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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5432 

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into an interagency agreement with the Corporation for National and Community Service to support a Nutrition Corps. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 27, 2010 

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. HINOJOSA, and Mr. WU) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for 

a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into an 

interagency agreement with the Corporation for National 

and Community Service to support a Nutrition Corps. 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Service for Healthier 

5 Kids Act’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT TO PROMOTE NUTRI2 TION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. 

3 (a) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.— 

4 (1) SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts ap6 propriated under subsection (c), the Secretary 

7 of Agriculture may enter into an interagency 

8 agreement, in accordance with section 

9 192A(g)(10) of the National and Community 

10 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12651b(g)(10)), 

11 with the Corporation for National and Commu12 nity Service to support a Nutrition Corps to 

13 carry out the national service programs de14 scribed in subsection (b) by providing services 

15 that— 

16 (i) increase access to, and participa17 tion in, the nutrition assistance programs 

18 administered by the Secretary of Agri19 culture; 

20 (ii) improve the quality of the nutri21 tion assistance programs; and 

22 (iii) support local agriculture and 

23 farm to school initiatives undertaken by 

24 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

25 (B) NUTRITION CORPS ASSISTANCE.— 

26 From the amounts appropriated under submstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with BILLS

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1 section (c), the Secretary of Agriculture, in en2 tering into the interagency agreement under 

3 subparagraph (A), may provide to the Corpora4 tion for National and Community Service— 

5 (i) funds to be transferred to the Na6 tional Service Trust established under sec7 tion 145 of the National and Community 

8 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601) to 

9 provide in-service or post-service benefits 

10 to; or 

11 (ii) funds to otherwise support, 

12 participants serving in the Nutrition Corps who 

13 are enrolled in a national service program au14 thorized under the National and Community 

15 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) 

16 or the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 

17 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.). 

18 (2) CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMU19 NITY SERVICE.—The Corporation, in entering into 

20 the interagency agreement under paragraph (1), 

21 shall approve, in accordance with section 

22 192A(g)(10) of the National and Community Service 

23 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12651b(g)(10)), positions 

24 for the national service programs carried out by the 

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1 Nutrition Corps as approved national service posi2 tions. 

3 (b) NUTRITION CORPS.— 

4 (1) NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.—The na5 tional service programs carried out by the Nutrition 

6 Corps shall— 

7 (A) address unmet health needs within 

8 communities by providing services that— 

9 (i) improve access to, and increase 

10 participation in, the nutrition assistance 

11 programs administered by the Secretary of 

12 Agriculture; 

13 (ii) improve the quality of the nutri14 tion assistance programs; and 

15 (iii) support local agriculture and 

16 farm-to-school initiatives undertaken by 

17 the Secretary of Agriculture; and 

18 (B) comply with the nonduplication and 

19 nondisplacement requirements of section 177 of 

20 the National and Community Service Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 12637). 

22 (2) SERVICES AUTHORIZED TO BE PROVIDED.— 

23 The services provided by the national service pro24 grams under paragraph (1) may include— 

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1 (A) helping expand in-classroom breakfast 

2 under the school breakfast program authorized 

3 under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 

4 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) by assisting with set up 

5 and clean up; 

6 (B) expanding access to the summer food 

7 service program authorized under section 13 of 

8 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) by assisting with activi10 ties for children, transporting and preparing 

11 food, and conducting outreach to recruit spon12 sors and participants; 

13 (C) helping educate and train program 

14 providers for the nutrition assistance programs, 

15 which may include assisting home providers 

16 under the child and adult care food program 

17 authorized under section 17 of the Richard B. 

18 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

19 1786) in promoting healthy food choices and 

20 physical activity among children; 

21 (D) helping clinics participating in the spe22 cial supplemental nutrition program for women, 

23 infants, and children authorized under section 

24 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

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1 U.S.C. 1786) with services requested by such 

2 clinics; 

3 (E) conducting community needs assess4 ments in support of efforts to reduce obesity, 

5 promote healthy eating, and end childhood hun6 ger; 

7 (F) helping promote local agriculture and 

8 farm-to-school initiatives undertaken by the 

9 Secretary of Agriculture; and 

10 (G) coordinating and convening community 

11 stakeholders to cross-promote nutrition pro12 grams and lead related planning processes. 

13 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

14 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec15 essary to carry out this section for fiscal year 2011 and 

16 each of fiscal years 2012 through 2015. 

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