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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1740 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to permit 
the simplified summer food programs to be carried out in all States 
and by all service institutions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2007 
Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. PALLONE, and Mr. LOBIONDO) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act to permit the simplified summer food programs to 
be carried out in all States and by all service institutions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) proper nutrition is a key to childhood health 
and equal educational opportunities; 
(2) each day, more than 30,000,000 children 
participate in Federal school meal programs; 
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(3) more than 1⁄2 of those children receive free 
or reduced price meals due to low household income; 
(4) in 1968, Congress established the summer 
food service program for children under section 13 
of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) because the nutrition needs of 
low income children do not subside when the school 
year ends; 
(5) in 2001, Congress introduced a pilot pro-
gram allowing 13 States and Puerto Rico to stream-
line administrative procedures; 
(6) since 2001— 
(A) the 13 original pilot States have in-
creased their participation rates in the summer 
food service program by 43.3 percent; and 
(B) non-participating States have de-
creased their participation rates in the program 
by 14.6 percent; 
(7) in 2004, recognizing the success of the pilot 
States, Congress made the pilot program permanent 
and authorized an additional 6 States to participate 
in the program; 
(8) since 2004, participation in the summer 
food service program among the additional 6 States 
has increased by 3.4 percent; 
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(9) in 2006, Congress authorized another 7 
States to participate in the program; and 
(10) increased efforts to meet the summer nu-
tritional needs of all children in the United States 
should be employed. 
SEC. 2. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN. 
(a) PAYMENTS TO SERVICE INSTITUTIONS.—Section 
13(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A); 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
through (D) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), 
respectively; 
(C) in subparagraph (A) (as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘shall not exceed’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B) and in addition to amounts made 
available under paragraph (3), payments to 
service institutions shall be’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘subpara-
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graph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; 
and 
(E) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘(A), (B), 
and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) and (B)’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence of paragraph (3), by 
striking ‘‘full amount of State approved’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘maximum allowable’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 18 of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1769) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (f); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (g) through (k) 
as subsections (f) through (j), respectively. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section take effect on January 1 of the first full cal-
endar year following the date of enactment of this Act. 
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