II 109th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1005 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 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.

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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 ½ 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.

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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). .