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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3449 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 27 (legislative day, MAY 26), 2010 

Mr. HARKIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT TO PROMOTE NUTRI7 TION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. 

8 (a) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.— 

9 (1) SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts ap2 propriated under subsection (c), the Secretary 

3 of Agriculture may enter into an interagency 

4 agreement, in accordance with section 

5 192A(g)(10) of the National and Community 

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

7 with the Corporation for National and Commu8 nity Service to support a Nutrition Corps to 

9 carry out the national service programs de10 scribed in subsection (b) by providing services 

11 that— 

12 (i) increase access to, and participa13 tion in, the nutrition assistance programs 

14 administered by the Secretary of Agri15 culture; 

16 (ii) improve the quality of the nutri17 tion assistance programs; and 

18 (iii) support local agriculture and 

19 farm-to-school initiatives undertaken by 

20 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

21 (B) NUTRITION CORPS ASSISTANCE.— 

22 From the amounts appropriated under sub23 section (c), the Secretary of Agriculture, in en24 tering into the interagency agreement under 


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1 subparagraph (A), may provide to the Corpora2 tion for National and Community Service— 

3 (i) funds to be transferred to the Na4 tional Service Trust established under sec5 tion 145 of the National and Community 

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

7 provide in-service or post-service benefits 

8 to; or 

9 (ii) funds to otherwise support, 

10 participants serving in the Nutrition Corps who 

11 are enrolled in a national service program au12 thorized under the National and Community 

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

14 or the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 

15 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.). 

16 (2) CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMU17 NITY SERVICE.—The Corporation, in entering into 

18 the interagency agreement under paragraph (1), 

19 shall approve, in accordance with section 

20 192A(g)(10) of the National and Community Service 

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

22 for the national service programs carried out by the 

23 Nutrition Corps as approved national service posi24 tions. 

25 (b) NUTRITION CORPS.— 


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1 (1) NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.—The na2 tional service programs carried out by the Nutrition 

3 Corps shall— 

4 (A) address unmet health needs within 

5 communities by providing services that— 

6 (i) increase access to, and participa7 tion in, the nutrition assistance programs 

8 administered by the Secretary of Agri9 culture; 

10 (ii) improve the quality of the nutri11 tion assistance programs; and 

12 (iii) support local agriculture and 

13 farm-to-school initiatives undertaken by 

14 the Secretary of Agriculture; and 

15 (B) comply with the nonduplication and 

16 nondisplacement requirements of section 177 of 

17 the National and Community Service Act (42 

18 U.S.C. 12637). 

19 (2) SERVICES AUTHORIZED TO BE PROVIDED.— 

20 The services provided by the national service pro21 grams under paragraph (1) may include— 

22 (A) helping expand in-classroom breakfast 

23 under the school breakfast program established 

24 by section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 


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1 (42 U.S.C. 1773) by assisting with set up and 

2 clean up; 

3 (B) expanding access to the summer food 

4 service program for children established under 

5 section 13 of the Richard B. Russell National 

6 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) by assist7 ing with activities for children, transporting and 

8 preparing food, and conducting outreach to re9 cruit sponsors and participants; 

10 (C) helping educate and train program 

11 providers for the nutrition assistance programs, 

12 which may include assisting home providers 

13 under the child and adult care food program es14 tablished under section 17 of the Richard B. 

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

16 1766) in promoting healthy food choices and 

17 physical activity among children; 

18 (D) helping clinics participating in the spe19 cial supplemental nutrition program for women, 

20 infants, and children established by section 17 

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

22 1786) with services requested by such clinics; 

23 (E) conducting community needs assess24 ments in support of efforts to reduce obesity, 


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1 promote healthy eating, and end childhood hun2 ger; 

3 (F) helping promote local agriculture and 

4 farm-to-school initiatives undertaken by the 

5 Secretary of Agriculture; and 

6 (G) coordinating and convening community 

7 stakeholders to cross-promote nutrition pro8 grams and lead related planning processes. 

9 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

10 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec11 essary to carry out this section for fiscal year 2011 and 

12 each of fiscal years 2012 through 2015. 

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