[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1973 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1973

 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to exclude 
certain basic allowances for housing of a member of a uniformed service 
from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals 
                       of a child of the member.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 28, 2002

  Mr. Hagel (for himself, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Cleland, Mr. 
    Warner, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Bunning, Ms. Mikulski, and Mrs. Boxer) 
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 amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to exclude 
certain basic allowances for housing of a member of a uniformed service 
from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals 
                       of a child of the member.

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

SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN MILITARY BASIC ALLOWANCES FOR HOUSING 
              FOR DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR FREE AND REDUCED 
              PRICE MEALS.

    Section 9(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1758(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Exclusion of certain military housing allowances.--
        For the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of 
        this paragraph, the amount of a basic allowance provided under 
        section 403 of title 37, United States Code, on behalf of a 
        member of a uniformed service for housing that is acquired or 
        constructed under subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, 
        United States Code, or any related provision of law, shall not 
        be considered to be income for the purpose of determining the 
        eligibility of a child of the member for free or reduced price 
        lunches under this Act.''.
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