[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1005 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1005

  To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to permit 
certain summer food pilot programs to be carried out in all States and 
                      by all service institutions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 11, 2005

   Mr. Lugar 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 permit 
certain summer food pilot programs to be carried out in all States and 
                      by all service institutions.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) proper nutrition is a key to childhood health and equal 
        educational opportunities;
            (2) each day, more than 28,000,000 children participate in 
        Federal school meal programs;
            (3) more than \1/2\ of those children receive free or 
        reduced price meals due to low household income;
            (4) in 1969, Congress established the summer food service 
        program because the nutrition needs of low income children do 
        not subside when the school year ends;
            (5) in 1999, Congress introduced a pilot program allowing 
        13 States and Puerto Rico to streamline administrative 
        procedures;
            (6) participation in the summer food service program in the 
        pilot States greatly increased, while average participation in 
        the nonparticipating States decreased;
            (7) in 2005, due to the success of the pilot program, 
        Congress authorized an additional 6 States to participate in 
        the pilot program; and
            (8) increased efforts to meet the summer nutritional needs 
        of all children in the United States should be employed.

SEC. 2. SUMMER FOOD PILOT PROJECTS.

    Section 18(f) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1769(f)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 
the following:
            ``(1) Definition of eligible state.--In this subsection, 
        the term `eligible State' has the meaning given the term 
        `State' in section 12(d).''.
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