II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1755 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 10, 2007 Mr. Casey (for himself and Mr. Specter) 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 make permanent the summer food service pilot project for rural areas of Pennsylvania and apply the program to rural areas of every State.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Summer Food Service Rural Expansion Act.

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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.