An Act to amend the National School Lunch Act, as amended, to provide funds and authorities to the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of providing free or reduced-price meals to needy children
PL 92-32 (H.R.5257), enacted 06/30/1971

85 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 92-32-JUNE 30, 1971 
85 
Public Law 92-32 
AN A C T 
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To extend the school breakfast and special food programs. 
[H. R. 5257] 
Food service 
programs for 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1752) is amended by adding at the end chifdren" 
of the Act the following new section: 
6o'sTa^°230; 
"SEC. 15. (a) In addition to funds appropriated or otherwise avail- 84 stat. 213. 
able, the Secretary is authorized to use, during the fiscal year ending ^^^^^"^^ ^^^^ 
June 30, 1971, not to exceed $35,000,000 in funds from Section 32 of " ^' 
the Act of August 24,1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), to carry out the provisions Q2ltTu\257^.' 
of this Act, and during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, not to 
exceed $100,000,000 in funds from such section 32 to carry out the pro-
visions of this Act relating to the service of free and reduced-price 
meals to needy children in schools and service institutions. 
"(b) Any funds unexpended under this section at the end of the 
fiscal year ending June 30,1971, or at the end of the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1972, shall remain available to the Secretary in accordance 
with the last sentence of section 3 of this Act, as amended." 
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SEC. 2. The first sentence of section 4(a) of the Child Nutrition Act 
school bre.^kfast 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773(a)) is amended to read as follows: "There is program, appro-
hereby authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 1972 ^"g^^^sut. 119. 
and 1973 not to exceed $25,000,000 to carry out a program to assist 
the States through grants-in-aid and other means to initiate, maintain, 
or expand nonprofit breakfast programs in schools." 
SEC. 3. (a) The first sentence of section 4(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. ^^s^tate di^sbur^se-
1773 (c)) is amended by striking out "to reimburse such schools for '"^i^o stat. sse.' 
the" and inserting "to assist such schools in financing the". 
(b) The last sentence of such section 4(c) is amended to read as fol-
lows: "In selecting schools for participation, the State educational 
agency shall, to the extent practicable, give first consideration to those 
schools drawing attendance from areas in which poor economic condi-
tions exist, to those schools in which a substantial proportion of the 
children enrolled must travel long distances daily, and to those schools 
in which there is a special need for improving the nutrition and dietary 
practices of children of working mothers and children from low-
income families.". 
SEC 4. Section 4(d) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, is amended 
by striking out "80 per centum" and inserting "100 per centum". 
SEC. 5. Section 4(e) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 is amended 
by striking out the sentence reading "In making such determinations, 
such local authorities should, to the extent practicable, consult with 
public welfare and health agencies." and inserting the following: 
"Such determinations shall be made by local school authorities m 
accordance w^ith a publicly announced policy and plan applied equi-
tably on the basis of criteria which, as a minimum, shall include the 
level of family income, including welfare grants, the number in the 
family unit, and the number of children in the family unit attending 
school or service institutions; but any child who is a member of a 
household which has an annual income not above the applicable fam-
ily size income level set forth in the income poverty guidelines shall 
be served meals free or at reduced cost. The income poverty guidelines 
to be used for any fiscal year shall be those prescribed by the Secre-
tary as of July 1 of such year. In providing meals free or at reduced 
cost to needy children, first priority shall be given to providing free 
meals to the neediest children. Determination with respect to the 
annual income of any household shall be made solely on the basis of an 
affidavit executed in such form as the Secretary may prescribe by an 
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[85 STAT. 
80 Stat. 887. 
42 u s e 1773. 
Direct distri-
bution programs. 
49 Stat. 774; 
62 Stat. 1257. 
60 Stat. 230. 
80 Stat. 885. 
42 u s e 1751 
note, 1771 note. 
Grants-in-aid. 
82 Stat. 117. 
Non-Federal 
contributions. 
adult member of such household. None of the requirements of this 
section in respect to eligibility for meals withbut cost shall apply to 
nonprofit private schools which participate in the school breakfast 
program under the provisions of subsection (f) until such time as the 
Secretary certifies that sufficient funds from sources other than chil-
dren's payments are available to enable such schools to meet these 
requirements." 
SEC. 6. In addition to funds appropriated or otherwise available, 
the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to use, during the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1972, not to exceed $20,000,000 in funds from 
section 32 of the Act of August 24,1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), for the pur-
pose of carrying out in any area of the United States direct distribu-
tion or other programs, without regard to whether such area is under 
the food stamp program or a system of direct distribution, to provide, 
in the immediate vicinity of their place of permanent residence, either 
directly or through a State or local welfare agency, an adequate diet 
to needy children and low-income persons determined by the Secre-
tary of Agriculture to be suffering, through no fault of their own, 
from general and continued hunger resulting from insufficient food. 
Food made available to needy children under this section shall be 
in addition to any food made available to them under the National 
School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Whenever any 
program is carried out by the Secretary under authority of the pre-
ceding sentence through any State or local welfare agency, he -is 
authorized to pay the administrative costs incurred by such State or 
local agency in carrying out such program. 
SEC. 7. (a) The first sentence of section 13(^a) (1) of the National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(1)) is amended to read as 
follows: "There is authorized to be appropriated $32,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1972, and June 30, 1973, to enable 
the Secretary to formulate and carry out a program to assist States 
through grants-in-aid and other means, to initiate, maintain, or 
expand nonprofit food service programs for children in service 
institutions.'. 
(b) In section 13(c)(2) of the National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1761(c) (2)) after the first sentence insert: "Non-Federal con-
tributions may be in cash or kind, fairly evaluated, including but not 
limited to equipment and services.". 
Approved June 30, 1971. 
June 30, 1971 
[S.1538] 
Public Law 92-33 
AN ACT 
To amend the joint resolution establishing the American Revolution Bicentennial 
Commission, as amended. 
American Revo-
lution Bicenten-
nial Commission. 
Appropriation, 
84 Stat. 1389. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 7(a) 
of the joint resolution to establish the American Revolution Bicen-
tennial Commission, and for other purposes, approved July 4, 1966 
(80 Stat. 261), as amended, is further amended by striking "$373,000" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$670,000". 
Approved June 30, 1971.