[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2155 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2155

  To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer funds to the 
       farmers' market nutrition program, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 28, 1996

 Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. McConnell, and Mr. Harkin) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer funds to the 
       farmers' market nutrition program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER FUNDS TO FARMERS' MARKET NUTRITION 
              PROGRAM.

    For fiscal year 1997, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 
after consultation with the Appropriations Committees of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, from any funds available to the 
Secretary, up to $2,000,000 to the farmers' market nutrition program 
under section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786(m)). Amounts authorized to be transferred under the preceding 
sentence shall be in addition to any amounts authorized to be made 
available to the program under title IV of the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1997 (110 Stat. 1590).
                                 <all>