(9) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘tribal
organization’’ has the meaning given it in section
4(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(l)).
(10) YOUNG
CHILDREN.—The term ‘‘young
children’’ means individuals who have attained the
age of 1 but have not attained the age of 5.
Subtitle B—Family Nutrition Block
Grant Program
SEC. 221. AUTHORIZATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of each State that in
accordance with section 223 submits to the Secretary of
Agriculture an application for a fiscal year, the Secretary
shall provide a grant for the year to the State for the pur-
pose of achieving the goals described in subsection (b).
The grant shall consist of the allotment determined for
the State under section 222.
(b) GOALS.—The goals of this subtitle are—
(1) to provide nutritional risk assessment, food
assistance based on such risk assessment, and nutri-
tion education and counseling to economically dis-
advantaged pregnant women, postpartum women,
breastfeeding women, infants, and young children
who are determined to be at nutritional risk;
(2) to provide nutritional risk assessments of
such women in order to provide food assistance and
nutrition education which meets their specific needs;
(3) to provide nutrition education to such
women in order to increase their awareness of the
types of foods which should be consumed to main-
tain good health;
(4) to provide food assistance, including nutri-
tious meal supplements, to such women in order to
reduce incidences of low-birthweight babies and ba-
bies born with birth defects as a result of nutritional
deficiencies;
(5) to provide food assistance, including nutri-
tious meal supplements, to such women, infants, and
young children in order to ensure their future good
health;
(6) to ensure that such women are referred to
other health services when necessary;
(7) to ensure that children from economically
disadvantaged families in day care facilities, family
day care homes, homeless shelters, settlement
houses, recreational centers, Head Start centers,
Even Start programs and child care facilities for
children with disabilities receive nutritious meals,
supplements, and low-cost milk; and
(8) to provide summer food service programs to
meet the nutritional needs of children from economi-
cally disadvantaged families during months when
school is not in session.
(c) TIMING OF PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide payments under a grant under this subtitle to States
on a quarterly basis.
SEC. 222. ALLOTMENT.
The Secretary shall allot the amount appropriated to
carry out this subtitle for a fiscal year among the States
as follows:
(1) FIRST FISCAL YEAR.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—With respect to the
first fiscal year for which the Secretary provides
grants to States under this subtitle, the amount
allotted to each State shall bear the same pro-
portion to such remainder as the aggregate of
the amounts described in subparagraph (B)
that were received by each such State under the
provisions of law described in such subpara-
graph (as such provisions of law were in effect
on the day before the date of the enactment of
this Act) for the preceding fiscal year bears to
the aggregate of the amounts described in sub-
paragraph (B) that were received by all such
States under such provisions of law for such
preceding fiscal year.
(B) AMOUNTS DESCRIBED.—The amounts
described in this subparagraph are the follow-
ing:
(i) The amount received under the
special supplemental nutrition program for
women, infants, and children under section
17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1786).
(ii) The amount received under the
homeless children nutrition program estab-
lished under section 17B of the National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766b).
(iii) 87.5 percent of the sum of the
amounts received under the following pro-
grams:
(I) The child and adult care food
program under section 17 of the Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1766), except for subsection (o) of
such section.
(II) The summer food service
program 
for 
children 
established
under section 13 of the National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761).
(III) The special milk program
established under section 3 of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1772).
(2) SECOND FISCAL YEAR.—With respect to the
second fiscal year for which the Secretary provides
grants to States under this subtitle—
(A) 90 percent of such remainder shall be
allotted among the States by allotting to each
State an amount that bears the same propor-
tion to such remainder as the amount allotted
to each such State from a grant under this sub-
title for the preceding fiscal year bears to the
aggregate of the amounts allotted to all such
States from grants under this subtitle for such
preceding fiscal year; and
(B) 10 percent of such remainder shall be
allotted among the States by allotting to each
State an amount that bears the same propor-
tion to such remainder as the relative number
of individuals receiving assistance during the 1-
year period ending on June 30 of the preceding
fiscal year in such State from amounts received