[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2199 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2199

  To provide funding for the nutrition education and training program 
    authorized under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 3, 1996

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide funding for the nutrition education and training program 
    authorized under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 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. FUNDING FOR NUTRITION EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

    (a) In General.--Section 19(i) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1788(i)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (2)(A), by striking 
        ``and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1996'' and inserting ``, 
        $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, and $7,500,000 for fiscal 
        year 1997''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``1997'' 
                and inserting ``1998''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``1997'' and 
                inserting ``1998''.
    (b) Offsetting Reduction In Emergency Food Assistance Act.--
Notwithstanding section 27 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
2036), the Secretary of Agriculture shall purchase not more than 
$96,250,000 of commodities under section 27 of the Act for fiscal year 
1997.
    (c) Offsetting Reduction in School Meals Initiative for Healthy 
Children.--Of the amounts made available to carry out the National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) under the heading ``child nutrition 
programs'' under the heading ``DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS'' in title IV of 
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (110 Stat. 1589), not more 
than $6,250,000 may be used to carry out the school meals initiative 
for healthy children (60 Fed. Reg. 31188 (1995)). Of the funds made 
available to carry out the school meals initiative for healthy 
children--
            (1) not less than $800,000 shall be provided for 
        cooperative agreements between the Secretary of Agriculture and 
        the food service management institute authorized under section 
        21(a)(2) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b-
        1(a)(2)); and
            (2) not less than $4,000,000 shall be made available to 
        State applicants for food service training grants to States 
        provided to carry out the school meals initiative for healthy 
        children, except to the extent that a lesser amount is 
        sufficient to fully fund all applications submitted by States.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall be effective as of October 1, 1996.
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