[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 790 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 790

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 7, 2007

Mr. Lugar (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Chambliss) 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 the 
simplified summer food 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 30,000,000 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 1968, Congress established the summer food service 
        program for children under section 13 of the Richard B. Russell 
        National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) because the 
        nutrition needs of low income children do not subside when the 
        school year ends;
            (5) in 2001, Congress introduced a pilot program allowing 
        13 States and Puerto Rico to streamline administrative 
        procedures;
            (6) since 2001--
                    (A) the 13 original pilot States have increased 
                their participation rates in the summer food service 
                program by 43.3 percent; and
                    (B) non-participating States have decreased their 
                participation rates in the program by 14.6 percent;
            (7) in 2004, recognizing the success of the pilot States, 
        Congress made the pilot program permanent and authorized an 
        additional 6 States to participate in the program;
            (8) since 2004, participation in the summer food service 
        program among the additional 6 States has increased by 3.4 
        percent;
            (9) in 2006, Congress authorized another 7 States to 
        participate in the program; and
            (10) increased efforts to meet the summer nutritional needs 
        of all children in the United States should be employed.

SEC. 2. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN.

    (a) Payments to Service Institutions.--Section 13(b) of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (A);
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) 
                as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively;
                    (C) in subparagraph (A) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)), by striking ``(B)'' and all that 
                follows through ``shall not exceed'' and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B) and 
                in addition to amounts made available under paragraph 
                (3), payments to service institutions shall be'';
                    (D) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)), by striking ``subparagraph (B)'' and 
                inserting ``subparagraph (A)''; and
                    (E) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)), by striking ``(A), (B), and (C)'' 
                and inserting ``(A) and (B)''; and
            (2) in the second sentence of paragraph (3), by striking 
        ``full amount of State approved'' and all that follows through 
        ``maximum allowable''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (f); and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (g) through (k) as 
        subsections (f) through (j), respectively.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take 
effect on January 1 of the first full calendar year following the date 
of enactment of this Act.
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