[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3869 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3869

     To provide for the expanded use of technology and information 
   management systems in the administration of the school lunch and 
                          breakfast programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2004

  Mr. Keller introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide for the expanded use of technology and information 
   management systems in the administration of the school lunch and 
                          breakfast programs.

    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 ``Pride in the Lunch Line Act of 
2004''.

SEC. 2. STATE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS.

    (a) Technology Infrastructure Improvement.--Section 7(e) of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Each State'' and inserting ``(1) Each 
        State''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) Each State plan shall at a minimum include a description of 
how technology and information management systems will be used to 
improve program integrity by--
            ``(A) monitoring the nutrient content of meals served;
            ``(B) training schools and school food authorities how to 
        utilize technology and information management systems for 
        activities such as menu planning, collecting point of sale 
        data, and processing applications for free and reduced price 
        meals;
            ``(C) using electronic data to establish benchmarks to 
        compare and monitor program integrity, program participation, 
        and financial data across schools and school food authorities; 
        and
            ``(D) employing methods to ensure that there shall not be 
        any overt identification of any such child by special tokens or 
        tickets, announced or published lists of names, or by any other 
        means.''.
    (b) Priority for Reallocated Funds.--Section 7(a)(5)(B)(ii) of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776(a)(5)(B)(ii)) is amended by 
inserting after ``need for the amounts'' the following: ``and shall 
give priority consideration to States that will use the funds for 
improvements in technology and information management systems described 
in the amendment required under subsection (e)(2).''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 7(b) of the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776(b)) is amended by striking ``and for staff 
development'' and inserting ``for staff development; and technology and 
information management systems''.

SEC. 3. START UP AND EXPANSION ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOLS.

    Section 21(a) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1796b-1(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ``; and'' and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) shall provide assistance, on a competitive basis, to 
        State agencies for the purpose of aiding schools and school 
        food authorities with at least 50 percent of enrolled children 
        certified to receive free or reduced price meals, in meeting 
        the cost of acquiring or upgrading technology and information 
        management systems for use in food service programs carried out 
        under this Act and section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
        (42 U.S.C. 1773) if the school or school food authority submits 
        to the State agency an infrastructure development plan that 
        addresses the cost savings and improvements in program 
        integrity and operations that would result from the use of new 
        or upgraded technology in--
                    ``(A) methods to ensure that there shall not be any 
                overt identification of any such child by special 
                tokens or tickets, announced or published list of 
                names, or by any other means;
                    ``(B) processing and verifying applications for 
                free and reduced price school meals;
                    ``(C) integrating menu planning, production, and 
                serving data to monitor compliance with section 
                9(f)(1); and
                    ``(D) establishing compatibility with statewide 
                reporting systems; and''.
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