[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3614 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3614

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to ensure an 
 adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2000

  Mr. Goodling (for himself, Mr. Petri, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
    Combest, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Clay, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
 Stenholm, and Mrs. Clayton) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to ensure an 
 adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch 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 ``Emergency Commodity Distribution Act 
of 2000''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO RICHARD B. RUSSELL NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT.

    Section 6(e) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1755(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``in the form of'' and all that 
                follows through ``(A) commodity assistance'' and 
                inserting ``in the form of commodity assistance'';
                    (B) by striking ``; or'' and inserting a period; 
                and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (B); and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``the Secretary shall, to the 
                extent necessary,'' and inserting ``the Secretary--
            ``(A) shall, to the extent necessary,'';
                    (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) shall not use commodities provided under the 
        authority of any other Act to meet the requirement for the 
        school year.''.
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