An Act to continue domestic food assistance programs, and for other purposes.
PL 93-347 (S.3458), enacted 07/12/1974

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PUBLIC LAW 93-346-JULY 12, 1974 
[88 STAT. 
Public Law 93-346 
July 12,1974 
[S. J. R e s . 202] 
Vice President 
of the United 
States. 
Official tempo-
rary residence, 
designation. 
3 u s e 111 note. 
3 u s e 111 note. 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Staffing and 
maintenance by 
Secretary of 
Navy. 
3 u s e 111 note. 
Appropriation. 
3 u s e 111 note. 
ehief of Naval 
Operations, living 
accommodations. 
3 u s e H I note. 
Designating the premises occupied by the Chief of Naval Operations as the 
official residence of the Vice President, effective upon the termination of service 
of the incumbent Chief of Naval Operations. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That, effective upon termi-
nation of service by the incumbent in the office of Chief of Naval 
Operations, Department of the Navy, the Government-owned house 
together with furnishings, associated grounds and related facilities 
which are and have been used as the residence of the Chief of Naval 
Operations, shall thenceforth be available for, and shall be designated 
as, the official temporary residence of the Vice President of the United 
States. 
SEC. 2. As in the case of the White House, the official temporary 
residence of the Vice President shall be adequately staffed and pro-
vided with such appropriate equipment, furnishings, dining facilities, 
services, and other provisions as may be required, under the supervision 
and direction of the Vice President, to enable him to perform and 
discharge appropriately the duties, functions, and obligations associ-
ated with his high office. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Navy shall, subject to the supervision 
and control of the Vice President, provide for the staffing, care, 
maintenance, repair, improvement, alteration, and furnishing of the 
official residence and grounds of the Vice President. 
SEC. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary from time to time to carry out the foregoing purpioses. 
During any interim period until and before such funds are so appropri-
ated, the Department of the Navy shall make provision for staffing 
and other appropriate services in connection with the official temporary 
residence of the Vice President, subject to reimbursement therefor 
Out of any contingency funds available to the Executive. 
SEC. 5. It is the sense of Congress that living accommodations, 
generally equivalent to those available to the highest ranking officer 
on active duty in each of the other military services, should be provided 
for the Chief of Naval Operations. 
Approved July 12, 1974. 
July 12,1974 
[S.3458] 
Food stamp and 
special milk pro-
grams. 
eommodity 
distribution. 
Public Law 93-347 
AN ACT 
To continue domestic food assistance programs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4(a) 
of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, as amended 
(87 Stat. 221, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 612c note), is amended to read as 
follows: 
"SEC. 4. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall until July 1, 1975, (i) use funds available 
under provisions of section 32 of Public Law 320, Seventy-fourth Con-
gress, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c), and not otherwise expended or nec-
essary for such purposes to purchase, without regard to the provisions 
of existing law governing the expenditure of public funds, agricul-
tural commodities and their products of the types customarily pur-
chased under section 32 (which may include seafood commodities and 
their products) to maintain the traditional level of assistance for food 
assistance programs as are authorized by law, including but not lim-
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ited to distribution to needy families pending the transition to the 
food stamp program, institutions, supplemental feeding programs 
wherever located, disaster relief, summer camps for children, and the 
family commodity distribution program on Indian reservations not 
requesting a food stamp program, and (ii) if stocks of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation are not available, use the funds of the 
Corporation to purchase agricultural commodities and their products 
of the types customarily available under section 416 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1949 to meet such requirements. 
"(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall, during each of the two fiscal years beginning July 1, 
1975, and ending June 30,1977, purchase agricultural commodities and 
otherwise carry out the provisions of this subsection with funds appro-
priated from the general fund of the Treasury. There are hereby 
authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry 
out the provisions of this paragraph. Authority provided in this para-
graph shall be carried out only with such funds as are appropriated 
from the general fund of the Treasury for that specific purpose, and in 
no event shall it be carried out with funds derived from permanent 
appropriations. 
"(3) Nothing in this subsection shall supersede the requirements of 
section 10(e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, except as to 
Indian reservations." 
SEC, 2. Section 15 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, is 
amended by changing subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows: 
" (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each State shall be 
responsible for financing, from funds available to the State or political 
subdivision thereof, the costs of carrying out the administrative 
responsibilities assigned to it under the provisions of this Act. 
"(b) The Secretary is authorized to pay to each State agency an 
amount equal to 50 per centum of all administrative costs, including, 
but not limited to, the cost of (1) the certification of households; 
(2) the acceptance, storage, and protection of coupons after their 
delivery to receiving points within the States; (3) the issuance of 
such coupons to eligible households; (4) the outreach and fair hearing 
requirements of section 10 of this Act; and (5) the control and account-
ing of coupons: Provided^ That each State shall, from time to time 
at the request of the Secretary, report to the Secretary on the effective-
ness of its administration of the program and no such payment shall 
be made to any State unless the Secretary is satisfied pursuant to 
regulations which he shall issue that an adequate number of qualified 
personnel are employed by the State in the program to administer 
the program efficiently and effectively.". 
SEC. 3. Section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (80 
Stat. 885, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1771-1786), is amended as follows: 
(a) The first sentence is amended by striking ", not to exceed 
$120,000,000," and inserting in lieu thereof "such sums as may be 
necessary". 
(b) Section 3 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following: "For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for subse-
quent fiscal years, the minimum rate of reimbursement for a half-pint 
of milk served in schools and other eligible institutions shall not be 
less than 5 cents per half-pint served to eligible children, and such 
minimum rate of reimbursement shall be adjusted on an annual basis 
each fiscal year thereafter, beginning with the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1976, to reflect changes in the series of food away from home 
of the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics of the Department of Labor. Such adjustment shall be computed 
to the nearest one-fourth cent.". 
Approved July 12, 1974. 
7 u s e 1431, 
Appropriation. 
7 u s e 2019. 
7 u s e 2024. 
State financing 
of administrative 
costs. 
Federal pay-
ments to States. 
7 u s e 2019. 
Special milk 
program. 
42 u s e 1772. 
Reimbursement, 
minimum rate. 
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