[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1779 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1779

To amend title 10, United States Code, to make changes to the overseas 
                   special supplemental food program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 1999

 Mr. Goodling introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to make changes to the overseas 
                   special supplemental food program.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Overseas Special Supplemental Food 
Program Amendments of 1999''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO OVERSEAS SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM.

    (a) Program Required.--Subsection (a) of section 1060a of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``Authority.--The Secretary 
of Defense may'' and inserting ``Program Required.--The Secretary of 
Defense shall''.
    (b) Funding Source.--Subsection (b) of such section is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(b) Funding Mechanism.--The Secretary of Defense shall use funds 
available for the Department of Defense to carry out the program under 
subsection (a).''.
    (c) Program Administration.--Subsection (c) of such section is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(B) to read as follows:
    ``(B) In determining income eligibility standards for families of 
individuals participating in the program under this section, the 
Secretary of Defense shall, to the extent practicable, use the 
criterion described in subparagraph (A).'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end before the 
        period the following: ``, particularly with respect to 
        nutrition education and counseling''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide technical 
assistance to the Secretary of Defense, if so requested by the 
Secretary of Defense, for the purpose of carrying out the program under 
subsection (a).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(q) The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide technical 
assistance to the Secretary of Defense, if so requested by the 
Secretary of Defense, for the purpose of carrying out the overseas 
special supplemental food program established under section 1060a(a) of 
title 10, United States Code.''.
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