II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 790 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 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.

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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 30,000,000 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 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.

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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.