SECTION 1. INCREASED FLEXIBILITY RELATING TO USE OF
INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY UNDER PROGRAMS UNDER THE
NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT AND THE
CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966.
Section 9(b)(5) of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1758(b)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new sentences: ‘‘Except as provided in the next
sentence, a local agency responsible for administering pro-
grams under this Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) shall use information submitted
for the purpose of receiving benefits under such programs
only for the purpose of determining eligibility for such
benefits. Such local agency may use such eligibility deter-
mination to demonstrate the eligibility for benefits under
other Federal, State, or local means-tested nutrition pro-
grams with comparable eligibility standards.’’.
SEC. 2. CLOC PROGRAMS UNDER THE NATIONAL SCHOOL
LUNCH ACT.
Section 18(b) of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1769(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the 1st sentence, by striking ‘‘, and
ending September 30, 1994’’; and
(B) in the 2nd sentence, by striking
‘‘under this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘under
this paragraph’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(3)(A) The Secretary shall, upon the request of a
school district located in a State in which no commodity
letter of credit (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as
‘CLOC’) programs exist, establish and carry out a CLOC
demonstration program for such school district under
which the Secretary provides commodity letters of credit
in lieu of all entitlement commodities for the school lunch
program of such school district.
‘‘(B) The Secretary may establish and carry out not
more than 1 CLOC demonstration program for any State.
‘‘(C) A CLOC demonstration program established
and carried out under this paragraph shall begin on the
first July 1st which occurs after the date of the enactment
of this paragraph.
‘‘(D) The Secretary shall establish eligibility require-
ments for school districts that desire to participate in a
CLOC demonstration program under this paragraph.
‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary shall establish and carry out
a statewide commodity letter of credit (hereafter in this
paragraph referred to as ‘CLOC’) demonstration program
SEC. 3. PROGRAM TO INCREASE OFFERINGS OF FRESH
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES UNDER THE NA-
TIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT.
Section 18 of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1769) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(e)(1) The Secretary shall establish a program be-
ginning on the first July 1st which occurs after the date
of the enactment of this subsection to assist schools in
offering greater quantities of fresh fruits and vegetables
to students in order to improve the overall nutritional
quality of meals served under the school lunch program
established under this Act.
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall establish procedures under
which all schools currently participating in the school
lunch program established under this Act may apply to
participate in the program.
‘‘(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary
shall, for each fiscal year in which a school participates
in the program, provide commodity letters of credit to
such school in an amount equal to 10 percent of the total
commodity entitlement of such school under section 6 for
each such fiscal year to be used for the purchase of fresh
fruits and vegetables under the program.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall, for each fiscal year de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), reduce the amount of the
total commodity entitlement of such school under section
6 by the amount described in such subparagraph.
‘‘(4) Not later than 2 years after the date of the es-
tablishment of the program, the Secretary shall report to
the appropriate committees of the Congress on the impact
of the program on participating schools, including—
‘‘(A) the extent to which children at such
schools increased consumption of fresh fruits and
vegetables; and
‘‘(B) the effectiveness of the program in remov-
ing desired commodities from the market place and
the timeliness of such removal.’’.
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