[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 996 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 996

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 6, 2003

   Mr. Johnson (for himself, Mr. Craig, Mr. Leahy, and Ms. Stabenow) 
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 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 ``Commodity Distribution Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. COMMODITY PURCHASES UNDER SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.

    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.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect on October 
1, 2003.
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