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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3869

To provide for the expanded use of technology and information management 

systems in the administration of the school lunch and breakfast programs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 2, 2004

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

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL

To provide for the expanded use of technology and information management systems in the administration of the 

school lunch and breakfast programs.

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 ‘‘Pride in the Lunch 

5 Line Act of 2004’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STATE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS. 

7 (a) TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVE8 MENT.—Section 7(e) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 

9 (42 U.S.C. 1776) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘Each State’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 

2 Each State’’; and 

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

4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(2) Each State plan shall at a minimum include a 

6 description of how technology and information manage7 ment systems will be used to improve program integrity 

8 by—

9 ‘‘(A) monitoring the nutrient content of meals 

10 served; 

11 ‘‘(B) training schools and school food authori12 ties how to utilize technology and information man13 agement systems for activities such as menu plan14 ning, collecting point of sale data, and processing 

15 applications for free and reduced price meals; 

16 ‘‘(C) using electronic data to establish bench17 marks to compare and monitor program integrity, 

18 program participation, and financial data across 

19 schools and school food authorities; and 

20 ‘‘(D) employing methods to ensure that there 

21 shall not be any overt identification of any such 

22 child by special tokens or tickets, announced or pub23 lished lists of names, or by any other means.’’. 

24 (b) PRIORITY FOR REALLOCATED FUNDS.—Section 

25 7(a)(5)(B)(ii) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
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1 U.S.C. 1776(a)(5)(B)(ii)) is amended by inserting after 

2 ‘‘need for the amounts’’ the following: ‘‘and shall give pri3 ority consideration to States that will use the funds for 

4 improvements in technology and information management 

5 systems described in the amendment required under sub6 section (e)(2).’’. 

7 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7(b) of the 

8 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776(b)) is 

9 amended by striking ‘‘and for staff development’’ and in10 serting ‘‘for staff development; and technology and infor11 mation management systems’’. 

12 SEC. 3. START UP AND EXPANSION ASSISTANCE FOR 

13 SCHOOLS. 

14 Section 21(a) of the Richard B. Russell National 

15 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1796b–1(a)) is amended—

16 (1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

17 and inserting a semicolon; 

18 (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para19 graph (3); and 

20 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(2) shall provide assistance, on a competitive 

23 basis, to State agencies for the purpose of aiding 

24 schools and school food authorities with at least 50 

25 percent of enrolled children certified to receive free 
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1 or reduced price meals, in meeting the cost of ac2 quiring or upgrading technology and information 

3 management systems for use in food service pro4 grams carried out under this Act and section 4 of 

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

6 if the school or school food authority submits to the 

7 State agency an infrastructure development plan 

8 that addresses the cost savings and improvements in 

9 program integrity and operations that would result 

10 from the use of new or upgraded technology in—

11 ‘‘(A) methods to ensure that there shall 

12 not be any overt identification of any such child 

13 by special tokens or tickets, announced or pub14 lished list of names, or by any other means; 

15 ‘‘(B) processing and verifying applications 

16 for free and reduced price school meals; 

17 ‘‘(C) integrating menu planning, produc18 tion, and serving data to monitor compliance 

19 with section 9(f)(1); and 

20 ‘‘(D) establishing compatibility with state21 wide reporting systems; and’’.

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