‘‘(i) the approval process, including the 
timeline, the State would undertake to issue 
an allowance; 
‘‘(ii) standards for what circumstances 
merit an allowance, how long an allowance 
will last, and when an allowance may be 
extended; and 
‘‘(iii) how the program would operate 
once an allowance is issued. 
‘‘(11) OFF-SITE CONSUMPTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Beginning in May 
2017, a State may elect for service institutions 
to carry out an off-site consumption operation in 
the State to provide summer food service pro-
gram meals to children eligible to participate in 
the program that such children may consume 
away from a congregate feeding site. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—The operation de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) shall be available to 
a child described in subparagraph (A) only if the 
child lives in an area that is eligible to partici-
pate in the summer food service program, but 
that is not currently being served, and such 
area— 
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‘‘(i) is rural, as defined by the State; 
or 
‘‘(ii) is not rural, and is an area in 
which more than 80 percent of students are 
certified as eligible for free or reduced price 
meals. 
‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The following shall 
apply to an operation described in subpara-
graph (A): 
‘‘(I) The number of meals served 
to each child in a single meal service 
is limited to 2 meals, and the number 
of meals in a seven-day period shall be 
limited to 10 meals. 
‘‘(II) Any meal served shall meet 
the same standards for nutrition, safe-
ty, and quality as a meal served at a 
congregate feeding site. 
‘‘(III) Any meal in which a com-
ponent is offered but not served shall 
not be reimbursed under subsection (b). 
‘‘(IV) Each State shall give pri-
ority to children who are living where 
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congregate feeding sites are not acces-
sible. 
‘‘(V) Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to allow congregate feed-
ing sites to cease from operating in 
order to be replaced by off-site con-
sumption operations under this para-
graph. 
‘‘(VI) A State shall not— 
‘‘(aa) operate an off-site con-
sumption 
operation 
simulta-
neously in the same service area 
with a congregate feeding site; 
‘‘(bb) use more than 10 per-
cent of funds received for adminis-
trative expenses to carry out this 
paragraph; or 
‘‘(cc) implement an off-site 
consumption 
operation 
in 
all 
service areas in the State. 
‘‘(ii) STATE PLAN.—Each State choos-
ing to provide summer food service program 
meals through an off-site consumption oper-
ation under this paragraph shall describe 
how the State plans to implement the oper-
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ation in the management and administra-
tion plan in subsection (n), which shall in-
clude information on how the State will— 
‘‘(I) document operation, includ-
ing implementation; 
‘‘(II) determine the method for se-
lecting eligible areas and eligible serv-
ice institutions to most effectively de-
liver summer food service program 
meals in the manner described in this 
paragraph; 
‘‘(III) 
design 
mechanisms 
by 
which households with children eligible 
to participate in the program could in-
dicate a need for meal service through 
such an operation; 
‘‘(IV) 
develop 
an 
appropriate 
maintenance of effort requirement for 
service institutions currently operating 
congregate feeding sites; 
‘‘(V) develop requirements for im-
plementing safety and security meas-
ures to ensure that safety and security 
through such an operation is equiva-
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lent to such measures at a congregate 
feeding site; and 
‘‘(VI) periodically reevaluate the 
potential for children to be served at a 
congregate feeding site.’’; 
(2) in subsection (k)(3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(3) To provide’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(3) NUTRITIONAL
AND
FOOD
QUALITY
MONI-
TORING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To provide’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If funds provided 
under subparagraph (A) are insufficient to 
pay for State or local health department in-
spections, and to reinspect facilities and de-
liveries to test meal quality, as required 
under this Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), State agen-
cies may elect to use funds described in 
paragraph (1) for those activities. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—Funds described in 
clause (i) shall not exceed the lesser of— 
‘‘(I) actual costs; or 
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‘‘(II) 
percent 
of 
program 
funds.’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (n) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(n) STATE PLAN.—Each State desiring to participate 
in the program shall notify the Secretary by January 1 
of each year of its intent to administer the program and 
shall submit, by February 15, a management and adminis-
tration plan for the program for the fiscal year, which shall 
include, at a minimum— 
‘‘(1) the State’s administrative budget for the fis-
cal year; and 
‘‘(2) the State’s plans for— 
‘‘(A) use of program funds and additional 
State or private funds to reach children with the 
greatest need, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable; 
‘‘(B) strengthening the congregate feeding 
model for program delivery, including a process 
for identifying gaps in service and barriers to 
access; 
‘‘(C) administrative and fiscal plans for 
using the allowance described in subsection 
(a)(10) and, if applicable, the option described 
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