(4) the standards and methods the State is using
to ensure the nutritional quality of such assistance,
including meals and supplements;
(5) the number of low birthweight births in the
State in such fiscal year compared to the number of
such births in the State in the previous fiscal year;
and
(6) any other information the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate.
SEC. 226. PENALTIES.
(a) PENALTY FOR USE OF AMOUNTS IN VIOLATION OF
THIS SUBTITLE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall reduce the
amounts otherwise payable to a State under a grant
under this subtitle by any amount paid to the State
under this subtitle which an audit conducted pursu-
ant to chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code,
finds has been used in violation of this subtitle.
(2) LIMITATION.—In carrying out paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall not reduce any quarterly pay-
ment by more than 25 percent.
(b) PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO SUBMIT REQUIRED
REPORT.—The Secretary shall reduce by 3 percent the
amount otherwise payable to a State under a grant under
this subtitle for a fiscal year if the Secretary determines
that the State has not submitted the report required by sec-
tion 225 for the immediately preceding fiscal year, within
6 months after the end of the immediately preceding fiscal
year.
SEC. 227. MODEL NUTRITION STANDARDS FOR FOOD AS-
SISTANCE 
FOR 
PREGNANT, 
POSTPARTUM,
AND BREASTFEEDING WOMEN, INFANTS AND
CHILDREN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 1996, the
Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine of
the National Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with pe-
diatricians, obstetricians, nutritionists, and directors of
programs providing nutritional risk assessment, food assist-
ance, and nutrition education and counseling to economi-
cally disadvantaged pregnant women, postpartum women,
breastfeeding women, infants, and young children, shall de-
velop model nutrition standards for food assistance pro-
vided to such women, infants, and children under this sub-
title.
(b) REQUIREMENT.—Such model nutrition standards
shall require that food assistance provided to such women,
infants, and children contain nutrients that are lacking in
the diets of such women, infants, and children, as deter-
mined by nutritional research.
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year
after the date on which the model nutrition standards are
developed under subsection (a), the Food and Nutrition
Board of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy
of Sciences shall prepare and submit to the Committee on
Economic and Educational Opportunities of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate, a report regarding the ef-
forts of States to implement such model nutrition stand-
ards.
SEC. 228. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this subtitle $4,606,000,000 for fiscal
year 
1996, 
$4,777,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1997,
$4,936,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, $5,120,000,000 for fis-
cal year 1999, and $5,308,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated under subsection (a) are authorized to remain
available until the end of the fiscal year subsequent to the
fiscal year for which such amounts are appropriated.
Subtitle C—School-Based Nutrition
Block Grant Program
SEC. 251. AUTHORIZATION.
(a) ENTITLEMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of each State that
in accordance with section 253 submits to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture an application for a fiscal year,
each such State shall be entitled to receive from the
Secretary for such fiscal year a grant for the purpose
of achieving the goals described in subsection (b).
Subject to paragraph (2), the grant shall consist of
the allotment for such State determined under section
252 of the school-based nutrition amount for the fiscal
year.
(2) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE COMMODITIES.—
9 percent of the amount of the assistance available
under this subtitle for each State shall be in the form
of commodities.
(3) SCHOOL-BASED
NUTRITION
AMOUNT.—For
purposes of this subtitle, the term ‘‘school-based nutri-
tion amount’’ means $6,681,000,000 for fiscal year
1996, 
$6,956,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1997,
$7,237,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, $7,538,000,000
for fiscal year 1999, and $7,849,000,000 for fiscal
year 2000.
(4) AVAILABILITY.—Payments under a grant to
a State from the allotment determined under section
252 for any fiscal year may be obligated by the State
in that fiscal year or in the succeeding fiscal year.
(b) GOALS.—The goals of this subtitle are—
(1) to safeguard the health and well-being of chil-
dren through the provision of nutritious, well-bal-
anced meals and food supplements;
(2) to provide economically disadvantaged chil-
dren access to nutritious free or low-cost meals, food
supplements, and low-cost milk;
(3) to ensure that children served under this sub-
title are receiving the nutrition they require to take
advantage of the educational opportunities provided
to them;
(4) to emphasize foods which are naturally good
sources of vitamins and minerals over foods which
have been enriched with vitamins and minerals and
are high in fat or sodium content;
(5) to provide a comprehensive school nutrition
program for children; and
(6) to minimize paperwork burdens and admin-
istrative expenses for participating schools.
(c) TIMING OF PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide payments under a grant under this subtitle to States
on a quarterly basis.
SEC. 252. 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 propor-
tion to such amount appropriated as the aggre-
gate 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 pre-
ceding fiscal year.
(B) AMOUNTS
DESCRIBED.—The amounts
described in this subparagraph are the following:
(i) The amount received under the
school breakfast program established under
section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1773).
(ii) The amount received under the
school lunch program established under the
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751
et seq.).
(iii) 12.5 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 pro-
gram for children established under
section 13 of the National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761).
(III) The special milk program es-
tablished 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 amount appropriated
shall be allotted among the States by allotting to
each State an amount that bears the same pro-
portion to such amount appropriated as the
amount allotted to each such State from a grant
under this subtitle 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 amount appropriated
shall be allotted among the States by allotting to
each State an amount that bears the same pro-
portion to such amount appropriated as the rel-
ative number of meals served during the 1-year
period ending on June 30 of the preceding fiscal
year in a State from amounts received from a
grant under this subtitle for such preceding fiscal
year bears to the total number of meals served in
all States from amounts received from grants
under this subtitle for the preceding fiscal year.
(3) THIRD FISCAL YEAR.—With respect to the
third fiscal year for which the Secretary provides
grants to States under this subtitle—
(A) 80 percent of such amount appropriated
shall be allotted among the States by allotting to
each State an amount determined in accordance
with the formula described in paragraph (2)(A);
and
(B) 20 percent of such amount appropriated
shall be allotted among the States by allotting to
each State an amount determined in accordance
with the formula described in paragraph (2)(B).
(4) FOURTH FISCAL YEAR.—With respect to the
fourth fiscal year for which the Secretary provides
grants to States under this subtitle—
(A) 70 percent of such amount appropriated
shall be allotted among the States by allotting to
each State an amount determined in accordance
with the formula described in paragraph (2)(A);
and
(B) 30 percent of such amount appropriated
shall be allotted among the States by allotting to
each State an amount determined in accordance
with the formula described in paragraph (2)(B).
(5) FIFTH FISCAL YEAR.—With respect to the
fifth fiscal year for which the Secretary provides
grants to States under this subtitle—
(A) 60 percent of such amount appropriated
shall be allotted among the States by allotting to
each State an amount determined in accordance
with the formula described in paragraph (2)(A);
and
(B) 40 percent of such amount appropriated
shall be allotted among the States by allotting to
each State an amount determined in accordance
with the formula described in paragraph (2)(B).
SEC. 253. APPLICATION.
The Secretary may provide a grant under this subtitle
to a State for a fiscal year only if the State submits to
the Secretary an application containing only—
(1) an agreement that the State will use amounts
received from such grant in accordance with section
254;
(2) except as provided in paragraph (3), an
agreement that the State will set minimum nutri-
tional requirements for meals provided under this
subtitle based on the most recent tested nutritional re-
search available, except that—
(A) such requirements shall not be construed
to prohibit the substitution of foods to accommo-
date the medical or other special dietary needs of
individual students; and
(B) such requirements shall, at a minimum,
be based on—
(i) the weekly average of the nutrient
content of school lunches; or
(ii) such other standards as the State
may prescribe;
(3) an agreement that the State, with respect to
the provision of meals to students, shall—
(A) implement the minimum nutritional re-
quirements described in paragraph (2) for such
meals; or
(B) implement the model nutrition stand-
ards developed under section 258 for such meals;
(4) an agreement that the State will take such
reasonable steps as the State deems necessary to re-
strict the use and disclosure of information about in-
dividuals and families receiving assistance under this
subtitle;
(5) an agreement that the State will use not
more than 2 percent of the amount of such grant for
administrative costs incurred to provide assistance
under this subtitle; and
(6) an agreement that the State will submit to
the Secretary a report in accordance with section 255.
SEC. 254. USE OF AMOUNTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide a grant
under this subtitle to a State only if the State agrees that