on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the
Senate, a report—
‘‘(i) summarizing the use of waivers by the State
and eligible service providers;
‘‘(ii) describing whether such waivers resulted in
improved services to children;
‘‘(iii) describing the impact of such waivers on
providing nutritional meals to participants; and
‘‘(iv) describing how such waivers reduced the
amount of paperwork necessary to administer the
program.
‘‘(7) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘eligible
service provider’ means—
‘‘(A) a local school food service authority;
‘‘(B) a service institution or private nonprofit
organization described under section 13 of this Act; or
‘‘(C) a family or group day care home sponsor-
ing organization described under section 17 of this
Act.’’.
SEC. 106. 107. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHIL-
DREN.
(a) PRIORITY
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
DETERMINING
PARTICIPATION OF CERTAIN ELIGIBLE SERVICE INSTITU-
TIONS.—Section 13(a)(4) of the National School Lunch Act
(42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(4)) is amended by striking subpara-
graphs (A) through (F) and inserting the following new sub-
paragraphs:
‘‘(A) Local schools.
‘‘(B) All other service institutions and private
nonprofit organizations eligible under paragraph (7)
that have demonstrated successful program perform-
ance in a prior year.
‘‘(C) Other service institutions and private non-
profit organizations eligible under paragraph (7).’’.
(b) ELIMINATION OF 1-YEAR WAITING PERIOD WITH
RESPECT TO PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE NONPROFIT OR-
GANIZATIONS IN CERTAIN AREAS UNDER THE PROGRAM.—
Section 13(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(7)) is
amended by striking subparagraph (C) of such section.
(c) ELIMINATION OF WARNING IN PRIVATE NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION APPLICATION RELATING TO CRIMINAL PRO-
VISIONS AND RELATED MATTERS.—Section 13(q) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(q)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (2);
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5)
as paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively; and
(3) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated), by strik-
ing ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graphs (1) and (2)’’.
(d) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 13(r) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(r)) is amended by striking ‘‘1994’’ and
inserting ‘‘1998’’.
SEC. 107. 108. COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.
Section 14 of the National School Lunch Act (42 (a)
IN
GENERAL.—Section 14 of the National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1762a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘1994’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1998’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall maintain and continue
to improve the overall nutritional quality of entitlement
commodities provided to schools to assist the schools in im-
proving the nutritional content of meals.
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) require that nutritional content informa-
tion labels be placed on packages or shipments of enti-
tlement commodities provided to the schools; or
‘‘(B) otherwise provide nutritional content infor-
mation regarding the commodities provided to the
schools.’’.
(b) COMBINATION OF FEDERALLY DONATED
AND
FEDERALLY
INSPECTED
MEAT
OR
POUL-
TRY.—Section 14 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1762a)
is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(h) No State shall restrict or prohibit a le-
gally contracted commercial entity from phys-
ically combining federally donated and feder-
ally inspected meat or poultry with federally
donated and federally inspected meat or poul-
try from another State.’’.
SEC. 108. 109. CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM.
(a) REAPPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE AT 3-YEAR IN-
TERVALS.—Section 17(d)(2)(A) of the National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(d)(2)(A)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2-year intervals’’ and inserting ‘‘3-year intervals’’.
(b) USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS TO CONDUCT
OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT TO UNLICENSED DAY CARE
HOMES.—Section 17(f)(3)(C) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1766(f)(3)(C)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(C) Reimbursement for adminis-
trative expenses’’ and inserting ‘‘(C)(i) Reimburse-
ment for administrative expenses’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(ii) Funds for administrative expenses may be used
by family or group day care home sponsoring organizations
to conduct outreach and recruitment to unlicensed family
or group day care homes so that such day care homes may
become licensed.’’.
(c) INFORMATION AND TRAINING CONCERNING CHILD
HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Section 17(k) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 1766(k)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall encourage family or group
day care sponsoring organizations to provide information
and training concerning child health and development to
family or group day care homes participating in the pro-
gram under such organizations.’’.
(d) EXTENSION
OF
STATEWIDE
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.—Section 17(p) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(p))
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘1992’’ and
inserting ‘‘1998’’; and
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘1994’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1998’’.
SEC. 109. 110. HOMELESS CHILDREN NUTRITION PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section
17A the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 17B. HOMELESS CHILDREN NUTRITION PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct
projects designed to provide food service throughout the year
to homeless children under the age of 6 in emergency shel-
ters.
‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN PROJECTS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter
into agreements with State, city, local, or county gov-
ernments, other public entities, or private nonprofit
organizations to participate in the projects under this
section.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall establish eligibility requirements for the
entities described in paragraph (1) that desire to par-
ticipate in the projects under this section. Such re-
quirements shall include the following:
‘‘(A) Each private nonprofit organization
shall operate not more than 5 food service sites
under the project and shall serve not more than
300 homeless children at each such site.
‘‘(B) Each site operated by each such orga-
nization shall meet applicable State and local
health, safety, and sanitation standards.
‘‘(c) PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A project conducted under
this subsection shall—
‘‘(A) use the same meal patterns and receive
reimbursement payments for meals and supple-
ments at the same rates provided to child care
centers participating in the child care food pro-
gram under section 17 for free meals and supple-
ments; and
‘‘(B) receive reimbursement payments for
meals and supplements served on Saturdays,
Sundays, and holidays, at the request of the
sponsor of any such project.
‘‘(2) MODIFICATION.—The Secretary may modify
the meal pattern requirements to take into account
the needs of infants.
‘‘(3) HOMELESS CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR FREE
MEALS
WITHOUT
APPLICATION.—Homeless children
under the age of 6 in emergency shelters shall be con-
sidered eligible for free meals without application.
‘‘(d) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall advise each State
of the availability of the projects established under this sub-
section for States, cities, counties, local governments and
other public entities, and shall advise each State of the pro-
cedures for applying to participate in the project.
‘‘(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of the Healthy Meals for
Healthy Children Act of 1994, the Secretary shall submit
to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report that
includes—
‘‘(1) an explanation of the actions the Secretary
has taken to carry out subsection (d);
‘‘(2) an estimate, if practicable, of the number of
children living in homeless shelters who are not served
by projects conducted under this section; and
‘‘(3) a detailed plan for expanding the projects
so that more eligible children may participate in such
projects.
‘‘(f) PLAN TO ALLOW PARTICIPATION IN THE CHILD
AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 1996, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of the Congress a plan describing how
emergency shelters and homeless children who have not at-
tained the age of 6 and who are served by such shelters
under the program might participate in the child and adult
care food program authorized under section 17 by Septem-
ber 30, 1998.
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the
following definitions apply:
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF THE CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘appropriate committees of the
Congress’ means the Committee on Education and
Labor of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the
Senate.
‘‘(2) EMERGENCY
SHELTER.—The term ‘emer-
gency shelter’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 321(2) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless As-
sistance Act.
‘‘(h) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any amounts
made available under section 7(a)(5)(B)(i)(I) of the
Child 
Nutrition 
Act 
of 
1966 
(42 
U.S.C.
1776(a)(5)(B)(i)(I)), the Secretary shall, except as
provided in paragraph (2), expend to carry out this
section from amounts appropriated for purposes of
carrying out this Act $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1995
and each succeeding fiscal year.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may expend
less than the amount required under paragraph (1) if
there is an insufficient number of suitable appli-
cants.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT.—Section 18
of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769)
is amended—
(A) by striking subsection (c); and
(B) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c).
(2) CHILD
NUTRITION
ACT
OF
1966.—Section
7(a)(5)(B)(i)(I) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1776(a)(5)(B)(i)(I)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘projects under section 18(c)
of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1769(c))’’ and inserting ‘‘projects under section
17B of the National School Lunch Act’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘1993 and 1994’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘1995 through 1998’’.
SEC. 110. 111. PILOT PROJECTS.
(a) COMMODITY LETTER OF CREDIT (CLOC) PRO-
GRAMS.—Section 18(b) of the National School Lunch Act
(42 U.S.C. 1769(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the 1st sentence, by striking ‘‘, and
ending September 30, 1994’’; and
(B) in the 2nd sentence, by striking ‘‘under
this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘under this para-
graph’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(3)(A) The Secretary shall establish and carry out a
statewide commodity letter of credit (hereafter in this para-
graph referred to as ‘CLOC’) demonstration program in 1
State under which the Secretary provides all school districts
in such State commodity letters of credit in lieu of all enti-
tlement commodities for the school lunch programs of such
school districts.
‘‘(B) The Secretary may establish and carry out the
statewide CLOC demonstration program under this para-
graph only in a State in which, on the date of the applica-
tion by such State to the Secretary to establish such pro-
gram, 80 percent or more of the school districts participat-
ing in the school lunch program under this Act have elected
to participate in the statewide CLOC demonstration pro-
gram.
‘‘(C) In carrying out the statewide CLOC demonstra-
tion program, the Secretary shall provide that—
‘‘(i) all commodity letters of credit be issued to
all school districts in the State in lieu of entitlement
commodities for the school lunch program beginning
on the first July 1st which occurs after the date of the
enactment of this paragraph;
‘‘(ii) child care agencies and nutrition programs
for the elderly in the State shall be allowed to partici-
pate in the program; and
‘‘(iii) the State agencies responsible for commod-
ity distribution to child and elderly nutrition pro-
grams shall administer the program.’’.
(b) PROGRAM TO INCREASE OFFERINGS OF FRESH
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.—Section 18 of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1769) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(d)(1) The Secretary shall establish a program begin-
ning on the first July 1st which occurs after the date of
the enactment of this subsection to assist schools in offering
greater quantities of fresh fruits and vegetables to students
in order to improve the overall nutritional quality of meals
served under the school lunch program established under
this Act.
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall establish procedures under
which all schools currently participating in the school lunch
program established under this Act may apply to partici-
pate in the program.
‘‘(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary
shall, for each fiscal year in which a school participates
in the program, provide commodity letters of credit to such
school in an amount equal to 10 percent of the total com-
modity entitlement of such school under section 6 for each
such fiscal year to be used for the purchase of fresh fruits
and vegetables under the program.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall, for each fiscal year described
in subparagraph (A), reduce the amount of the total com-
modity entitlement of such school under section 6 by the
amount described in such subparagraph.’’.
(c) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM TO PROVIDE MEALS
AND SUPPLEMENTS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS.—Section
18 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) (as amended by subsection
(b)) is further amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
Section 18 of the National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(e)(1)(A) The Secretary shall establish a demonstra-
tion program to provide grants to eligible institutions or
schools to provide meals or supplements to adolescents par-
ticipating in educational, recreational, or other programs
and activities provided outside of school hours.
‘‘(B) The amount of a grant under subparagraph (A)
shall be equal to the amount necessary to provide meals or
supplements described in such subparagraph and shall be
determined in accordance with reimbursement payment
rates for meals and supplements under the child and adult
care food program under section 17 of this Act.
‘‘(2) The Secretary may not provide a grant under
paragraph (1) to an eligible institution or school unless
such institution or school submits to the Secretary an appli-
cation containing such information as the Secretary may
reasonably require.
‘‘(3) The Secretary may not provide a grant under
paragraph (1) to an eligible institution or school unless
such institution or school agrees that—
‘‘(A) it will use amounts from such grant to pro-
vide meals or supplements under educational, rec-
reational, or other programs and activities for adoles-
cents outside of school hours, and such programs and
activities are carried out in geographic areas in
which there are high rates of poverty, violence, or
drug and alcohol abuse among school-aged youths;
and
‘‘(B) it will use the same meal patterns as meal
patterns required under the child and adult care food
program under section 17 of this Act.
‘‘(4) Determinations with regard to eligibility for free
and reduced price meals and supplements provided under
programs and activities under this subsection shall be made
in accordance with the income eligibility guidelines for free
and reduced price lunches under section 9 of this Act.
‘‘(5)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the
Secretary shall expend to carry out this subsection from
amounts appropriated for purposes of carrying out section
17 of this Act, $125,000 in each of the fiscal years 1995
through 1998. In addition to amounts described in the pre-
ceding the sentence, the Secretary shall expend any addi-
tional amounts in any fiscal year as may be provided in
advance in appropriations Acts.
‘‘(B) The Secretary may expend less than the amount
required under subparagraph (A) if there is an insufficient
number of suitable applicants.
‘‘(6) For the purposes of this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘adolescent’ means a child who has
attained the age of 13 but has not attained the age
of 19;
‘‘(B) the term ‘eligible institution or school’
means—
‘‘(i) an institution, as such term is defined
in section 17 of this Act; or
‘‘(ii) an elementary or secondary school
participating in the school lunch program under
this Act; and
‘‘(C) the term ‘outside of school hours’ means
after-school hours, weekends, or holidays during the
regular school year.’’.
SEC. 111. 112. REDUCTION OF PAPERWORK.
Section 19(a) of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1769a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘and other agen-
cies’’ and inserting ‘‘other agencies’’ and by inserting ‘‘,
and families of children participating in such programs’’
after ‘‘assisted under such Acts’’.
SEC. 112. 113. EXTENSION OF FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT
INSTITUTE.
Section 21(e)(2) of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1769b-1(e)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) $1,700,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995,
1996, 1997, and 1998 for purposes of carrying out
subsection (a)(2).’’.
SEC. 113.
114. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRI-
CULTURE RELATING TO NONPROCUREMENT
DEBARMENT UNDER CERTAIN CHILD NUTRI-
TION PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
‘‘SEC. 25. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY RELATING TO
NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT.
‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are to
promote the prevention and deterrence of instances of fraud,
bid rigging, and other anticompetitive activities encoun-
tered in the procurement of products for child nutrition pro-
grams by—
‘‘(1) establishing guidelines and a timetable for
the Secretary to initiate debarment proceedings, as
well as establishing mandatory debarment periods;
and
‘‘(2) providing training, technical advice, and
guidance in identifying and preventing such activi-
ties.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the
following definitions apply:
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’ means the Committee on Education and Labor
and the Committee on Agriculture of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.
‘‘(2) CHILD
NUTRITION
PROGRAM.—The term
‘child nutrition program’ means—
‘‘(A) the school lunch program established
under this Act;
‘‘(B) the school breakfast program estab-
lished under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773);
‘‘(C) the special milk program established
under section 3 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1772);
‘‘(D) the special nutrition program for
women, infants, and children authorized under
section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786);
‘‘(E) the summer food service program for
children established under section 13 of this Act;
‘‘(F) the child and adult care food program
established under section 17 of this Act; and
‘‘(G) the homeless children nutrition pro-
gram under section 17B of this Act.
‘‘(3) CONTRACTOR.—The term ‘contractor’ means
a person that contracts with a State, an agency of a
State, or a local agency to provide goods in conjunc-
tion with the participation of a local agency in a
child nutrition program.
‘‘(4) LOCAL AGENCY.—The term ‘local agency’
means a school, school food authority, child care cen-
ter, sponsoring organization, or other entity author-
ized to operate a child nutrition program at the local
level.
‘‘(5) NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT.—The term
‘nonprocurement debarment’ means an action to bar
a person from programs and activities involving Fed-
eral financial and nonfinancial assistance, but not
including Federal procurement programs and activi-
ties.
‘‘(6) PERSON.—The term ‘person’ means any in-
dividual, corporation, partnership, association, or
other legal entity, however organized.
‘‘(c) ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY AND PREVENT FRAUD
AND ANTICOMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) in cooperation with the food service man-
agement institute authorized under section 21 and
with any other appropriate individual, organization,
or agency, provide advice, training, technical assist-
ance, and guidance (which may include awareness
training, training films, and troubleshooting advice)
to representatives of States and local agencies regard-
ing means of identifying and preventing fraud and
anticompetitive activities relating to the provision of
goods in conjunction with the participation of a local
agency in a child nutrition program; and
‘‘(2) provide information to, and fully cooperate
with, the Attorney General and State attorneys gen-
eral regarding investigations of fraud and anti-
competitive activities relating to the provision of
goods in conjunction with the participation of a local
agency in a child nutrition program.
‘‘(d) NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), not later than 180 days after notification