[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2660 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2660

 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to increase 
    the number of children participating in the summer food service 
                                program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 20, 2002

 Mr. Lugar (for himself and Mr. Harkin) 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 increase 
    the number of children participating in the summer food service 
                                program.

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

SECTION 1. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN.

    (a) Food Service.--Section 13(b)(1) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)(1)) is amended by striking 
subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--
                            ``(i) Private nonprofit organizations.--
                        Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), payments 
                        to a private nonprofit organization described 
                        in subsection (a)(7) shall be equal to the full 
                        cost of food service operations (which cost 
                        shall include the costs of obtaining, 
                        preparing, and serving food, but shall not 
                        include administrative costs).
                            ``(ii) Service institutions.--Payments to a 
                        service institution shall be equal to the 
                        maximum amounts for food service under 
                        subparagraphs (B) and (C).''.
    (b) Administrative Costs.--Section 13(b) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
            ``(3) Administrative costs.--
                    ``(A) Private nonprofit institutions.--
                            ``(i) Budget.--A private nonprofit 
                        organization described in subsection (a)(7), 
                        when applying for participation in the program, 
                        shall submit a complete budget for 
                        administrative costs related to the program, 
                        which shall be subject to approval by the 
                        State.
                            ``(ii) Amount.--Payment to a private 
                        nonprofit organization described in subsection 
                        (a)(7) for administrative costs shall be equal 
                        to the full amount of State-approved 
                        administrative costs incurred, except that the 
                        payment to the service institution may not 
                        exceed the maximum allowable levels determined 
                        by the Secretary under the study required under 
                        paragraph (4).
                    ``(B) Service institutions.--Payment to a service 
                institution for administrative costs shall be equal to 
                the maximum allowable levels determined by the 
                Secretary under the study required under paragraph 
                (4).''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 13(a)(7)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National 
        School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(7)(A)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Private'' and inserting ``Subject 
                to paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (b), private''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``other service institutions'' and 
                inserting ``service institutions''.
            (2) Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
        Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended by striking subsection 
        (f).
    (d) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendments made by this section take effect on October 1, 2003.
            (2) Summer food pilot projects.--The amendment made by 
        subsection (c)(2) takes effect on May 1, 2004.
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