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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5383
To amend the child and adult care food program under the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act to provide alternative reimbursement
rates under that program for family or group day care homes located
in less populous areas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 4, 2000
Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the child and adult care food program under
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to
provide alternative reimbursement rates under that pro-
gram for family or group day care homes located in
less populous areas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO CHILD AND ADULT CARE
FOOD PROGRAM UNDER THE RICHARD B.
RUSSELL NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 17(f)(3)(A) of the Rich-
ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1766(f)(3)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(iv) ALTERNATIVE REIMBURSEMENT
FOR FAMILY OR GROUP DAY CARE HOMES
LOCATED IN LESS POPULOUS AREAS.—
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—In the case
of a geographic area described in sub-
clause (II) that is served by at least
1 tier I family or group day care
home (as defined in clause (ii)(I)) and
at least 1 family or group day care
home that participates in the program
under this section but does not meet
the criteria set forth in clause (ii)(I)
(commonly known as a ‘tier II family
or group day care home’), upon re-
quest to the State agency in a single
application by the sponsoring organi-
zation of each family or group day
care home located in such geographic
area and approval of such application
in accordance with this clause, each
such family or group day care home
in the area shall be provided reim-
bursement factors for the costs de-
scribed in clause (i) in accordance
with this clause, and not in accord-
ance with clause (ii) or (iii), as the
case may be.
‘‘(II) GEOGRAPHIC AREA.—A ge-
ographic area described in this sub-
clause is an area—
‘‘(aa) that is a concentration
of population of fewer than
25,000 individuals either legally
bounded as an incorporated place
or identified by the Bureau of the
Census as a Census Designated
Place (CDP);
‘‘(bb) in which not less than
50 percent of the total number of
children enrolled in elementary
schools located in the area are
certified eligible to receive free or
reduced price school meals under
this Act of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et
seq.); and
‘‘(cc) in which not more
than 50 percent of the total num-
ber of children participating in
the program under this section
are being served by tier I family
or group day care homes (as de-
fined in clause (ii)(I)).
‘‘(III) 
APPROVAL.—The 
State
agency shall approve a request for a
geographic area under subclause (I) if
(aa) the State agency determines that
the estimated aggregate amount of re-
imbursement factors provided to all
family or group day care homes in the
geographic area under this clause will
be equal to or greater than the esti-
mated aggregate amount of reim-
bursement factors provided to all such
homes under clauses (ii) and (iii), and
(bb) the requirements of this clause
are otherwise met.
‘‘(IV) 
REIMBURSEMENT
FAC-
TORS.—
‘‘(aa) IN
GENERAL.—Sub-
ject to item (bb), a family or
group day care home shall be
provided reimbursement factors
under this clause that are equal
to the average of the unrounded
reimbursement 
factors 
for
lunches and suppers, breakfasts,
and supplements under clauses
(ii) and (iii), respectively.
‘‘(bb) 
ADDITIONAL
RE-
QUIREMENT.—A family or group
day care home that participates
in the program under this section
and is located in a geographic
area for which a State agency
has approved a request for reim-
bursement factors in accordance
with this clause may, at the op-
tion of the home, elect to be pro-
vided reimbursement factors de-
termined in accordance with the
requirements contained in items
(aa) and (bb) of clause (iii)(II)
with respect to children described
in such items.
‘‘(V) ADJUSTMENTS.—The reim-
bursement factors under subclause
(IV) shall be rounded to the nearest
lower cent increment and based on the
unrounded adjustment in effect on
June 30 of the preceding school
year.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 17(f)(3)(A)(iv) of
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, as
added by subsection (a), shall take effect on July 1, 2001.
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