[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2968 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2968

   To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make 
  permanent the summer food service pilot project for rural areas of 
        Pennsylvania and apply it to rural areas of every State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2007

  Mr. Platts introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make 
  permanent the summer food service pilot project for rural areas of 
        Pennsylvania and apply it to rural areas of every State.

    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 ``Summer Food Service Rural Expansion 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PILOT PROGRAM FOR RURAL AREAS OF 
              PENNSYLVANIA MADE PERMANENT AND APPLIED TO RURAL AREAS OF 
              EVERY STATE.

    Section 13(a)(9) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(9)) is amended--
            (1) in the paragraph heading by striking ``Exemption'' and 
        inserting ``Applicability to rural areas''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``For each of calendar 
        years 2005 and 2006 in rural areas of the State of 
        Pennsylvania'' and inserting ``For calendar year 2007 and each 
        calendar year thereafter, in rural areas of a State''.
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