[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3449 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3449

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into an interagency 
 agreement with the Corporation for National and Community Service to 
                       support a Nutrition Corps.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 27 (legislative day, May 26), 2010

  Mr. Harkin 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 authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into an interagency 
 agreement with the Corporation for National and Community Service to 
                       support a Nutrition Corps.

    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 ``Service for Healthier Kids Act''.

SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT TO PROMOTE NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

    (a) Interagency Agreement.--
            (1) Secretary of agriculture.--
                    (A) In general.--From the amounts appropriated 
                under subsection (c), the Secretary of Agriculture may 
                enter into an interagency agreement, in accordance with 
                section 192A(g)(10) of the National and Community 
                Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12651b(g)(10)), with the 
                Corporation for National and Community Service to 
                support a Nutrition Corps to carry out the national 
                service programs described in subsection (b) by 
                providing services that--
                            (i) increase access to, and participation 
                        in, the nutrition assistance programs 
                        administered by the Secretary of Agriculture;
                            (ii) improve the quality of the nutrition 
                        assistance programs; and
                            (iii) support local agriculture and farm-
                        to-school initiatives undertaken by the 
                        Secretary of Agriculture.
                    (B) Nutrition corps assistance.--From the amounts 
                appropriated under subsection (c), the Secretary of 
                Agriculture, in entering into the interagency agreement 
                under subparagraph (A), may provide to the Corporation 
                for National and Community Service--
                            (i) funds to be transferred to the National 
                        Service Trust established under section 145 of 
                        the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
                        (42 U.S.C. 12601) to provide in-service or 
                        post-service benefits to; or
                            (ii) funds to otherwise support,
                participants serving in the Nutrition Corps who are 
                enrolled in a national service program authorized under 
                the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
                U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) or the Domestic Volunteer Service 
                Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.).
            (2) Corporation for national and community service.--The 
        Corporation, in entering into the interagency agreement under 
        paragraph (1), shall approve, in accordance with section 
        192A(g)(10) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
        (42 U.S.C. 12651b(g)(10)), positions for the national service 
        programs carried out by the Nutrition Corps as approved 
        national service positions.
    (b) Nutrition Corps.--
            (1) National service programs.--The national service 
        programs carried out by the Nutrition Corps shall--
                    (A) address unmet health needs within communities 
                by providing services that--
                            (i) increase access to, and participation 
                        in, the nutrition assistance programs 
                        administered by the Secretary of Agriculture;
                            (ii) improve the quality of the nutrition 
                        assistance programs; and
                            (iii) support local agriculture and farm-
                        to-school initiatives undertaken by the 
                        Secretary of Agriculture; and
                    (B) comply with the nonduplication and 
                nondisplacement requirements of section 177 of the 
                National and Community Service Act (42 U.S.C. 12637).
            (2) Services authorized to be provided.--The services 
        provided by the national service programs under paragraph (1) 
        may include--
                    (A) helping expand in-classroom breakfast under the 
                school breakfast program established by section 4 of 
                the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) by 
                assisting with set up and clean up;
                    (B) expanding access to the summer food service 
                program for children established under section 13 of 
                the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
                U.S.C. 1761) by assisting with activities for children, 
                transporting and preparing food, and conducting 
                outreach to recruit sponsors and participants;
                    (C) helping educate and train program providers for 
                the nutrition assistance programs, which may include 
                assisting home providers under the child and adult care 
                food program established under section 17 of the 
                Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
                1766) in promoting healthy food choices and physical 
                activity among children;
                    (D) helping clinics participating in the special 
                supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and 
                children established by section 17 of the Child 
                Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) with services 
                requested by such clinics;
                    (E) conducting community needs assessments in 
                support of efforts to reduce obesity, promote healthy 
                eating, and end childhood hunger;
                    (F) helping promote local agriculture and farm-to-
                school initiatives undertaken by the Secretary of 
                Agriculture; and
                    (G) coordinating and convening community 
                stakeholders to cross-promote nutrition programs and 
                lead related planning processes.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for 
fiscal year 2011 and each of fiscal years 2012 through 2015.
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