[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1344 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1344

                 To improve Federal nutrition programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2007

Ms. Herseth (for herself, Mr. Pomeroy, Mrs. Emerson, and Mr. McGovern) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
                 To improve Federal nutrition programs.

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

SECTION 1. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION ON INDIAN 
              RESERVATIONS.

    Section 4(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)) is 
amended by inserting the following before the period at the end:
``, except that the Secretary shall pay not less than $35,000,000 in 
fiscal year 2008 (and in each subsequent fiscal year as adjusted to 
reflect changes for the 12-month period ending the preceding November 
30 in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor) for the 
administrative costs of such distribution on Indian reservations by a 
State agencies or tribal organizations''.

SEC. 2. SURVEY OF FOODS PURCHASED BY SCHOOL AUTHORITIES WITH FEDERAL 
              CASH ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Survey Required Every Five Years.--In fiscal year 2008, and 
every five fiscal years thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
carry out a nationwide survey on the foods purchased by school 
authorities with Federal cash assistance. Each survey shall cover the 
purchases made during the preceding fiscal year.
    (b) Report Required.--Not later than February 1 of each fiscal year 
in which a survey is required to be carried out, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report on the results of the survey.
    (c) Funding.--For each fiscal year in which a survey is required to 
be carried out, $3,000,000 of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Secretary for that fiscal year shall be available 
only to carry out this section.

SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR FREE LUNCH AND BREAKFAST ELIGIBILITY PILOT PROGRAM.

    Section 18(k) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1769(k)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Mandatory transfers of funds.--Out of any funds in 
        the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the 
        Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture, to 
        remain available until expended--
                    ``(A) on October 1, 2007, $10,000,000 to carry out 
                paragraph (1);
                    ``(B) on October 1, 2008, $10,000,000 to carry out 
                paragraph (1); and
                    ``(C) on October 1, 2009, $3,000,000 to carry out 
                paragraph (3).''.
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