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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 11
To amend the National School Lunch Act to establish an optional universal
school lunch and breakfast program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. OWENS, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. COL-
LINS of Illinois, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. TOWNS, and Mr. JOHN-
SON of South Dakota) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Education and Labor
JUNE 30, 1993
Additional sponsors: Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´, Ms.
BYRNE, Mr. EVANS, Mr. STOKES, Mr. RICHARDSON, Mr. LEWIS of Geor-
gia, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. STARK, Mr. DAR-
DEN, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. KOPETSKI, Mr.
LEHMAN, Mr. EDWARDS of California, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. ROSE, Mr.
SCOTT, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mr. CARR,
Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. BROWN of California, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. BORSKI,
Mr. VENTO, Mrs. MINK, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, and Mr. STUPAK
A BILL
To amend the National School Lunch Act to establish an
optional universal school lunch and breakfast program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Universal Student
Nutrition Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the national school lunch and breakfast pro-
grams are vital to protecting the health and well-
being of the Nation’s children;
(2) these essential child nutrition programs help
prepare children to learn and to combat childhood
hunger;
(3) the national school lunch program serves
approximately 25,000,000 per day, and the school
breakfast program serves approximately 4,000,000
children per day;
(4) there are approximately 4,000,000 eligible
low-income students who are not participating in the
free and reduced price school meal programs;
(5) in the last decade—
(A) Federal subsidies for school meal pro-
grams have been reduced;
(B) bonus commodities from the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for such programs have al-
most vanished;
(C) the administrative complexity and cost
of administering such programs have increased;
and
(D) indirect cost assessments are draining
the financial resources of such programs; and
(6) many schools, mostly high schools, are drop-
ping out of the school lunch program as a result of
the trends described in paragraph (5).
SEC. 
3. 
ESTABLISHMENT 
OF 
OPTIONAL 
UNIVERSAL
SCHOOL LUNCH AND BREAKFAST PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The National School Lunch Act
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) is amended by inserting after
section 11 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 11A. OPTIONAL UNIVERSAL SCHOOL LUNCH AND
BREAKFAST PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish an optional universal school lunch and break-
fast program (in this section referred to as the ‘‘uni-
versal program’’).
‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION.—The universal program
shall consist of school lunch and breakfast service of-
fered without cost at school to all students in at-
tendance at the participating schools who wish to
participate in a manner consistent with the require-
ments otherwise applicable to the school lunch pro-
gram under this Act and to the school breakfast pro-
gram under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of
1966.
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.—Any school participating in
the school lunch program under this Act or the
school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 may elect to participate in the universal
program.
‘‘(b) UNIVERSAL PAYMENT RATE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3),
in lieu of receiving the national average payment per
lunch determined under section 4 and section 11,
and the national average payment per breakfast de-
termined under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966, each school participating in the universal
program shall receive the universal payment rates
determined under paragraph (2) for each lunch and
breakfast served under the program.
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to paragraph
(3), the Secretary shall establish the universal pay-
ment rates for purposes of this section. Such rates
shall be equal to the national average cost of produc-
ing a school lunch, and the national average cost of
producing a school breakfast, respectively, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. In making the determina-
tion required by the preceding sentence, the Sec-
retary shall establish a maximum amount that can
be charged to a participating school food service au-
thority for indirect expenses.
‘‘(3) COMMODITIES.—Schools participating in
the universal program shall receive the same level of
commodities that they would receive under the
school lunch program under this Act and under the
school breakfast program under section 4 of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
‘‘(c) COMPETITIVE FOODS POLICY.—Schools partici-
pating in the universal program may sell competitive foods
under regulations issued by the Secretary.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Secretary of Agriculture
shall issue regulations to carry out section 11A of the Na-
tional School Lunch Act (as added by subsection (a) of
this section) that provide for the implementation of such
section not later than July 1, 2000.
SEC. 4. DIETARY GUIDELINES.
(a) SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.—Section 9(a)(1) of
the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(1))
is amended by striking ‘‘on the basis of tested nutritional
research’’ and inserting ‘‘in accordance with the Dietary
Guidelines for Americans developed by the Department of
Agriculture’’.
(b) SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM.—Section 4(e)(1)
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773(e)(1))
is amended by striking ‘‘on the basis of tested nutritional
research’’ and inserting ‘‘in accordance with the Dietary
Guidelines for Americans developed by the Department of
Agriculture’’.
SEC. 5. NUTRITION EDUCATION.
Section 19(i)(1) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1788(i)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and each
fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1995,’’ after
‘‘October 1, 1978,’’.
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