I
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3666
To amend the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966 to provide children with increased access to food and nutrition
assistance, to simplify program operations and improve program manage-
ment, to extend certain authorities contained in such Acts through fiscal
year 2002, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 1, 1998
Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself, Mr. CLAY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. ANDREWS, Ms.
WOOLSEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. SANCHEZ, Mr. FORD, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr.
KENNEDY of Massachusetts, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr.
FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. LANTOS,
Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr.
HALL of Ohio, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. FROST, Mr. TORRES, Mr. SAWYER,
Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, and Mrs. MORELLA) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the National School Lunch Act and the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide children with increased
access to food and nutrition assistance, to simplify pro-
gram operations and improve program management, to
extend certain authorities contained in such Acts through
fiscal year 2002, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Child Nutrition and
WIC Reauthorization Amendments of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Effective date.
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT
Sec. 101. Technical amendment to commodity provisions.
Sec. 102. Availability of recovered funds for management activity.
Sec. 103. Elimination of regional office administered programs.
Sec. 104. Requirement for health and safety inspections.
Sec. 105. Elimination of the food and nutrition projects and establishment of
an adequate meal service period.
Sec. 106. Buy American.
Sec. 107. Summer Food Service Program.
Sec. 108. Reauthorization of use of CCC and section 32 funds for commodities.
Sec. 109. Child and Adult Care Food Program.
Sec. 110. Transfer of homeless programs to the Child and Adult Care Food
Program.
Sec. 111. Elimination of demonstration projects.
Sec. 112. Extension of authorization for training and technical assistance fund-
ing.
Sec. 113. Funding for the Food Service Management Institute.
Sec. 114. Extension of authorization for compliance and accountability funding.
Sec. 115. Extension of authority to fund information clearinghouse.
Sec. 116. Refocusing of effort to help accommodate the special dietary needs
of individuals with disabilities.
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966
Sec. 201. Elimination of regional office administered programs.
Sec. 202. State Administrative Expense Funds.
Sec. 203. Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and
Children.
Sec. 204. Extension of Nutrition Education and Training Program.
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION
REFORM ACT AND WIC AMENDMENTS OF 1987
Sec. 301. Customer acceptability information.
Sec. 302. Food distribution provisions.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as provided in section 203(k)(2), this Act
shall become effective on October 1, 1998.
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT
SEC. 101. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO COMMODITY PROVI-
SIONS.
Section 6 of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1755) is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (c) and (d); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and
(g) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively.
SEC. 102. AVAILABILITY OF RECOVERED FUNDS FOR MAN-
AGEMENT ACTIVITY.
Section 8 of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1757) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(h) USE OF RECOVERED PROGRAM FUNDS.—State
agencies may retain up to one-half of any program funds
recovered during State conducted audits or reviews of
school food authorities, institutions, and service institu-
tions participating in food assistance programs authorized
under this Act and sections 3 and 4 of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966. Funds retained under this subsection shall
be used by the State agency for otherwise allowable pro-
gram costs to improve the management and operations of
such programs within the State, including by providing
funds to school food authorities, institutions, and service
institutions participating in these programs.’’.
SEC. 103. ELIMINATION OF REGIONAL OFFICE ADMINIS-
TERED PROGRAMS.
The National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et
seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 7(b) (42 U.S.C. 1756(b)), by
striking the second sentence;
(2) by amending section 10 (42 U.S.C. 1759)
to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 10. DISBURSEMENT TO SCHOOLS BY THE SEC-
RETARY.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), until September 30, 2000, the Secretary
shall withhold funds payable to a State agency under
this Act and disburse the funds directly to school
food authorities, institutions, or service institutions
within the State for the purposes authorized by this
Act to the extent that the Secretary has so withheld
and disbursed such funds continuously since October
1, 1980, but only to that extent.
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Any funds withheld and
disbursed by the Secretary in accordance with para-
graph (1) shall be used for the same purposes, and
shall be subject to the same conditions, as applicable
to a State disbursing funds made available under
this Act.
‘‘(3) STATE
ADMINISTRATION.—If the Sec-
retary is administering (in whole or in part) any
program authorized under this Act, the State in
which the Secretary is administering the program
may, upon request to the Secretary, assume admin-
istration of that program at any time prior to Octo-
ber 1, 2000.
‘‘(b) PROVISION OF TRAINING AND TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide State agencies
which assume program administration from the Secretary
on or before October 1, 2000, with training and technical
assistance to allow for an efficient and effective transfer
of administrative responsibility.’’; and
(3) 
in 
section 
11(a)(1)(A) 
(42 
U.S.C.
1759a(a)(1)(A)), by striking ‘‘Except as provided in
section 10 of this Act, in’’ and inserting ‘‘In’’.
SEC. 104. REQUIREMENT FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY IN-
SPECTIONS.
Section 9 of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1758) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(n) BUY AMERICAN.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require
that schools purchase, whenever possible, only food
products that are produced in the United States.
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall only
apply to schools located in the contiguous United
States and to purchases for the National School
Lunch Program authorized under this Act and the
School Breakfast Program authorized under section
4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.’’.
SEC. 107. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM.
(a) ADJUSTMENTS TO REIMBURSEMENT RATES IN
THE SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM IN SPECIFIED
STATES AND TERRITORIES.—Section 12(f) of the Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(f)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(f) ADJUSTMENTS TO REIMBURSEMENT RATES.—
In providing assistance for breakfasts, lunches, suppers,
and supplements served in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Amer-
ican Samoa, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Sec-
retary may establish appropriate adjustments for each
such State to the national average payment rates pre-
scribed under sections 4, 11, 13 and 17 of this Act and
section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to reflect
the differences between the costs of providing meals in
those States and the costs of providing meals in all other
States.’’.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF 25 SITE LIMITATION.—Sec-
tion 13(a)(7)(B)(i) of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1761(a)(7)(B)(i)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(i) operate not more than 25 sites,
with not more than 300 children being
served at any one site (or, with a waiver
granted by the State agency under stand-
ards developed by the Secretary, not more
than 500 children being served at any one
site);’’.
(c) ELIMINATION OF MARCH 1 ‘‘INDICATION OF IN-
TEREST’’ REQUIREMENT, REMOVAL OF MEAL CONTRACT-
ING RESTRICTIONS, AND VENDOR REGISTRATION RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Section 13 of the National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(7)(B)—
(A) by striking clause (iii); and
(B) by redesignating clauses (iv), (v), (vi),
and (vii) as clauses (iii), (iv), (v), and (vi) re-
spectively; and
(2) in subsection (l)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking in the first sentence—
(I) ‘‘(other than private nonprofit
organizations eligible under subsection
(a)(7))’’; and
(II) ‘‘only with food service man-
agement companies registered with
the State in which they operate’’ and
inserting ‘‘with food service manage-
ment companies’’; and
(ii) by striking the last sentence;
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in the first sentence, by striking
‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’; and
(ii) by striking all after the first sen-
tence;
(C) by striking paragraph (3); and
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and
(5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.
(d) REAUTHORIZATION
OF
THE
SUMMER
FOOD
SERVICE
PROGRAM.—Section 13(q) of the National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(q)) is amended by
striking ‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘2002’’.
SEC. 108. REAUTHORIZATION OF USE OF CCC AND SECTION
32 FUNDS FOR COMMODITIES.
Section 14(a) of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1762a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘1998’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2002’’.
SEC. 109. CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM.
(a) REVISION TO LICENSING AND ALTERNATE AP-
PROVAL FOR SCHOOLS AND OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS
CHILD CARE CENTERS.—Section 17(a)(1) of the National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(1)) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(1) all institutions (except schools and family
or group day care home sponsoring organizations)
and family or group day care homes must—
‘‘(A)(i) have Federal, State, or local licens-
ing or approval; or
‘‘(ii) be complying with appropriate re-
newal procedures as prescribed by the Secretary
and the State has no information indicating
that the institution or family or group day care
home’s license will not be renewed;
‘‘(B) where Federal, State, or local licens-
ing or approval is not available—
‘‘(i) receive funds under Title XX of
the Social Security Act;
‘‘(ii) meet any alternate approval
standards established by a State or local
government; or
‘‘(iii) meet any alternate approval
standards established by the Secretary
after consultation with the Secretary of
Health and Human Services; or
‘‘(C) where an institution provides care to
school children outside of school hours and Fed-
eral, State, or local licensing or approval is not
required, meet State or local health and safety
standards; and’’.
(b) REINSTATEMENT OF CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY
FOR EVEN START PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.—Section
17(c)(6)(B) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1766(c)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘1997’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2002’’.
(c) TAX EXEMPT STATUS AND REMOVAL OF NOTIFI-
CATION
REQUIREMENT
FOR
INCOMPLETE
APPLICA-
TIONS.—Section 17(d)(1) of the National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(d)(1)) is amended—
(1) by inserting after the third sentence the fol-
lowing: ‘‘An institution moving toward compliance
with the requirement for tax exempt status shall be
allowed to participate in the program for a period of
not more than six months unless it can demonstrate
to the satisfaction of the State agency that its in-
ability to obtain tax exempt status within the six
month limit is beyond the control of the institution
in which case the State may grant a single extension
not to exceed 90 days.’’; and
(2) by striking the last sentence.
(d) DISTRIBUTION
OF PROGRAM INFORMATION.—
Section 17(k) of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1766(k)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘A State’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State’’; and
(2) by inserting at the end the following:
‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION
OF
PROGRAM
INFORMA-
TION.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each State agency
shall, at least once every two years, provide no-
tification of the availability of the program, the
requirements for program participation, and the
application procedures to be followed in the pro-
gram to each nonparticipating institution or
family or group day care home that is located
in a needy area within the State and has Fed-
eral, State, or local licensing or approval or re-
ceives funds under title XX of the Social Secu-
rity Act.
‘‘(B) NEEDY
AREA
DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this paragraph, a needy area is a geo-
graphic area served by a school enrolling ele-
mentary students in which at least 50 percent
of the total number of children enrolled are cer-
tified eligible to receive free or reduced price
school meals under this Act or the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966.’’.
(e) ELIMINATION
OF AUDIT FUNDS, ESTABLISH-
MENT OF MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FUNDING, PARTICIPA-
TION BY ‘‘AT RISK’’ CHILD CARE PROGRAMS, AND WIC
OUTREACH.—Section 17 of the National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (i);
(2) by redesignating subsections (j) through (p)
as subsections (i) through (o), respectively; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(p) MANAGEMENT FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) TECHNICAL AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE.—
In order to assist State agencies in improving their
program management and oversight under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall provide such State agencies
with increased levels of training and technical assist-
ance.
‘‘(2) FUNDING.—In fiscal year 1999 and each
succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve for
the purpose of carrying out paragraph (1) 1⁄8 of 1
percent of the amount appropriated for the purpose
of carrying out this section.
‘‘(q) ‘AT RISK’ CHILD CARE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the conditions in
this subsection, institutions that provide care to at
risk school children during after-school hours, week-
ends, or holidays during the regular school year may
participate in the program authorized under this
section. Unless otherwise specified in this subsection,
all other provisions of this section shall apply to
these institutions.
‘‘(2) AT
RISK
SCHOOL
CHILDREN.—Children
ages 12 through 18 who live in a geographical area
served by a school enrolling elementary students in
which at least 50 percent of the total number of
children enrolled are certified eligible to receive free
or reduced price school meals under this Act or the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 shall be considered at
risk.
‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENT REIMBURSEMENT.—
‘‘(A) 
LIMITATION.—Only 
supplements
served to at risk school children during after-
school hours, weekends, or holidays during the
regular school year may be claimed for reim-
bursement. Institutions may claim reimburse-
ment for only one supplement per child per day.
‘‘(B) RATE.—Eligible supplements shall be
reimbursed at the rate for free supplements
under subsection (c)(3).
‘‘(C) 
NO
CHARGE.—All 
supplements
claimed for reimbursement shall be served with-
out charge.
‘‘(r) INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SPECIAL SUP-
PLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM
FOR WOMEN, IN-
FANTS, AND CHILDREN.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide
each State agency with information concerning the
Special 
Supplemental 
Nutrition 
Program 
for
Women, Infants, and Children authorized under sec-
tion 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE AGENCIES.—
State agencies shall—
‘‘(A) ensure each participating child care
center (other than institutions providing care to
school children outside of school hours) receives
materials that include—
‘‘(i) a basic explanation of the impor-
tance and benefits of the Special Supple-
mental Nutrition Program for Women, In-
fants, and Children;
‘‘(ii) the maximum State income eligi-
bility standards, according to family size,
for the Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and Chil-
dren; and
‘‘(iii) information as to how benefits
under the Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and Chil-
dren may be obtained;
‘‘(B) ensure that such child care centers
are provided updates of the information under
subparagraph (A) annually; and
‘‘(C) ensure that such child care centers
provide the information under subparagraph
(A) to parents of enrolled children annually.’’.
(f) PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION OF DEMONSTRA-
TION PROJECT.—Section 17(o) of the National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(o)) (as redesignated in sub-
section (e)) is amended by striking paragraphs (4) and
(5).
SEC. 110. TRANSFER OF HOMELESS PROGRAMS TO THE
CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM.
The National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et
seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 13(a)(3)(C)—
(A) by adding ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon in
clause (i);
(B) by striking clause (ii); and
(C) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause
(ii);
(2) in section 17 (as amended by section
109(e)), by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(s) PARTICIPATION BY HOMELESS SHELTERS.
‘‘(1) DEFINITION
OF
ELIGIBLE
SHELTERS.—
Subject to the conditions in this subsection, public
and private, nonprofit emergency shelters providing
food service to homeless children and their parents
or guardians shall be considered eligible institutions
for purposes of the program authorized under this
section. The term ‘emergency shelter’ shall have the
meaning provided in section 321(2) of the Stewart
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11351(2)). Unless otherwise specified in this sub-
section, all other provisions of this section shall
apply to these institutions.
‘‘(2) INSTITUTION AND SITE LICENSING.—Sub-
section (a)(1) shall not apply to emergency shelters
or sites operated by them.
‘‘(3) HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS.— Both
emergency shelters and sites operated by them shall
comply with State or local health and safety stand-
ards.
‘‘(4) MEAL REIMBURSEMENT.—
‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—Only meals served to
children through age 12 residing at an emer-
gency shelters may be claimed for reimburse-
ment. Emergency shelters may claim reimburse-
ment for no more than 3 meals or 2 meals and
a supplement per child per day.
‘‘(B) RATE.—Eligible meals shall be reim-
bursed at the rates for free meals under sub-
section (c).
‘‘(C) NO CHARGE.—All meals claimed for
reimbursement shall be served without charge.’’;
and
(3) by repealing section 17B.
SEC. 111. ELIMINATION OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.
Section 18 of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1769) is amended by striking subsections (e), (f),
(g), (h), and (i).
SEC. 112. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR TRAINING
AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FUNDING.
Section 21(e)(1) of the National School Lunch Act
(42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(e)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘1998’’
and inserting ‘‘2002’’.
SEC. 113. FUNDING FOR THE FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT
INSTITUTE.
Section 21(e)(2)(A) of the National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(e)(2)(A)) is amended by striking
‘‘and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1996’’ and inserting
‘‘, $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1996 through 1998,
and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1999’’.
SEC. 114. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR COMPLI-
ANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY FUNDING.
Section 22(d) of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1769c(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘1996’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2002’’.
SEC. 115. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO FUND INFORMA-
TION CLEARINGHOUSE.
Section 26 of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1769g) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by
striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’;
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, except
that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary may enter into a contract for the services
of any organization with which the Secretary has
previously contracted under this section without
competing such contract, assuming such organiza-
tion has performed satisfactorily under such contract
and meets the criteria established in this sub-
section,’’ after ‘‘shall be selected on a competitive
basis’’; and
(3) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary may provide to the
organization selected under this section an amount not to
exceed $150,000 in each of fiscal years 1999 through
2002.’’.
SEC. 116. REFOCUSING OF EFFORT TO HELP ACCOMMO-
DATE THE SPECIAL DIETARY NEEDS OF INDI-
VIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
Section 27 of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1769h) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 27. ACCOMMODATING SPECIAL DIETARY NEEDS OF
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
‘‘(1) INDIVIDUALS
WITH
DISABILITIES.—The
term ‘individuals with disabilities’ shall have the
same meaning as in section 7(8) of the Rehabilita-
tion Act of 1973.
‘‘(2) COVERED PROGRAM.—The term ‘covered
program’ means—
‘‘(A) the National School Lunch Program
authorized under this Act;
‘‘(B) the School Breakfast Program au-
thorized under section 4 of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966; and
‘‘(C) any other program authorized under
this Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (ex-
cept for section 17) that the Secretary deter-
mines is appropriate.
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term eligible en-
tity means a school food authority, institution, or
service institution that participates in a covered pro-
gram.
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary may carry out ac-
tivities to help accommodate the special dietary needs of
individuals with disabilities who are participating in a cov-
ered program. Such activities may include—
‘‘(1) developing and disseminating to State
agencies guidance and technical assistance materials;
‘‘(2) conducting training of State agencies and
eligible entities; and
‘‘(3) issuing grants to State agencies and eligi-
ble entities.’’.
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE
CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966
SEC. 201. ELIMINATION OF REGIONAL OFFICE ADMINIS-
TERED PROGRAMS.
Section 5 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1774) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 5 DISBURSEMENT TO SCHOOLS BY THE SECRETARY.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), until September 30, 2000, the Secretary
shall withhold funds payable to a State agency under
this Act and disburse the funds directly to school
food authorities, institutions, or service institutions
within the State for the purposes authorized by this
Act to the extent that the Secretary has so withheld
and disbursed such funds continuously since October
1, 1980, but only to that extent.
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Any funds withheld and
disbursed by the Secretary in accordance with para-
graph (1) shall be used for the same purposes, and
shall be subject to the same conditions, as applicable
to a State disbursing funds made available under
this Act.
‘‘(3) STATE
ADMINISTRATION.—If the Sec-
retary is administering (in whole or in part) any
program authorized under this Act, the State in
which the Secretary is administering the program
may, upon request to the Secretary, assume admin-
istration of that program at any time prior to Octo-
ber 1, 2000.
‘‘(b) PROVISION OF TRAINING AND TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide State agencies
which assume program administration from the Secretary
on or before October 1, 2000, with training and technical
assistance to allow for an efficient and effective transfer
of administrative responsibility.’’.
SEC. 202. STATE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE FUNDS.
(a) HOMELESS SHELTERS.—Section 7(a)(5)(B) of
the 
Child 
Nutrition 
Act 
of 
1966 
(42 
U.S.C.
1776(a)(5)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) REALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS.—For
each fiscal year, any amounts appropriated that
are not obligated or expended during such fiscal
year and are not carried over for the succeeding