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meet the eligibility requirements
for free or reduced price meals
under section 9, the family or
group day care home shall be
provided reimbursement factors
in accordance with subclause (I).
‘‘(III) INFORMATION
AND
DE-
TERMINATIONS.—
‘‘(aa) IN
GENERAL.—If a
family or group day care home
elects to claim the factors de-
scribed in subclause (II), the
family or group day care home
sponsoring organization serving
the home shall collect the nec-
essary eligibility information, as
determined by the Secretary,
from any parent or other care-
taker to make the determinations
specified in subclause (II) and
shall make the determinations in
accordance with rules prescribed
by the Secretary.
‘‘(bb) CATEGORICAL
ELIGI-
BILITY.—In making a determina-
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tion under item (aa), a family or
group day care home sponsoring
organization may consider a child
participating in or subsidized
under, or a child with a parent
participating in or subsidized
under, a federally or State sup-
ported child care or other benefit
program with an income eligi-
bility limit that does not exceed
the income eligibility guidelines
standard for free or reduced
price meals under section 9 to be
a child who is eligible for free or
reduced price meals under section
9.
‘‘(cc) FACTORS
FOR
CHIL-
DREN ONLY.—A family or group
day care home may elect to re-
ceive the reimbursement factors
prescribed under clause (ii)(III)
solely for the children participat-
ing in a program referred to in
item (bb) if the home elects not
to have eligibility information col-
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lected from parents or other care-
takers.’’.
(b) GRANTS TO STATES TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO
FAMILY OR GROUP DAY CARE HOMES.—Section 17(f)(3)
of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(3))
is amended by adding at the end the following—
‘‘(D) GRANTS TO STATES TO PROVIDE AS-
SISTANCE
TO
FAMILY
OR
GROUP
DAY
CARE
HOMES.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(I) RESERVATION.—The Sec-
retary shall reserve $5,000,000 of the
amount made available to carry out
this section for fiscal year 1996.
‘‘(II) PURPOSE.—The Secretary
shall use the funds made available
under subclause (I) to provide grants
to States for the purpose of provid-
ing—
‘‘(aa) assistance, including
grants, to family and day care
home sponsoring organizations
and other appropriate organiza-
tions, in securing and providing
training, materials, automated
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data processing assistance, and
other assistance for the staff of
the sponsoring organizations; and
‘‘(bb) training and other as-
sistance to family and group day
care homes in the implementation
of the amendments to subpara-
graph 
(A) 
made 
by 
section
391(a) of the Work First and
Personal Responsibility Act of
1996.
‘‘(ii) 
ALLOCATION.—The 
Secretary
shall allocate from the funds reserved
under clause (i)(I)—
‘‘(I) $30,000 in base funding to
each State; and
‘‘(II) 
any 
remaining 
amount
among the States, based on the num-
ber of family day care homes partici-
pating in the program in a State dur-
ing fiscal year 1994 as a percentage
of the number of all family day care
homes participating in the program
during fiscal year 1994.
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‘‘(iii) RETENTION OF FUNDS.—Of the
amount of funds made available to a State
for fiscal year 1996 under clause (i), the
State may retain not to exceed 30 percent
of the amount to carry out this subpara-
graph.
‘‘(iv) ADDITIONAL
PAYMENTS.—Any
payments received under this subpara-
graph shall be in addition to payments
that a State receives under subparagraph
(A) (as amended by section 391(a) of the
Work First and Personal Responsibility
Act of 1996).’’.
(c) PROVISION OF DATA.—Section 17(f)(3) of the
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)), as
amended by subsection (b), is further amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(E) PROVISION OF DATA TO FAMILY OR
GROUP DAY CARE HOME SPONSORING ORGANI-
ZATIONS.—
‘‘(i) CENSUS
DATA.—The Secretary
shall provide to each State agency admin-
istering a child and adult care food pro-
gram under this section data from the
most recent decennial census survey or
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other appropriate census survey for which
the data are available showing which areas
in the State meet the requirements of sub-
paragraph (A)(ii)(I)(aa). The State agency
shall provide the data to family or group
day care home sponsoring organizations lo-
cated in the State.
‘‘(ii) SCHOOL DATA.—
‘‘(I) 
IN
GENERAL.—A 
State
agency administering the school lunch
program under this Act or the school
breakfast program under the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
1771 et seq.) shall provide data for
each elementary school in the State,
or shall direct each school within the
State to provide data for the school,
to approved family or group day care
home sponsoring organizations that
request the data, on the percentage of
enrolled children who are certified eli-
gible for free or reduced price meals.
‘‘(II) USE OF DATA FROM PRE-
CEDING SCHOOL YEAR.—In determin-
ing for a fiscal year or other annual
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period whether a home qualifies as a
tier I family or group day care home
under subparagraph (A)(ii)(I), the
State agency administering the pro-
gram under this section, and a family
or group day care home sponsoring
organization, shall use the most cur-
rent available data at the time of the
determination.
‘‘(iii) 
DURATION
OF
DETERMINA-
TION.—For purposes of this section, a de-
termination that a family or group day
care home is located in an area that quali-
fies the home as a tier I family or group
day care home (as the term is defined in
subparagraph (A)(ii)(I)), shall be in effect
for 3 years (unless the determination is
made on the basis of census data, in which
case the determination shall remain in ef-
fect until more recent census data are
available) unless the State agency deter-
mines that the area in which the home is
located no longer qualifies the home as a
tier I family or group day care home.’’.
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(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 17(c) of
the National School Lunch Act is amended by inserting
‘‘except as provided in subsection (f)(3),’’ after ‘‘For pur-
poses of this section,’’ each place it appears in paragraphs
(1), (2), and (3).
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section be-
come effective on the date of enactment of this sub-
title.
(2) IMPROVED TARGETING OF DAY CARE HOME
REIMBURSEMENTS.—The amendments made by sub-
sections (a), (c), and (d) become effective on October
1, 1996.
SEC. 392. REIMBURSEMENT RATE ADJUSTMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) COMMODITY RATE.—Section 6(e)(1)(B) of
the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1755(e)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘1/4 cent’’
and inserting ‘‘lower cent increment’’.
(2) LUNCH, BREAKFAST, AND
SUPPLEMENT
RATES.—Section 11(a)(3)(B) of the National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(3)(B)) is amended
by striking ‘‘one fourth cent’’ and inserting ‘‘lower
cent increment’’.
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(3) 
SUMMER
PROGRAM
RATES.—Section
13(b)(1) of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1761(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘one-
fourth cent’’ and inserting ‘‘lower cent increment’’.
(4) SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM RATES.—Section
3(a)(8) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1772(a)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘one-
fourth cent’’ and inserting ‘‘lower cent increment’’.
(5) REDUCED PRICE BREAKFAST RATES.—Sec-
tion 4(b)(1)(B) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1773(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking
‘‘one fourth cent’’ and inserting ‘‘lower cent incre-
ment’’.
(6) 
SEVERE
NEED
RATES.—Section
4(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1773(b)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘one-fourth cent’’ and inserting ‘‘lower cent in-
crement’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) become effective on July 1, 1996.
SEC. 393. ELIMINATION OF START-UP AND EXPANSION
GRANTS.—
(a) Section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1996 (42
U.S.C. 1773) is amended by striking subsection (g).
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(b) The amendment made by this subsection (a) be-
comes effective on October 1, 1996.
SEC. 394. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 19(i) of the Child Nutrition Act (42 U.S.C.
1788(i)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of paragraph (2)(A), by
striking ‘‘and each succeeding fiscal Year’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(3) FISCAL YEARS 1997 THROUGH 2002.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section
$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1997
through 2002.
‘‘(B) GRANTS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Grants to each
State from the amounts made available
under subparagraph (A) shall be based on
a rate of 50 cents for each child enrolled
in schools or institutions within the State,
except that no State shall receive an
amount less than $75,000 per fiscal year.
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‘‘(ii) INSUFFICIENT
FUNDS.—If an
amount made available for any fiscal year
is insufficient to pay the amount to which
each State is entitled under clause (i), the
amount of each grant, including minimum
grants, shall be ratably reduced.’’.
SEC. 395. DIRECT FEDERAL EXPENDITURES.
(a) COMMODITY ASSISTANCE.—Section 6(g) of the
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(g)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘12 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘8 percent’’.
(b) The amendment made by this section becomes ef-
fective on July 1, 1996.
TITLE D—TREATMENT OF
ALIENS
SEC. 401. UNIFORM ALIEN ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR PUB-
LIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
(a) FEDERAL
AND
FEDERALLY-ASSISTED
PRO-
GRAMS.—
(1) PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.—
(A) TEMPORARY
EMPLOYMENT
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Section 402(c), as amended by sections
101(a) and 112 of this Act, is further amended
by adding at the end the following paragraph:
‘‘(9) RESTRICTION OF ELIGIBILITY TO CITIZENS
AND LEGAL IMMIGRANTS.—The State plan shall pro-