatives that are consistent with

10 program goals.’’.

11 (j) BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION AND SUPPORT AC12 TIVITIES.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 17(h)(3) of such Act

14 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(3)) is amended—

15 (A) in subparagraph (A)(i)(II), by striking

16 ‘‘$8,000,000,’’ and inserting ‘‘the national mini17 mum breastfeeding promotion expenditure, as

18 described in subparagraph (E),’’; and

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

20 subparagraph:

21 ‘‘(E) The national minimum breastfeeding promotion

22 expenditure shall be—

23 ‘‘(i) with respect to fiscal year 1995, the

24 amount that is equal to $21 multiplied by the num25 ber of pregnant women and breastfeeding women
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1 participating in the program, based on the average

2 number of pregnant women and breastfeeding

3 women during the last 3 months for which the Sec4 retary has final data; and

5 ‘‘(ii) with respect to each of fiscal years 1996

6 through 1998, the amount described in clause (i) ad7 justed for inflation in accordance with paragraph

8 (1)(B)(ii).’’.

9 (2) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Agri10 culture may permit a State agency a period of not

11 more than 2 years after the effective date of this

12 subsection to comply with the expenditure required

13 by reason of the amendments made by paragraph

14 (1).

15 (k) DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS FOR THE COL16 LECTION OF BREASTFEEDING DATA.—Section 17(h)(4) of

17 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(4)) is amended—

18 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara19 graph (C);

20 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub21 paragraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

22 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub23 paragraph:

24 ‘‘(E)(i) not later than 1 year after the effective

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1 ments for the collection of data regarding the inci2 dence and duration of breastfeeding among partici3 pants in the program; and

4 ‘‘(ii) effective beginning on the date of the es5 tablishment of the uniform requirements, require

6 each State agency to report the data for inclusion in

7 the report to Congress described in subsection

8 (d)(4).’’.

9 (l) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO CONGRESS ON

10 WAIVERS WITH RESPECT TO PROCUREMENT OF INFANT

11 FORMULA.—Section 17(h)(8)(D)(iii) of such Act (42

12 U.S.C. 1786(h)(8)(D)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘at 6-

13 month intervals’’ and inserting ‘‘on a timely basis’’.

14 (m) COST CONTAINMENT.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 17(h)(8)(G) (42

16 U.S.C. 1786(h)(8)(G)) is amended—

17 (A) in clause (i)—

18 (i) in the first sentence, by striking

19 ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘During each of fiscal

20 years 1995 and 1996, the’’; and

21 (ii) by striking the second sentence

22 and inserting the following new sentence:

23 ‘‘If an offer made under the preceding sen24 tence results in the implementation of con25 tracts by 2 or more State agencies, the
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1 Secretary shall also make offers in accord2 ance with the preceding sentence during

3 each of fiscal years 1997 and 1998.’’;

4 (B) in clause (viii), by inserting after the

5 first sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘In

6 conducting an offer under this clause, the Sec7 retary shall attempt to develop and use procure8 ment procedures that are likely to be broadly

9 acceptable among State agencies.’’; and

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

11 clause:

12 ‘‘(ix) If an offer made under clause (i) results in the

13 implementation of contracts by 2 or more State agencies,

14 the Secretary shall promptly offer to solicit bids on behalf

15 of State agencies regarding cost containment contracts to

16 be entered into by infant cereal or infant juice manufac17 turers, or both, and State agencies. In carrying out this

18 clause, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent fea19 sible, follow the procedures prescribed in this subpara20 graph regarding offers made by the Secretary with regard

21 to soliciting bids regarding infant formula cost contain22 ment contracts. If the offer of the Secretary to solicit bids

23 regarding cost containment contracts for infant cereal or

24 infant juice, or both, results in the implementation of con-
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1 tracts by 2 or more State agencies, the Secretary shall

2 renew the offer at appropriate intervals.’’.

3 (2) REPEAL OF TERMINATION OF AUTHOR4 ITY.—Section 209 of the WIC Infant Formula Pro5 curement Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–512; 42

6 U.S.C. 1786 note) is repealed.

7 (n) PROHIBITION ON INTEREST LIABILITY TO FED8 ERAL GOVERNMENT ON REBATE FUNDS.—Section

9 17(h)(8) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(8)) is amended

10 by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

11 ‘‘(L) A State shall not incur an interest liability to

12 the Federal Government on rebate funds for infant for13 mula and other foods if all interest earned by the State

14 on the funds is used to carry out the program.’’.

15 (o) USE OF UNIVERSAL PRODUCT CODES.—Section

16 17(h)(8) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(8)) (as amended

17 by subsection (n)) is further amended by adding at the

18 end the following new subparagraph:

19 ‘‘(M)(i) The Secretary shall establish pilot projects

20 to determine the feasibility and cost of requiring States

21 to carry out a system for using universal product codes

22 to assist retail food stores that are vendors under the pro23 gram in providing the type of infant formula that the par24 ticipants in the program are authorized to obtain. In car25 rying out the projects, the Secretary shall determine
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1 whether the system reduces the incidence of incorrect re2 demptions of low-iron formula or brands of infant formula

3 not authorized to be redeemed through the program, or

4 both.

5 ‘‘(ii) If the Secretary determines that the system is

6 feasible, cost-effective, and reduces the incidence of incor7 rect redemptions described in clause (i), the Secretary

8 shall establish such procedures as the Secretary deter9 mines appropriate to require States to carry out the sys10 tem.

11 ‘‘(iii) The system shall not require a vendor under

12 the program to obtain special equipment and shall not be

13 applicable to a vendor that does not have equipment that

14 can use universal product codes.’’.

15 (p) USE OF UNSPENT NUTRITION SERVICES AND

16 ADMINISTRATION FUNDS.—Section 17(h) of such Act (42

17 U.S.C. 1786(h)) is amended by adding at the end the fol18 lowing new paragraph:

19 ‘‘(10)(A) For each of fiscal years 1995 through 1998,

20 the Secretary shall use, for the purposes specified in sub21 paragraph (B), the lesser of $10,000,000 or the amount

22 of unspent funds for nutrition services and administration

23 from the previous fiscal year.

24 ‘‘(B) Funds under subparagraph (A) shall be used

25 for—
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1 ‘‘(i) the development of infrastructure for the

2 program under this section, including management

3 information systems;

4 ‘‘(ii) special State projects of regional or na5 tional significance directed toward improving the

6 services of the program under this section; and

7 ‘‘(iii) special breastfeeding support and pro8 motion projects, including projects to assess the ef9 fectiveness of particular breastfeeding promotion

10 strategies and to develop State or local agency ca11 pacity or facilities to provide quality breastfeeding

12 services.’’.

13 (q) SPENDBACK FUNDS.—Section 17(i)(3) of such

14 Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(i)(3)) is amended—

15 (1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting ‘‘(ex16 cept as provided in subparagraph (H))’’ after ‘‘1

17 percent’’; and

18 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub19 paragraph:

20 ‘‘(H) The Secretary may authorize a State agency to

21 expend not more than 3 percent of the amount of funds

22 allocated to a State under this section for supplemental

23 foods for a fiscal year for expenses incurred under this

24 section for supplemental foods during the preceding fiscal

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1 significant reduction in rebates provided to the State agen2 cy that would affect the ability of the State agency to at

3 least maintain the level of participation by eligible partici4 pants served by the State agency.’’.

5 (r) ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE MIGRANT RE6 PORTS.—Section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786) is

7 amended—

8 (1) in subsection (d)(4), by inserting after

9 ‘‘Congress’’ the following: ‘‘and the National Advi10 sory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutri11 tion established under subsection (k)’’; and

12 (2) by striking subsection (j).

13 (s) INITIATIVE TO PROVIDE PROGRAM SERVICES AT

14 COMMUNITY AND MIGRANT HEALTH CENTERS.—Section

15 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786) (as amended by sub16 section (r)(2)) is further amended by inserting after sub17 section (i) the following new subsection:

18 ‘‘(j)(1) The Secretary and the Secretary of Health

19 and Human Services (referred to in this subsection as the

20 ‘Secretaries’) shall jointly establish and carry out an ini21 tiative for the purpose of providing both supplemental

22 foods and nutrition education under the special supple23 mental nutrition program and health care services to low24 income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women,

25 infants, and children at substantially more community
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1 health centers and migrant health centers than are served

2 on the date of enactment of the Better Nutrition and

3 Health for Children Act of 1994.

4 ‘‘(2) The initiative shall also include—

5 ‘‘(A) activities to improve the coordination of

6 the provision of supplemental foods and nutrition

7 education under the special supplemental nutrition

8 program and health care services at facilities funded

9 by the Indian Health Service; and

10 ‘‘(B) the development and implementation of

11 strategies to ensure that, to the maximum extent

12 feasible, new community health centers, migrant

13 health centers, and other federally supported health

14 care facilities established in medically underserved

15 areas provide supplemental foods and nutrition edu16 cation under the special supplemental nutrition pro17 gram.

18 ‘‘(3) The initiative may include—

19 ‘‘(A) outreach and technical assistance for State

20 and local agencies and the health centers referred to

21 in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2);

22 ‘‘(B) demonstration projects in selected States

23 or local areas; and

24 ‘‘(C) such other activities as the Secretaries

25 consider appropriate.
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1 ‘‘(4) As used in this subsection:

2 ‘‘(A) The term ‘community health center’ has

3 the meaning provided in section 330(a) of the Public

4 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c(a)).

5 ‘‘(B) The term ‘migrant health center’ has the

6 meaning provided in section 329(a)(1) of such Act

7 (42 U.S.C. 254b(a)(1)).’’.

8 (t) FARMERS’ MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM.—

9 (1) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR INDIAN

10 STATE AGENCIES.—Section 17(m)(3) of such Act

11 (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)(3)) is amended by adding at

12 the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary

13 may negotiate with an Indian State agency a lower

14 percentage of matching funds than is required under

15 the preceding sentence, but not lower than 10 per16 cent of the total cost of the program, if the Indian

17 State agency demonstrates to the Secretary financial

18 hardship for the affected Indian tribe, band, group,

19 or council.’’.

20 (2) EXPANSION.—Section 17(m)(5)(F) of such

21 Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)(5)(F)) is amended—

22 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘15 percent’’

23 and inserting ‘‘17 percent’’; and

24 (B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the

25 following new clause:
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1 ‘‘(ii) During any fiscal year for which a State receives

2 assistance under this subsection, the Secretary shall per3 mit the State to use up to 1 percent of total program

4 funds for market development or technical assistance to

5 farmers’ markets if the Secretary determines that the

6 State intends to promote the development of farmers’ mar7 kets in socially or economically disadvantaged areas, or re8 mote rural areas, where individuals eligible for participa9 tion in the program have limited access to locally grown

10 fruits and vegetables.’’.

11 (3) NOTIFICATION OF AWARD OF FUNDS.—Sec12 tion 17(m)(6)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

13 1786(m)(6)(A)) is amended by adding at the end

14 the following new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary shall in15 form each State of the award of funds as prescribed

16 by subparagraph (G) by February 15 of each year.’’.

17 (4) MINIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—Section

18 17(m)(6)(B)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

19 1786(m)(6)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking

20 ‘‘$50,000’’ each place it appears and inserting

21 ‘‘$75,000’’.

22 (5) STATE PLAN SUBMISSION DATE.—Section

23 17(m)(6)(D)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

24 1786(m)(6)(D)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘at such

25 time and in such manner as the Secretary may rea-
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1 sonably require’’ and inserting ‘‘by November 15 of

2 each year’’.

3 (6) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—Section

4 17(m)(6)(F)(iii) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

5 1786(m)(6)(F)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘reduce

6 in any fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘reduce, in the first

7 full fiscal year of the Federal grant,’’.

8 (7) ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—Sec9 tion 17(m)(6)(G) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

10 1786(m)(6)(G)) is amended—

11 (A) in the first sentence of clause (i), by

12 striking ‘‘45 to 55 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘60

13 percent’’; and

14 (B) in the first sentence of clause (ii), by

15 striking ‘‘45 to 55 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘40

16 percent’’.

17 (8) DATA COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS.—Sec18 tion 17(m)(8) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)(8))

19 is amended by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E)

20 and inserting the following new subparagraphs:

21 ‘‘(D) if available, information on the change in

22 consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables by recipi23 ents;

24 ‘‘(E) if available, information on the effects of

25 the program on farmers’ markets; and’’.
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1 (9) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

2 Section 17(m)(10)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

3 1786(m)(10)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘and

4 $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1994’’ and inserting

5 ‘‘$8,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $10,500,000 for

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

7 $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1997, and $18,000,000

8 for fiscal year 1998’’.

9 (10) ELIMINATION OF REALLOCATION OF UN10 EXPENDED FUNDS OF DEMONSTRATION

11 PROJECTS.—Section 17(m)(10)(B)(ii) of such Act

12 (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)(10)(B)(ii)) is amended by strik13 ing the second sentence.

14 (11) DEFINITION OF STATE AGENCY.—Section

15 17(m)(11)(D) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

16 1786(m)(11)(D)) is amended by inserting before the

17 period at the end the following: ‘‘or any other agency

18 approved by the chief executive officer of the State’’.

19 (12) PROMOTION BY THE SECRETARY.—The

20 Secretary of Agriculture shall promote the use of

21 farmers’ markets by recipients of Federal nutrition

22 programs administered by the Secretary.

23 (u) CHANGE IN NAME OF PROGRAM.—

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 17 of such Act (42

25 U.S.C. 1786) is amended—
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1 (A) by striking the section heading and in2 serting the following new section heading:

3 ‘‘SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

4 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN’’;

5 (B) in the first sentence of subsection

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

7 program’’ and inserting ‘‘special supplemental

8 nutrition program’’;

9 (C) in the second sentence of subsection

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

11 program’’ each place it appears and inserting

12 ‘‘special supplemental nutrition program’’; and

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

14 ‘‘special supplemental food program’’ and in15 serting ‘‘special supplemental nutrition pro16 gram’’.

17 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

18 (A) The second sentence of section 9(c) of

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

20 2018(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘special sup21 plemental food program’’ and inserting ‘‘special

22 supplemental nutrition program’’.

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

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

25 1484a(b)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘Special

26 Supplemental Food Program for Women, In-
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1 fants and Children’’ and inserting ‘‘special sup2 plemental nutrition program for women, in3 fants, and children’’.

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

5 United States Code, is amended by striking

6 ‘‘special supplemental food program’’ and in7 serting ‘‘special supplemental nutrition pro8 gram’’.

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

10 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280c–6(b)(6)) is amend11 ed by striking ‘‘special supplemental food pro12 gram’’ and inserting ‘‘special supplemental nu13 trition program’’.

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

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

16 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) are each amended by striking

17 ‘‘special supplemental food program’’ and in18 serting ‘‘special supplemental nutrition pro19 gram’’.

20 (F) Section 202(b) of the WIC Infant For21 mula Procurement Act of 1992 (Public Law

22 102–512; 42 U.S.C. 1786 note) is amended by

23 striking ‘‘special supplemental food program’’

24 and inserting ‘‘special supplemental nutrition

25 program’’.
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1 (3) REFERENCES.—Any reference to the special

2 supplemental food program established under section

3 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.

4 1786) in any law, regulation, document, record, or

5 other paper of the United States shall be considered

6 to be a reference to the special supplemental nutri7 tion program established under such section.

8 SEC. 205. NUTRITION EDUCATION AND TRAINING PRO9 GRAM.

10 (a) NAME OF PROGRAM.—Section 19 of the Child

11 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1788) is amended by

12 striking ‘‘information and education’’ each place it ap13 pears in subsections (b), (c), (d)(1), and (j)(1) and insert14 ing ‘‘education and training’’.

15 (b) NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—The sec16 ond sentence of section 19(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

17 1788(c)) is amended—

18 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘school

19 food service’’ and inserting ‘‘child nutrition pro20 gram’’;

21 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara22 graph (C); and

23 (3) by inserting before the period at the end the

24 following: ‘‘; and (E) providing information to par25 ents and caregivers regarding the nutritional value
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1 of food and the relationship between food and

2 health’’.

3 (c) NUTRITION EDUCATION AND TRAINING.—Section

4 19(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1788(d)) is amended—

5 (1) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting before the

6 period at the end the following: ‘‘, and the provision

7 of nutrition education to parents and caregivers’’;

8 (2) in the first sentence of paragraph (4), by

9 striking ‘‘educational and school food service person10 nel’’ and inserting ‘‘educational, school food service,

11 child care, and summer food service personnel’’; and

12 (3) in the first sentence of paragraph (5), by

13 inserting after ‘‘schools’’ the following: ‘‘, and in

14 child care institutions and summer food service insti15 tutions,’’.

16 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 19(f) of such Act (42

17 U.S.C. 1788(f)) is amended—

18 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the

19 following new paragraph:

20 ‘‘(1) The funds made available under this section

21 may, under guidelines established by the Secretary, be

22 used by a State educational agency for—

23 ‘‘(A) employing a nutrition education specialist

24 to coordinate the program, including travel and re25 lated personnel costs;
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1 ‘‘(B) undertaking an assessment of the nutri2 tion education needs of the State;

3 ‘‘(C) developing and carrying out a State plan

4 of operation and management for nutrition edu5 cation;

6 ‘‘(D) coordinating and promoting nutrition edu7 cation and training activities in local school districts

8 (incorporating, to the maximum extent practicable,

9 as a learning laboratory, the child nutrition pro10 grams);

11 ‘‘(E) contracting with public and private non12 profit educational institutions for the conduct of nu13 trition education instruction and programs relating

14 to the purpose of this section;

15 ‘‘(F) providing funding for a nutrition compo16 nent in the health education curriculum offered to

17 children in kindergarten through grade 12;

18 ‘‘(G) instructing teachers, school administra19 tors, or other school staff on how to promote better

20 nutritional health and to motivate children to prac21 tice sound eating habits;

22 ‘‘(H) increasing public awareness of the impor23 tance of breakfasts for providing the energy nec24 essary for the cognitive development of school-age

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1 ‘‘(I) developing means of providing nutrition

2 education to children, and families of children,

3 through after-school programs;

4 ‘‘(J) creating instructional programming for

5 teachers, food service personnel, and parents on the

6 relationships between nutrition and health and the

7 importance of the Food Guide Pyramid established

8 by the Secretary;

9 ‘‘(K) encouraging public service advertisements

10 to promote healthy eating habits for children;

11 ‘‘(L) achieving related nutrition education pur12 poses, including the preparation, testing, distribu13 tion, and evaluation of visual aids and other infor14 mational and educational materials; and

15 ‘‘(M) coordinating and promoting nutrition edu16 cation and training activities carried out under child

17 nutrition programs, including the summer food serv18 ice program for children established under section

19 13 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.

20 1761) and the child and adult care food program es21 tablished under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C.

22 1766).’’; and

23 (2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the

24 following new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(3) A State agency may use an amount equal to not

2 more than 15 percent of the funds made available through

3 a grant under this section for expenditures for overall ad4 ministrative and supervisory or program purposes in con5 nection with the program authorized under this section if

6 the State makes available at least an equal amount for

7 the expenditures.’’.

8 (e) STATE COORDINATORS FOR NUTRITION; STATE

9 PLAN.—Section 19(h) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1788(h))

10 is amended—

11 (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (2), by

12 inserting ‘‘and training’’ after ‘‘education’’; and

13 (2) in the third sentence of paragraph (3)—

14 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub15 paragraph (D); and

16 (B) by inserting before the period at the

17 end the following: ‘‘; and (F) a comprehensive

18 plan for providing nutrition education during

19 the first fiscal year beginning after the submis20 sion of the plan and the succeeding 4 fiscal

21 years’’.

22 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

23 19(i)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1788(i)(2)(A)) is

24 amended by striking ‘‘nutrition education and information

25 programs’’ and all that follows through the period at the
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1 end and inserting ‘‘nutrition education and training pro2 grams $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and each subse3 quent fiscal year.’’.

4 (g) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 19(i) of such

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 1788(i)) is amended—

6 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para7 graph (4); and

8 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow9 ing new paragraph:

10 ‘‘(3) Funds made available to any State under this

11 section shall remain available to the State for obligation

12 in the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year in which the

13 funds were received by the State.’’.

14 TITLE III—OTHER RELATED

15 PROVISIONS

16 SEC. 301. DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES ON CERTAIN IN17 DIAN RESERVATIONS.

18 Section 3(j) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.

19 2012(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following

20 new sentence: ‘‘For the purpose of the distribution of com21 modities under section 4(b), the term ‘reservation’ in22 cludes the geographically defined area or areas (including

23 an urban area or areas) within the boundaries of former

24 reservations in Oklahoma, as defined by the Secretary of
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1 the Interior, over which a tribal organization exercises

2 governmental jurisdiction.’’.

3 TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATES

4 SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATES.

5 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act and

6 the amendments made by this Act shall become effective

7 on October 1, 1994.

Passed the Senate August 25 (legislative day, August 18), 1994.

Attest:

Secretary.
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