114 HR 5003 RH: Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016
U.S. House of Representatives
2016-04-20
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.
Title I—National School Lunch Act
Sec. 100. State agency.
Sec. 101. Apportionments to States.
Sec. 102. Repeal of nutrition promotion.
Sec. 103. Direct Federal expenditures.
Sec. 104. Nutritional and other program requirements.
Sec. 105. Miscellaneous provisions.
Sec. 106. Summer food service program for children.
Sec. 107. Commodity distribution program.
Sec. 108. Child and adult care food program.
Sec. 109. Demonstration projects.
Sec. 110. Fruit and vegetable program.
Sec. 111. Compliance and accountability.
Sec. 112. Repeal of State childhood hunger challenge grants.
Sec. 113. Duties of the Secretary relating to nonprocurement debarment.
Sec. 114. Improvements to school lunch facilities.
Sec. 115. Prohibitions.
Title II—Child Nutrition Act
Sec. 201. Special milk program authorization.
Sec. 202. School breakfast program.
Sec. 203. State administrative expenses.
Sec. 204. Regulations.
Sec. 205. Definition of State agency.
Sec. 206. Special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children.
Sec. 207. Team nutrition network.
Title III—Miscellaneous
Sec. 301. Reviews.
Sec. 302. Program delivery.
Sec. 303. Product availability.
Sec. 304. Procurement.
Sec. 305. School Nutrition Advisory Committee.
Sec. 306. Paperwork reduction.
Sec. 307. Technology.
Sec. 308. Improving health and safety oversight and monitoring for the child and adult care food
program.
Sec. 309. Technical corrections.
Sec. 310. Budgetary effects.
Sec. 311. Effective date.
2.In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. <enum>I</enum><header>National School Lunch Act</header> <section commented="no" id="HE3626BADE0FC4E47BDDB677B4DF7A6F0"><enum>100.</enum><header>State agency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In each of the following Acts, by striking <quote>State educational agency</quote> and <quote>State educational agencies</quote> each place such term appears (including any headings) and inserting <quote>State agency</quote> and <quote>State agencies</quote>, respectively:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBB4BC548F2BE4E8B9EB909F5C98C9FA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF47FDDFE28CB47588873698C8433EB24"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H6CCCA2DFF6CC402AA79A69A3D10C7CB3"><enum>101.</enum><header>Apportionments to States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1753">42 U.S.C. 1753(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H23DCC826DFF54904BA26595A880670B0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5C80BB32B4CF4AF6A9AB823FE371E876"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>Beginning on</quote> and all that follows through <quote>the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7411A236FA6A43308BDCB90FFCFF2EF5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>Beginning on</quote> and all that follows through <quote>school food authorities</quote> and inserting <quote>School food authorities</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB7D4742D56B4F8899EC0790529DC84F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (F)(iii)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HFA2B05D585EA49529C751EAC2132C9D3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by inserting <quote>(as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>)</quote> after <quote>subparagraph (A)(ii)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H08A5F6E60BE24F2BB0CC3BBB62C56030"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53CFCB5365594D72A40D85B41586D111" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subclause commented="no" id="H003F957DB1E74AC7949D7584ABADD448"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall return to the general fund of the Treasury any funds that were made available under this subparagraph but not obligated by a State agency as of September 30, 2016.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1B7EC3E68558411C8EA25AF55A1EF901"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66E207DA655C4F8EA0BA3ED0889507DB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H9AC060199A964B58981E8E5FB471545F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Announcements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to reimbursement rates described in this subsection, the Secretary shall announce the rates and, to the maximum extent practicable, any associated guidance by February 15 of the school year prior to the school year for which the rates and guidance will become effective.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD7D1EB8F963C4D82A4A7F4AE141633D9"><enum>102.</enum><header>Repeal of nutrition promotion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1754">42 U.S.C. 1754</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </section><section id="H661C446F4D3C45E5B2232E4DDE64B455"><enum>103.</enum><header>Direct Federal expenditures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1755">42 U.S.C. 1755</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0B0D35CC116941CF87FB274F3CB3CFEE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="HD40442042F17422095E6592100EEBCC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(c)(1)(A) The national average</quote> and all that follows through <quote>(D) Among those commodities</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HD349A650655143BA816983D59EA23B91"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Calculation of total assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H53CCC235606E4F83B2641642D96963AC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National average value</header>
<subparagraph id="H2DE845D942924069A54174C9541DD384"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the national average value of donated foods, or cash payments in lieu thereof, shall be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing, not later than February 15 of each year for the upcoming school year—</text>
<clause id="H5E0C658A03E74FCCA8C5D19232A6E1B1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the total funds available in the preceding school year under section 4, this section, and section 11; by</text>
</clause><clause id="H2D6AC48027C343F3B4345D8E0622F236"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of lunches served in the preceding school year in all schools participating in the school lunch program under this Act.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1CFB60325E0F4BFF8B8D81D8AA384D77"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Adjustment</header>
<clause id="HDFCFA9A06AAB421E9148BC0A7ADBB0A4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The value determined under subparagraph (A) shall be adjusted by the annual percentage change in a 3-month average value of the Producer Price Index for Foods Used in Schools and Institutions of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (in this subparagraph referred to as the <quote>Index</quote>) for the preceding September, October, and November.</text>
</clause><clause id="HFB6BF3526028415FB3D16297BCB5C54C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>An adjustment under clause (i) shall be computed to the nearest <fraction>1/4</fraction> cent.</text> </clause><clause id="HCA3058CBCBD74E54A5A6E3036DA3C022"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Index</header> <subclause id="H04DC1DAA0103410785C82C083C8E73AF"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Index shall be computed using 5 major food components in the Index (cereal and bakery products, meats, poultry and fish, dairy products, processed fruits and vegetables, and fats and oils).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9C0B15B0F4304578BC8A7A93163B1442"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Components</header><text>Each component described in subclause (I) shall be weighted using the same relative weight as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HB3190EFD01774D3496B12D4BB29806A0"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Minimum amount of commodity assistance</header><text>Not less than 12 percent of the value adjusted in accordance with this subparagraph shall be provided in the form of commodity assistance.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70D57B05CCB045D488F3802E40950BA5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Insufficient amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If amounts available to carry out section 4, this section, and section 11 are insufficient to meet the requirements of such sections for a school year, the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary, use the authority provided under section 14(a) to meet the requirements for the school year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E36E8BC4BEF475593E8D565F8B5CBD3"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Amount for each State</header><text>For each school year, the total commodity assistance or cash in lieu thereof available to a State for the school lunch program shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying—</text>
<clause id="H020216B790F749309D43A3134987B55C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of lunches served in such State in the most recent school year for which data are available; by</text>
</clause><clause id="H91CA35B64FF64C2E8F26A6240480AA97"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the rate determined under subparagraphs (A) and (B).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D08BA095FE14C668670D5C8C26D3B2E"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Special emphasis</header><text>Among those commodities</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE76F45B76BC4D13BD2FFC4788513FAA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(E) Notwithstanding</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75F231F1707D4D45B0162E3825919C11" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HD6A7E25296274B16BB2CADFB9E4F2D65"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Minimum quantity of donated foods</header><text>Notwithstanding</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8C59E5500FBA437CAF62C1FBB1A204B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF24418750FDB41EC8FFB161F93D3C759"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H9DC55D708ED040C780CA7C6CDEB7DCEA"><enum>104.</enum><header>Nutritional and other program requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1758">42 U.S.C. 1758</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6DEE5D224AFE4611B8740978D51C7F17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the section heading and designation and all that follows through the end of paragraph (1) in subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
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<section id="H76D6F58E5ED14E41893A7641D5A64B0C"><enum>9.</enum><header>Nutritional and other program requirements</header>
<subsection id="H227327CC641C4DE0BE42D142562DD6EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H8373888BA1DF4C8AAA880869A4F9F8F8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Technical assistance and training</header><text>The Secretary shall provide—</text> <subparagraph id="H18CF4D6378AB4C3E864C07E2AC13DDD8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>technical assistance and training to schools participating in the school lunch program to assist the schools in complying with the nutritional requirements prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (f) and in providing appropriate meals to children with medically certified special dietary needs, including food allergies or other special dietary needs of individual children, including religious dietary restrictions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C063172BA6141C0A8DE7F798EF418D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>additional technical assistance to schools that are having difficulty maintaining compliance with the requirements.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3BBADFB4BC0B48EB99D08B62042E3009"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H32EFD166487244F8BB6AD334F8F03F53"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H21B7F229FB6A4C20A1B32D1AD54CE557"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Fluid milk considerations</header><text>In determining varieties of fluid milk that shall be available with school meals programs under this Act and section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>) and outside of the school meal programs, the Secretary, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>, shall carry out the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H68D6B2A646AF45DC9641A90D39CA0BAE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Consider the critical nutrient needs of children who may be at risk for inadequate intake of the recommended daily servings of milk and dairy products under the most recent Dietary Guidelines described in subparagraph (A)(i) and conform the applicable regulations to such guidelines.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HB8F042486E97430E94398546127EAC0A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Analyze milk consumption data and trends for school-aged children, and to the extent practicable, increase actual milk consumption in schools in a manner consistent with the number of servings recommended under such Dietary Guidelines, and ensure that schools may offer any type of milk with fat levels that are in compliance with such Dietary Guidelines.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4A75E0BFD4D24BF8BFB97244182935BA"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Milk variety considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining milk varieties eligible for schools to offer with school meal programs under this Act and section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>) and outside of the school meal programs, the Secretary shall consider the most commonly available types, sizes, containers, and varieties of milk in local, regional, and national commercial markets from which local educational agencies procure milk, to promote competition and reduce milk waste.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE892430FAE634C4381F38EDF70AAB029"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(4) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Provision of information</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote>(C) <header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Procurement and processing of food service products and commodities</header-in-text>.—The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67564B9CB037454683EA07EBC9A5115D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HBE6D5036D30B4A23B4583385FD0534E7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Procurement and processing of food service products and commodities</header><text>The Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBCAFE4C8D314108AE701D0569F53375"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) (as so designated)—</text> <clause id="H95B460605D664A4CB769DD19539DB576"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) through (iii) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1E623AB383B545E08255842E70387716"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE161F06FB8694EF0B9729837BC865EEB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1D5E8565A0146998B431DD58846A914" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HB27D187CE1BB4D62A0817ABEC8DCF5D2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Emergency access to potable water</header> <subparagraph id="H0801BE0F0C3B416A9BABC0C57212F6DD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To ensure that children have access to potable water during meal service, the Secretary may award funds to State agencies to assist such agencies in providing bottled water for a period of not more than 90 days (except as otherwise provided under subparagraph (C)) when—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HEE18905422AD4E79AEAFE17F8A572A93"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a major disaster or emergency has been declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5121">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6014C6EAE20543E0A796828C8D657727"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary determines that there is a significant risk to the health of school children posed by the public water system (as defined under section 1401(4) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300f">42 U.S.C. 300f</external-xref>)).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0D290F18E244BEC8F7408CB92D5F616"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To receive funds under this paragraph, a State agency shall assure the Secretary that the State will utilize donated water supplies and State funding to supplement the funds that the State receives under this paragraph to provide bottled water as necessary for students.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC64B7A7862534C9FA0FB2277E7F700CE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Extension of authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the risk described in subparagraph (A)(ii) persists in a State after the first 90-day period for which funds under this paragraph are provided to such State, funds may be provided under this paragraph to such State for an additional 90-day period.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8596AEDBB6E149948768BCF3FDF17C5B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than $475,000 may be provided under this paragraph for a fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H062B6017D9DF4F89BED4F16B53191AAA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4ECDD944169142E994B302673F25CCD2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HC735E730E8024271906AA7C9A7B818B0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>, and shall contain only the family size income levels for reduced price meal eligibility with the explanation that households with incomes less than or equal to these values would be eligible for free or reduced price lunches</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HFC322578D46B4AB38835A0AC920F206F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>or reduced price</quote> after <quote>free</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H4ADA5F3BFB3D4367A33A5ABFB39DEA60"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (iii)(I)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H86B39C0E3BA647B08F0799973E5371AD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in item (aa), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H7D15A788A7D840BAA7698257D5D795C8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in item (bb), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HCE2C031DAC3B4B68838BEB2C4389F22D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A7E7963B919412A8A2B12F9C7AE610E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <item id="HB8540A370D264A599D7B5721CC78BD29"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>individuals may report alleged fraud to the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture.</text></item><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HDE697A1AD0F944F698768D0FA503F509"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3277762CBCF349828AEDBBEEDCB847DF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="HC0E5D4812FB74DC581A1FD7F00E74517"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Reporting of fraud</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that the Internet website of the Department of Agriculture prominently displays a link to the Internet website of the Office of the Inspector General of the Department and the phone number of the Office of the Inspector General through which an individual may report any alleged fraud.</text>
</clause><clause id="H4C1D36022DE6481EB2758174C11C04D0"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Application forms</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>, the Secretary shall—</text> <subclause id="H96E7F167D0644819B9C76257646F1DE9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>review a sample of application forms, including paper and digital forms, used to apply for participation in the school lunch program authorized under this Act and the school breakfast program established by section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2E8B815D38B14CD9962B8E854CCE20D5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provide to States guidance relating to best practices, including a standard application form local educational agencies or schools may use;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H37BCA5E8F2D3404DBBBF02BE08F63C29"><enum>(III)</enum><text>provide to States guidance relating to how to improve the application to ensure families understand and can enroll in the school lunch program and the school breakfast program; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC09058DA43724696BE1DE9AD4179E30C"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>provide to States such information as is necessary to ensure that States understand school food authorities may not—</text>
<item id="H9B9B88511A14495D964D84CDD612A13C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>require or mandate families apply for either program;</text> </item><item id="H3B079A4D4F8743538E60ECC8CAB7B2EF"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>request that a family apply for the program after the parent or guardian has informed the school that the family does not want to participate in the program or receive additional information about the program in that school year; or</text>
</item><item id="H0673867BBAFD4FF38229613DE4F10950"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a family that has not informed the school about their choice, request more than twice in that school year that such family apply for the program if such family has not submitted an application, except that providing information about the application (including how and when the application will be sent to parents and how to fill out the application) shall not count as a request to apply.</text></item></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9AE3B7F14BF4488EBBD373C828C7DA38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H5AA061FB338546EC9056E7B0EE8B2101"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HE2BAA0A992C646B986D1D171CC6B7B94"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Verification</header>
<clause id="H9A1B2B23779E493CA38CF025B907DAD0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Standard verification of applications</header>
<subclause id="HF46884E7C910448E9ED3E00542F8F152"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Beginning with the second school year that begins after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>, each school year, each local educational agency shall verify the eligibility of the children in a portion of the household applications approved for the school year by the local educational agency, as of November 1 of the school year, as determined by the Secretary in accordance with this subsection.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H40672F6444444D8194942ACD67E5558F"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Sample size</header>
<item id="HC58E87DAE53246F6A587772C8CC59CA5"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The portion for a local educational agency for a school year shall equal the lesser of—</text> <subitem id="H834C4B3C15AB4C24B22B2E5C2A7B6178"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>10,000; or</text>
</subitem><subitem id="H608B4DEEDA3D419D8CCAA49956380E8F"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>10 percent of approved household applications.</text> </subitem></item><item id="HFB699DA7ADAD485AA314FE810B77E895"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Calculation</header><text>Not later than July 1 of each year, the Secretary shall calculate the sample size under this subparagraph for each local educational agency based on data from the 2 most recent school years available.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="HAED2148E71D044F6842943539B76CFC8"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Sample selection</header><text>Applications shall be selected for verification by the local educational agency based on indications that information relevant to eligibility is inconsistent with the information provided on the application, including at a minimum the following:</text>
<item id="H63F7162F656B4E5C9F4CB7DB978E7FBC"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>The household has submitted information in writing to the local educational agency that is inconsistent with the information on the application.</text>
</item><item id="H19C13E3BC9AF4AE3849BA59EFCB41AE1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>The information provided on the application is consistent with a pattern of error or fraud detected by the local educational agency, the State agency, or the Secretary.</text>
</item><item id="H86819D3103F74757912F341CD4D8605A"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For not more than <fraction>1/4</fraction> of the sample, students who are directly certified or the application provides a case number (in lieu of income information) showing participation in—</text>
<subitem id="HDEFBC5520A0E44F682F9E04EDE60AF84"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text>
</subitem><subitem id="H61BE38CC057A43A7957558A03EDA618F"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State program funded under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families established under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/601">42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</external-xref>) that the Secretary determines complies with standards established by the Secretary that ensure that the eligibility requirements under the State program are comparable to the requirements for participation in accordance with this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subitem></item><item id="HA6E50DE9D18344CE95491F6E490226D2"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>For not more than <fraction>1/4</fraction> of the sample, the income information provided on the application is close to the income limit for free or reduced price meals, as determined by the local educational agency each year.</text>
</item><item id="H574C6EDEA9174508A6B901137298FDA1"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>Such other criteria as is determined by the State.</text> </item></subclause><subclause id="H736526C5D6BC4D4D83F6A616B2E206FA"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Additional verification of applications</header><text>If the number of applications that match the criteria described in subclause (III) is insufficient to meet the number of applications determined under subclause (II), the local educational agency shall select additional applications at random.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD969BA5A72374320BE86F7EDD0397F38"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Verification for cause</header><text>In addition to conducting verification of a sample of applications as described in clause (i), a local educational agency may verify any household application at any point in the school year if the household application meets the criteria described in item (aa), (bb), or (cc) of clause (i)(III) or such other criteria as is determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDA6FFE8EA977428ABD1F520FDEB84866"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Compliance</header><text>In conducting verification under this subparagraph, a State agency or local educational agency shall not select applications in a manner that violates section 12(l)(4)(M).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H0337CF2FB7744C0C816D16195D722C76"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F)—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="HC39E0A2E68D14939B260F607DE0B64A4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H3EE276B6D34C4C2F91C9F55E9125118E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking clauses (iv) and (v) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC8455B4CDFA4177A5055927A8EF94A7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="H4AD127640AA44E6E8D9D0696411F4340"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Direct certification</header><text>If eligibility for a household application is confirmed using direct verification, each child in the household shall be considered directly certified.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HBF3DEF3377204FC3BBFE3DD833144FEE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G)—</text> <subclause id="H24EA72C3585A44AD913E158F45F6775D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>1 attempt</quote> and inserting <quote>2 attempts</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H93DC7BA1CD524885B657487B1E6A5294"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27B2B4F2541B4B2686859F9E2D924051" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="HA8D9866182AF419D98DD5F95646EBDAC"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Validity of verification results</header> <subclause id="HFF536F5BB13D464889AD80B9B6D424F2"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this clause:</text>
<item id="H4DB48004C5C0437CB7E6AB3E41AE5B7A"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Approved application</header><text>The term <term>approved application</term> includes each student on a paper or electronic application approved by the local educational agency for free or reduced price lunches for the school year.</text>
</item><item id="H69525825E897490FB46C9E5B954F86F4"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Response rate</header><text>The term <term>response rate</term> means the percentage of the approved household applications of the local educational agency for which verification information was obtained after attempted verification under this section.</text>
</item><item id="H896D036EBA0948BEB4874D90423512F0"><enum>(cc)</enum><header>Nonresponse rate</header><text>The term <term>nonresponse rate</term> means the percentage of the approved household applications of the local educational agency for which verification information was not obtained after attempted verification under this section.</text>
</item><item id="HC737A803F5FC47E3B1A5708B6006FBF9"><enum>(dd)</enum><header>Confirmation rate</header><text>The term <term>confirmation rate</term> means the percentage of approved household applications and directly certified students selected by the local educational agency for verification under this subparagraph that had the level of benefits confirmed as a result of information obtained during the verification process.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="HB240A96356F64369A5FA21DCAF90CD84"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Reductions</header>
<item id="H55914702EF954781ACC1748427628CFA"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The sample under subparagraph (D)(i)(II) may be reduced by not more than the lesser of 2,500 applications or 2.5 percentage points for each of the criteria described in subclause (III) that are met by the local educational agency.</text>
</item><item id="H20AE1EFE05A54AA091D89DD04FD0B10F"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Reductions under item (aa) may result in a sample of not less than 2.5 percent of approved applications.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H06F7737D16124CB59C467F60C5D80D5D"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The criteria referred to in subclause (II)(aa) are as follows:</text> <item id="H2DA2AF98873F415AB5D7BB56DB638475"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Response rate</header><text>For the preceding school year the response rate was more than 85 percent.</text>
</item><item id="H5B2BEE69B94D40DAA36A916611823BED"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Nonresponse rate reduction</header><text>The nonresponse rate was at least 15 percent below the nonresponse rate for the second preceding school year.</text>
</item><item id="H9A5A74A2500245DE97C2DE0E518D5914"><enum>(cc)</enum><header>Confirmation rate</header><text>The confirmation rate is 100 percent or has increased by at least 5 percent over the two most recent school years for which data is available.</text>
</item><item id="H46DE501C86914365A1418B9D435A5959"><enum>(dd)</enum><header>Administrative burden reduction</header>
<subitem id="HEB15FE07BB0743128FE902428838A4E2"><enum>(AA)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The local educational agency receives a determination from the Secretary that compliance with subparagraph (D)(i)(II) would render the local educational agency unable to administer the program.</text>
</subitem><subitem id="H14D699D1783B427BB6930F07D4481A9F"><enum>(BB)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary shall develop a system by which to measure cost and administrative burden associated with compliance with subparagraph (D)(i)(II) and shall consider requests from local educational agencies based on that system.</text></subitem></item></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H968189DFAB854C5DB3D791E184BC3B31"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H)(i)—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="HE56B771BA9FE4260A2396ED02C168E7D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>November</quote> and inserting <quote>December</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H2532B062ED7C44B7BDC1AD416D1E647C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by striking <quote>December</quote> and inserting <quote>January</quote>;</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H5D85A66ECE7E46AD8C5BD06B34B6CAE8"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in subparagraph (K)(i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>data mining</quote> and inserting <quote>analyses of data</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD36E1EA509764287A9EEFD1A76470BF4"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (K)(ii) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC550DAB4485D454997EEF3953322FF88" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="H03147CFAC0C14FBDAF810D6C641B21DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing—</text>
<subclause id="H81B548A15E454DB8870758CA19418C30"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the results of the feasibility study conducted under this subsection;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H44C9C45A079949CABF8F447F8CA9D77A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>how a computer system—</text>
<item id="H2E96C49C1E0A4ACB9843E31070047D3B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>used to reduce verification and certification errors can be adapted to further reduce errors; and</text> </item><item id="H632725C6561C406291EC0110E4033B75"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>using technology described in clause (i) could be implemented; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="HE7A63972AED046EAAF4142454567F1BF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a plan to adapt or implement such system.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H726CD35473E24A2A88AC7F601C4EF9A0"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H2671DE5AAAC341B394BBEC790003A377"><enum>(L)</enum><header>Enhanced verification methods</header>
<clause id="H6CEE5CEB73114C85B058CF40F294DE89"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<subclause id="H3C97433D0B92498D9BCCAB486CE1DABA"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall help local educational agencies engage in alternative and enhanced methods of certification and verification to increase the effectiveness of the process, reduce certification errors, and produce more meaningful management information to facilitate local educational agency, State, and Federal oversight with respect to program integrity in the school meal programs.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H765CFCF287F34233BCAC50E29275A725"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Best practices</header><text>The Secretary shall encourage local educational agencies to adopt proven best practices with regard to verification.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBBDFF84F86134603BDC17E52CB7B7631"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Selection for implementation</header><text>To the extent necessary to refine alternative verification methods or assess the feasibility, impact, or efficacy of the methods prior to recommending the methods, the Secretary shall select States and local educational agencies that have requested to participate in the development of best practices to implement methods subject to clause (iii).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HAA9AD17F62064BC2806C753B0B1B441D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The certification and verification methods shall—</text> <subclause id="HE07A3FDD108648EC90F37A7658913540"><enum>(I)</enum><text>meet such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H42FBA8F82216495AABC39878DE24ED15"><enum>(II)</enum><text>except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, be conducted in accordance with this subsection.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HE8FDF0552C654A5497E799558FD27C0E"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>In selecting methods, including methods for implementation under clause (i)(III), the Secretary shall—</text>
<subclause id="HEA3410F02B714CB4A6B8880472925A06"><enum>(I)</enum><text>consider the degree to which the method would improve certification accuracy and program integrity within the school meal programs;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H3AE066547A1D4D41B6C82C39DC7476FB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>consider whether there is evidence that the method could be replicated easily by other local educational agencies or political subdivisions;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCDFE0A0674A24F47BC3C2DFC3D33C200"><enum>(III)</enum><text>consider whether the method would increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the verification process;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB5AFD92C3DAA4B829BC982DCBF8089AC"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>consider whether the local educational agency or State agency has a demonstrated capacity to undertake the method and to produce the data necessary to support the evaluation; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB5F0A7C2C18F40A4A960A5DCE1D1C577"><enum>(V)</enum><text>ensure the methods implemented under clause (i)(III) are implemented across a range of geographic areas and States, including rural and urban areas, and, when considered as a group, allow for an assessment of a range of strategies regarding verification sample selection, obtaining eligibility documentation, and the entity conducting verification, including strategies that—</text>
<item id="HA8439D63DE4C490D94AB78FED807E6D6"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>use analyses of data, particularly in large local educational agencies to develop algorithms to select error-prone applications for verification;</text>
</item><item id="H9F1F59A510A54AE382216D4293800FB6"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>use third-party data sources to confirm eligibility prior to conducting household verification under subparagraph (G);</text>
</item><item id="H5630E1926A09428C853B5B9B28D2C86B"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>rely on alternative methods, including message testing, of communicating with households to assess which methods most effectively result in household responses;</text>
</item><item id="H996EE956C3F940D48E256DB91116CEF3"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>rely on agencies or organizations other than the local educational agency to conduct verification, including at a minimum the State agency; and</text>
</item><item id="H169D11248A004AC1A3E65240D088A13A"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>could reduce the administrative burden of conducting verification for a consortia of local educational agencies, including shared online applications and shared verification procedures.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="H1E8A3EC96DB54806A44EE6EC60330145"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Reduction</header><text>Notwithstanding the limitation in subparagraph (D)(v)(II)(bb), a local educational agency that uses the strategies described in clause (iii)(V) may qualify for a reduction of additional 0.25 percentage points under such subparagraph, creating a floor of 2.25 percent for the verification sample size.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDA9E73CA23D5409B88B0DE8B294576FE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H7122ABC097D94E3FAE7D0ECCA6F8D2B5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>, including a child enrolled in a nonpublic school,</quote> after <quote>under which a child</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2CFF75E53A3942698AE10A7E712AC2B8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (E);</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HE765081A4FED4A3287C89EAA40C54140"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H0B52A36C41E04134A77CB92A27124419"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated)—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H0D92700D5D1447629D70625C390F7695"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>means—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>each school year thereafter</quote> in subclause (III) and inserting <quote>means, for the school year</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H964FBDAAF6DA443EB867754518440DCF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text> <item commented="no" id="H0E269946831547158FD597E932E21B29"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="HE9FBD482F3FE4E2394B8386432C2722F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in subclause (III), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </item><item commented="no" id="H4CDC98EF2191490390F9C87C5711106A"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A8AEE3F258845899D4428AD704DB4C1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subclause id="HB937EA36C3764460852BF744A6274072"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>include in the report required under section 4301 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1758a">42 U.S.C. 1758a</external-xref>), a description of technical assistance provided to and progress of States identified under subclause (I) toward implementing the measures and meeting the goals established by the State as required under clause (iii)(II); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1E32C173167C420091F7D4DCF0A2B96B"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide guidance to schools on providing meals and collecting payment for any student who is no longer able to receive meals because the student did not provide a response to the verification request for the student’s school meal application.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H38ED386A87194605A5FEF50B44C7A1F1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (iii)(II)(bb), by inserting <quote>within 3 school years</quote> after <quote>those measures</quote>;</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H620DA93A8EAC4E088B9A57BC02AA43B2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (15)—</text>
<clause id="HC785AE2E99DD428F96AA0041A4203519"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking <quote>section 9(b)(1)(A) of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)(A)</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H6A0A7B9DF3FF4C9DA10A83DB8C3F2586"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraphs (C)(ii) and (D), by striking <quote>paragraph (4)(G)</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>paragraph (4)(F)</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7A4A7CA8D4244285AD4C46DEF67E39B4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text> <subparagraph id="H99AA8763F18E42359AFA77EDF2EBB3D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HD1FE566E22FD437BB7D49F236904BF3F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </clause><clause id="H70DC336EA6A94015A4DB2976B9598D39"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCE36A4A339FE4E4799859BC40B9FC947"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41B1A75BBF084573843C22EC490EF2A9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HED8D5BCBE4364D75A60E9F3A893B16D9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meet minimum nutritional requirements prescribed by the Secretary on the basis of tested nutritional research specifically conducted to understand the impact for children, except that the minimum nutritional requirements—</text>
<clause id="H055E8C9ACD4743B3BE990B1E235730C4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may not prohibit the substitution of foods to accommodate the medical, including allergies, or other special dietary needs of individual students, including religious dietary restrictions; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC5D8AC2B04D74B38A14FA51EB775149B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall, as possible in accommodating the medical or other special dietary needs of such students, be based on the weekly average of the nutrient content of school lunches.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H616F98313D09413CA171C610B768B473"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking <quote>paragraph (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C9DD872618F4C79A6CFE2603F069A15"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EEE51F3746D4A2FA961E9AF9AC7D418" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H59EBC1341D384966B1920BCF18591E01"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Regulations, review, and relief</header>
<subparagraph id="HC906F02FCA684B629DFDF28BDA1FC162"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Review regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall, at least every 3 years—</text> <clause id="H150CEC19E3FC41FE991D479F72BAC731"><enum>(i)</enum><text>review the regulations promulgated in accordance with this Act for the school meal programs described in paragraph (1) (in this paragraph referred to as the <quote>school meal programs</quote>);</text>
</clause><clause id="H555F546C52CF40198FD861A416445BE1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with consultation from a parent, a pediatrician, a dietician who conducts child nutrition research, and stakeholders in schools (including school leaders, school boards, local educational agency administrators, and school food nutrition directors), certify that the regulations are—</text>
<subclause id="H6F8BB85D1548465ABCA3CDE99B1F8422"><enum>(I)</enum><text>appropriate for the age of children participating in the school meal programs, including for the health of children;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9CECC69EBF9549D8915735BC2838C178"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in compliance with the preponderance of the latest high-quality research based on school-aged children conducted to examine the health and safety of children participating in the school meal programs;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCBC7E03172434FB487B460F9BD1DC822"><enum>(III)</enum><text>not increasing the cost to implement the requirements of the school meal programs (which costs shall be considered the total costs to implement the regulations and not limited to the cost of any changes to the regulations); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7F846775C4284D768CB2A6428BCAFEEA"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>not discouraging students from participating in the school meal programs;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H2FBBEBE3F246454FB289E67A6E0AF5A6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if necessary to meet the requirements of clause (ii), revise the regulations to meet such requirements;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9BB81A5A65C1470A838FED9A006A8B18"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 30 days prior to publication under clause (v)(II) of the revised regulations—</text> <subclause id="HC3F1D5CDE1BA4301B01A5ED4273AC99F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>submit the revised regulations for comment to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9484670247524B6FBEE11E5CA4D9B0AF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>review any comments provided under subclause (I), and further revise the regulations, if necessary to ensure the revised regulations are in compliance with clause (i); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0CE69CBAA8464E76A8C3277A74083392"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide a public notice and comment period of not less than 60 days, review the public comments, and further revise the regulations, if necessary to ensure the revised regulations are in compliance with clause (i); and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HC4550737BC8440A9B511792D62E6029C"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">publish in the Federal Register, and submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H69ADE39D28B943CABF0F14B0BE92AA37"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a notice that no changes to the regulations are required and the certification described in clause (ii); or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H8A131753BEC94483B9BF8AE6D8E60A8A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the regulations, as revised under clause (iv), and the certification described in clause (ii).</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06EE52EE45E14DC48B653CE5AE468EE4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>First review</header><text>The first review required under subparagraph (A) after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title> shall—</text>
<clause id="H01EB459C65D24AA6B6DBD5FACFC3E571"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be concluded not later than December 31, 2016;</text> </clause><clause id="HD88FE8DC383A41F28BF9D8819317CC23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include a review of the sodium and whole grain requirements under the regulations for the school meal programs; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H16DC2824577E491DB9FE144C02B1094A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>ensure that such requirements—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H4A0E0F321B2D4679BA5FAC8594A31AE0"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain the sodium target requirements established for the school lunch program and school breakfast program under sections 210.10(f) and 220.8(f) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, respectively (as such regulations are in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>) until such requirements are revised in accordance with subclause (II); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H90ADDF3F125543279A28A2771D73EA31"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in a case in which the sodium target requirements are revised as a result of the review described in this subparagraph, ensure that such a revision—</text>
<item id="H85B4FC6517D54790AEF7E53A65E9C60A"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>is based on health requirements for children;</text> </item><item id="H2FC075F2C983496AA17EF3A415197DDB"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>is supported by a majority of research focused on school-aged children that directly establishes, through well-controlled randomized trials or well-designed, long-term observational studies, that sodium reductions are both safe and produce beneficial health outcomes for such children;</text>
</item><item id="HE5554B2A7154463384771AA7519A21A8"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is able to support food safety and be produced in a manner that does not significantly increase the cost of food; and</text>
</item><item id="H690688DE001C410B8D8263718293930A"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>does not take effect until 3 years after the revision has been published in the Federal Register.</text> </item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8C913065EDB4574A350C7F584E8924A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special rule for regulation relief for family meal days</header> <clause id="HCDB160FCB98F407998BC21488DF864D0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary shall issue guidance, or promulgate new rules as necessary, to ensure each State agency provides guidance to school food authorities with respect to the allowance of up to 4 family meal days, as designated by a school, which shall be exempt from the meal pattern rules specified under the regulations for the school meal programs, during which the school may—</text>
<subclause id="H07EACED316E745A3924E5F23B326D9DF"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">invite parents to participate in special meals, such as a Thanksgiving meal or a parents’ day meal; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H3DE793DE74A14ED68B5567BA62AC19C0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provide additional nutrition education, such as recipe building or healthy cooking classes to parents and families on making healthy meal options at home, which may be provided by an entity or individual other than a school food service director or food service personnel.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H864AB59A999A4724AB12BC449D6190DD"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Clarification</header><text>In issuing guidance or promulgating rules under clause (i), the Secretary shall not establish any requirements or limitations for family meal days, except to ensure that schools have the authority to hold up to 4 family meal days per school year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B539B9B6434489886CCF014F3453416"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Regulation Flexibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide guidance, when there is difficulty in procuring food to comply with the regulations, to allow a school food authority to substitute food items across food groups and subgroups, including in-season, locally-produced fruits and vegetables, notwithstanding the food-based meal patterns and menu planning requirements of this subsection, provided that the school food authority continues to meet applicable daily and weekly nutrient and dietary requirements under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6B0719333F54CCAAE69F56439D42619"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA29A2A085B840F3B155CB5849890383" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HDAF5E7FF7CBF4DB3947985D4BCBF0FA8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Accommodations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The accommodation requirements described in paragraph (1)(C)(i) shall apply to all programs under this Act and all programs under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>), except for section 17 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H12BC67FAC8E34DDA89DFA49AE95A994B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking subsections (g) and (k);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HAB666A1D2FEB423EA4C93FC325968556"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (h), (i), (j), and (l) as subsections (g), (h), (i), and (j), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H560BF71A19344B429D5349424F714313"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>2011 through 2015</quote> each place it appears in paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting <quote>2017 through 2021</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HFE4E4F6C01BD45BFB7286A72C4568B3E"><enum>105.</enum><header>Miscellaneous provisions</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H3C69591E5BED46168DAED9BADA9B84BE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Universal meal service in high poverty areas threshold</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 11(a)(1)(F) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17659a">42 U.S.C. 17659a(a)(1)(F)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H52E9032A6FE84D11869D0C206605A545"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (ii)(I), in the matter preceding item (aa), by inserting <quote>(including a subset of schools within the local educational agency if the result obtained by dividing the total number of the identified students enrolled in such schools by the total number of all students enrolled in such schools, is above the threshold in clause (viii))</quote> after <quote>on behalf of certain schools</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6379A413454C45C0987C7628B5721431"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking clause (viii) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC84D425D6F2B4D449B1F92482C766898" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause commented="no" id="H278C883DD1A44D28B0650E4DA61155CD" indent="up2"><enum>(viii)</enum><header>Threshold</header> <subclause commented="no" id="H5D687A2B5F0E40069877B1B9A4831CAE"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each school year beginning on or after July 1, 2017, the Secretary shall use a threshold that is not less than 60 percent.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H7B5B3B51FB2A4DBAB52CFF9BA0F0897E"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Community eligibility selection transition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a school that received special assistance payments under this subparagraph during the school year immediately prior to the school year in which the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title> was enacted, such school shall, not later than June 30, 2018—</text>
<item id="HD3680DC482BB40E9A1992D5757C78546"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>meet the threshold described in subclause (I); or</text> </item><item id="HC8852F2674D24D99A5808B860E2285E5"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>transition from receiving payments under this subparagraph in accordance with subclause (III).</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H8553400A149A49A3A366015F272FEB38"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of schools described in subclause (II)(bb), the Secretary shall provide technical assistance to ensure that such schools are able to effectively and efficiently transition from receiving payments under this subparagraph to receiving special assistance payments otherwise made available under this paragraph, including communicating the application process to families in a timely manner to ensure continuity of services for eligible families.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9AB2DAB628F748B5A6AE2D0509A4926A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in clause (xi)—</text> <subparagraph id="H5E9A9997E97647DB931F2B1222FF275E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by striking <quote>Not later than December 31, 2013</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7109F58762C5452DBD75F74EF17CB2A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subclause (III), by striking <quote>If the Secretary uses the authority provided in clause (vii)(II)(bb) to use a different multiplier for different schools or local educational agencies, for each school year beginning on or after July 1, 2014, not later than April 1, 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>If the Secretary uses the authority provided in clause (vii), for each school year beginning on or after July 1, 2017, not less than one year prior to the Secretary electing to use such authority</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDDBC100552EE40E5A88058514E1C98FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reimbursement rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 11(a)(3)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17659a">42 U.S.C. 17659a(a)(3)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>July 1</quote> and inserting <quote>February 15</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8D7BBF43E5B14BE683B3BBA167EF91A9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of State agency</header><text>Paragraph (9) of section 12(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1760">42 U.S.C. 1760(d)(9)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FBE34C3080F4A09AE5103981DAE3A8F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0139733A276F4AEA984CCD2078FA35BC"><enum>(9)</enum><header>State agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State agency</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HAC1D4C23ED354CDC9C6899781A78A1C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the chief State school officer (such as the State superintendent of public instruction, commissioner of education, or similar officer);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEAD9B08560024DA1BBE927EA9603EC7E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a board of education controlling the State department of education;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88303BDC22FD480696DA0D005A1B267B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the State Commissioner or individual who administers agricultural programs in the State; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4A306946885343F3BF7DBC150E392134"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a State official the State legislature designates to administer the programs under this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB35E85DF496F431D8707F5A90CAFDE96"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Procurement training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 12(m)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1760">42 U.S.C. 1760</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2015</quote> and inserting <quote>2021</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4DC6B1C815ED426892B1DDA9929D330E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Price for a paid lunch</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 12 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1760">42 U.S.C. 1760</external-xref>) is further amended by striking subsection (p) and redesignating subsections (q) and (r) as subsections (p) and (q), respectively.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D0364CCFA184F1D9F4DDDB269A64340"><enum>106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Summer food service program for children</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 13 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1761">42 U.S.C. 1761</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF078E35E3DA54CF596189FB95CB1FB55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H10E20A0CBDBB44C4B4BE33AAA0EC77C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3FADDF03EA240A28CF775A6BD1B718C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H55427DA3C2204FEC9216579BEA6A266D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Educational and enrichment activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining participation under subparagraph (A), the State shall prioritize applications that include an educational or enrichment activity, or demonstrate a partnership with an entity providing such activity.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1CC31EDB8B8B4491B7F597224C149D14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (8) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78374AB1843C4F179C7DBDD6134059BB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="HD94C9BB705FE4D438E9547256DC20421"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Streamlining</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HE3B93A5843634615A7C58DF03C526DD8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Seamless summer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise determined by the Secretary, a service institution that is a public or private nonprofit school food authority may provide summer or school vacation food service in accordance with applicable provisions of law governing the school lunch program established under this Act or the school breakfast program established under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9E1850F4121640F794C4943365BE351C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Summer and CACFP at-risk streamlining</header>
<clause id="H9E857507863E45919386FC35A53626D9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsections (b)(2) and (c)(1), in order for States and service institutions to operate more effectively through the year, a State may elect to streamline and simplify program operations and requirements by reducing paperwork and other administrative burdens, and consolidating training, monitoring, and other requirements, while retaining appropriate measures of program integrity. Such State election may include the utilization of technical assistance provided to the State under clause (iv) and shall apply to service institutions that—</text>
<subclause id="H66ED5305263148ACA1AF64468D5DECF4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>are described in paragraphs (6) or (7);</text> </subclause><subclause id="HA9BC968FBB154A2ABEFE0E5A5BB6BB5E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provide care to at-risk school children (as defined in section 17(r)(2)), and may be eligible child care centers or homes (as defined under section 17(a)(2)); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H835A3544010D430991325255738D0136"><enum>(III)</enum><text>are not public schools.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H3B5C1EFCE6BA45E3AD780E519AAE7E31"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Streamlined reimbursement</header><text>States that demonstrate streamlined and simplified program operations under clause (i) for service institutions, and that are selected by the Secretary under clause (v), shall streamline reimbursements for such service institutions by providing reimbursements for—</text>
<subclause id="H4F5092F69B46440AB8CF1482733DFB77"><enum>(I)</enum><text>lunch and either breakfast or a supplement served to at-risk school children—</text> <item id="H20F3C97563274BC5853CF8BDF3EB29DF"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>during each day of operation during the months of May through September; and</text>
</item><item id="HE975B87A014744BDBE70C85AAA24D73B"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in the case of a service institution that provides meal service to such children who are not in school for a period during the school year due to a natural disaster, building repair, court order, or similar cause, at any time during such period in that school year; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="HC872722B3DAF4A6D9377DCB826236644"><enum>(II)</enum><text>up to 1 meal and 1 supplement served to at-risk school children during each day of operation outside of school hours during the regular or continuous school calendar, including after school, weekends, and school holidays.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HCEE6D05E821B437098A7DDCCF30688B3"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Rate of reimbursement</header><text>The State shall reimburse service institutions seeking reimbursement under this subparagraph at a rate that is consistent with section 17(r)(4)(B).</text>
</clause><clause id="HD750843F521A40A59162F7C61B6DFD1C"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header>
<subclause id="H354648F8C9554D128FC569DF48B6D688"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2016, the Secretary shall develop guidance and provide technical assistance for States and service institutions to assist in the implementation of this subparagraph, including by identifying areas of programmatic overlap in the program under this section and the child and adult care food program under section 17 in order for States to simplify the administration and oversight of each such program.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBD6C5406438846D7AB31F62B4CA2024C"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>Such guidance shall include information on possible ways States may ensure participation under this subparagraph will lead to reduced paperwork and other administrative burdens, including recommendations for streamlined program applications, reporting requirements, inspections, and other areas of potential duplication, while retaining appropriate measures of program integrity.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HEB9EF3BD72424C27A17D527688240672"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Other States</header><text>Information provided under this clause shall be provided in such a manner that any State may identify areas of programmatic overlap, and reduce paperwork and other burdens, even if such State has not yet been selected to provide reimbursements to service institutions in accordance with this subparagraph.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HA423BA08A01A4587A2644B69EFFCFCEA"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Successful implementation</header>
<subclause commented="no" id="H16B0A245A7FE4C36BD56FDD42F049C9E"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State seeking to provide reimbursements in accordance this subparagraph shall demonstrate to the Secretary the ways in which the State has used the election under clause (i) to reduce paperwork and other administrative burdens while retaining appropriate measures of program integrity, which may include the utilization of technical assistance provided to the State under clause (iv).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE1C92BED48574F16BE4458BCB979D341"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Initial selection of States</header>
<item id="HFEE2043A540D4398A021E1A38CC65F92"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall select not more than 5 States to provide reimbursements in accordance with this subparagraph, beginning in May 2017, if such States have the capacity to effectively implement this subparagraph, as demonstrated by streamlining and simplifying program operations in accordance with subclause (I).</text>
</item><item id="HD7C243CBE85945399B33E9D3299FC097"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Update</header><text>When appropriate, but not later than May 31, 2018, and consistent with subclause (V)(bb), the Secretary shall update the information under clause (iv).</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HC4E887314BC34CB38B253DC100510A72"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Next selection of States</header>
<item id="H3A1F5FFF5B6E4C27B7A99A1E426E3B43"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that additional States have the capacity described in subclause (I) and additional best practices could be provided by further implementation of this subparagraph, the Secretary may select not more than 5 such States to provide reimbursements in accordance with this subparagraph beginning in October 2018.</text>
</item><item id="H9559D3DD53D84C568542CC62800D6C20"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Update</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2019, and consistent with subclause (V)(bb), the Secretary shall update the information under clause (iv) to reflect the further implementation of this subparagraph.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="HB2F0CA77E23F4737AC7A9DB0C19CF31F"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Additional selection of States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may select additional States to provide reimbursements in accordance with this subparagraph beginning in May 2020, and each year thereafter, if such States have the capacity described in subclause (I).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HEE2B8394189C4D2A89930BB5B0AF827D"><enum>(V)</enum><header>Best practices</header>
<item id="H5CE76912EABE4A399A07F986DA0D26A5"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As a condition of being selected under this clause, a State shall provide, in such time and in such manner as the Secretary may reasonably require, information to the Secretary regarding best practices of successful implementation of this subparagraph.</text>
</item><item id="H3D18AD3939EA42E9B2434FA77D83F1C1"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Update</header><text>The Secretary shall continue to periodically update the information under clause (iv) to include the best practices provided under item (aa) for continued successful implementation of this subparagraph.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CA5505AC10B49C9AFF1FF1331DF0367"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (9), (10), and (12); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE255A1D30724BA083730B712A3CE4F3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (9); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0FDBA9275E02496EA17DFF15F2291AC2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A72C0152CB647A0A996DD1D9621C599" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H23B915980E0E4A48BCD40E3CF6C41B66"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Temporary allowance for off-site consumption</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H00A66D7736F64EDEA13E339B2785A71C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Beginning in May 2017, the Secretary shall grant requests made by a State to allow children who are participating in the program but for whom an operation under paragraph (12) is not available, to consume meals away from a congregate feeding site when the program is available to such children at the site, but—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H142F61972CE24DA49904413EEC142953"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the site is closed due to extreme weather conditions;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H883A7B3DBB33435CB467513455B2BF51"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>violence or other public safety concerns in the area temporarily prevent children from traveling safely to the site; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HD4E4ABD18A824B80B6901EAAAAE9B50D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other emergency circumstances, as defined by the State, prevent access to the site.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6454BDB3314A416EB133CC20C3D9A8C6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>In granting a request under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall ensure that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HF079D78F0BA14D638C82C9A7A88A126C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>allowances are issued by a State only between the months of May through September;</text> </clause><clause id="HC15D6369490643EA8AE3757FBC3B1C66"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>allowances are granted in the most efficient and effective manner to ensure programs and States can quickly respond and adapt to the circumstances described in clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (A); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HDAC18654EFA94B659F77A2C44781CE6A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>once an allowance is issued, any meal in which a component is offered but not served is not reimbursed under subsection (b).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H879FE16DD6A64BC9BD2D4BB4F6D3DE34"><enum>(C)</enum><header>State plan</header><text>As part of the management and administration plan described in subsection (n), a State shall describe—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HD614C2C2642C4A649CB46EF563B93E43"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the approval process, including the timeline, the State would undertake to issue an allowance;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H23971F09D93D4BF2A97D659FA9BB5562"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>standards for what circumstances merit an allowance, how long an allowance will last, and when an allowance may be extended; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HCBE1B0ACCC6B4C79B16050FB407219DE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>how the program would operate once an allowance is issued.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H777BAFD8B98245E7B88F104B95FDC218"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Off-site consumption</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H68DCA662BE5B4E0095A407F015D403C3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning in May 2017, a State may elect for service institutions to carry out an off-site consumption operation in the State to provide summer food service program meals to children eligible to participate in the program that such children may consume away from a congregate feeding site.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE805BEFA6A81408C874D2BCC7E176F50"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The operation described in subparagraph (A) shall be available to a child described in subparagraph (A) only if the child lives in an area that is eligible to participate in the summer food service program, but that is not currently being served, and such area—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HE33904479B274F2D86B356E20E668599"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is rural, as defined by the State; or</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HD67618E0674F47F1B612C9206016D8A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not rural, and is an area in which more than 80 percent of students are certified as eligible for free or reduced price meals.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7DB00EF534BE476F85EB1CFEF4BAF9C1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H084633DBC9584C15B8E36D94660DBE79"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The following shall apply to an operation described in subparagraph (A):</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H2A63C9A0AA63493491220B93C75DC5EC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The number of meals served to each child in a single meal service is limited to 2 meals, and the number of meals in a seven-day period shall be limited to 10 meals.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H0328E8EF5CD945888919F4E112DD7F42"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Any meal served shall meet the same standards for nutrition, safety, and quality as a meal served at a congregate feeding site.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H19C7C70998E349BB9AC3E5A2FF34E321"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Any meal in which a component is offered but not served shall not be reimbursed under subsection (b).</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HE0FEA602A0F74E6ABBE0785E7A895114"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Each State shall give priority to children who are living where congregate feeding sites are not accessible.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H301C7D83168C4BCCAB01EF1F7B030A1B"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow congregate feeding sites to cease from operating in order to be replaced by off-site consumption operations under this paragraph.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H66A3A2478D87460FA561DD854FD419D4"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>A State shall not—</text> <item commented="no" id="HED57A1E41CA64D79857EA6DBAC5C64AF"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>operate an off-site consumption operation simultaneously in the same service area with a congregate feeding site;</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="H710A99CB2081443FB74CF96B32F2D626"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>use more than 10 percent of funds received for administrative expenses to carry out this paragraph; or</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="H2C46062A3B394AAC8AB16EA97B91072B"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>implement an off-site consumption operation in all service areas in the State.</text> </item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H1A251270C7CF4426AF9889672BEED9AC"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>State plan</header><text>Each State choosing to provide summer food service program meals through an off-site consumption operation under this paragraph shall describe how the State plans to implement the operation in the management and administration plan in subsection (n), which shall include information on how the State will—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H9A45015977CB427799244019910A9572"><enum>(I)</enum><text>document operation, including implementation;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H09DDA4C6007E4D0E88A6D9A4AF0CDB60"><enum>(II)</enum><text>determine the method for selecting eligible areas and eligible service institutions to most effectively deliver summer food service program meals in the manner described in this paragraph;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HB07846D2A8A04B16929D1DE9EDD8B5FE"><enum>(III)</enum><text>design mechanisms by which households with children eligible to participate in the program could indicate a need for meal service through such an operation;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HFCF51FE4E2614C8AB17EC6FEE3A5EA56"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>develop an appropriate maintenance of effort requirement for service institutions currently operating congregate feeding sites;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HEF508C7EBECC4C5988912DF70AAE8FCB"><enum>(V)</enum><text>develop requirements for implementing safety and security measures to ensure that safety and security through such an operation is equivalent to such measures at a congregate feeding site; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H812BA82E1A374CAEB1391241452221EE"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>periodically reevaluate the potential for children to be served at a congregate feeding site.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDEC0FE16CE8046728F5A914EE5C254C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (k)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2E0AD01C55146F9BCA46C3E9F834074"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(3) To provide</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2DAAA7250F74D7B839D7F29D5F86B3B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C02182A68A641CEA4FCEE4F043231AB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nutritional and food quality monitoring</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0202CF0E05E449A961F473698D2BF3C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To provide</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24225A099D5149AB97900C6C45378C42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEEEF59D3D22F4D378D1087B990F4D279" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HD2394D34912F47DEB626E6FDD511CC26"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Insufficient funds</header> <clause id="H9643D11257CF4477ACB4847F7B20CC8E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If funds provided under subparagraph (A) are insufficient to pay for State or local health department inspections, and to reinspect facilities and deliveries to test meal quality, as required under this Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>), State agencies may elect to use funds described in paragraph (1) for those activities.</text>
</clause><clause id="H70979EC30EBF4FB5AF48D28BA72BBBBF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Funds described in clause (i) shall not exceed the lesser of—</text> <subclause id="H2DA5B44BC33841B69DFA4DE81D74BE04"><enum>(I)</enum><text>actual costs; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA12C128061DF4FEEACAD0E4E1AB0D548"><enum>(II)</enum><text>1 percent of program funds.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDD939F1909E14C8D9EFF5C88581D4336"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subsection (n) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HD6784257F715403BABE37F3CFB0145AA"><enum>(n)</enum><header>State plan</header><text>Each State desiring to participate in the program shall notify the Secretary by January 1 of each year of its intent to administer the program and shall submit, by February 15, a management and administration plan for the program for the fiscal year, which shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="H0B47494F8953435E800760B05818503A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the State’s administrative budget for the fiscal year; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE6D6BEE482454FCD953C06BAEBD2B180"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the State’s plans for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H345D13C8FAA144C8925BA801DE109B1D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use of program funds and additional State or private funds to reach children with the greatest need, to the maximum extent practicable;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBA3307D97A5F4D9DB7535E6CAEA61645"><enum>(B)</enum><text>strengthening the congregate feeding model for program delivery, including a process for identifying gaps in service and barriers to access;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H498402B8F3864A328789203B14B026B8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>administrative and fiscal plans for using the allowance described in subsection (a)(10) and, if applicable, the option described in subsection (a)(11) to assist service institutions in reaching children with the greatest need;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6CEE7E306864A84A727A0CCFE26D1BB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>providing technical assistance and training for eligible service institutions;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40B348F877984994941990086BFE97EB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>monitoring and inspecting service institutions, feeding sites, and food service management companies and ensuring that such companies do not enter into contracts for more meals than they can provide effectively and efficiently, and in compliance with the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9085CFFBB594DBD95E13A0FF997FB3E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>timely and effective action against program violators; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5845E8A7241462191A09EA405ADF88E"><enum>(G)</enum><text>ensuring fiscal integrity by auditing service institutions not subject to auditing requirements prescribed by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE730E156DCE9426CB95E684FD5056BAB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (r), by striking <quote>2015</quote> and inserting <quote>2021</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CEE230AEFA746748D8478D381CFA70C"><enum>107.</enum><header>Commodity distribution program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1762a">42 U.S.C. 1762a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9792399B7EF437CBF2460DE91590DAB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f), in the third sentence—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C13100E47154E4D8E6F81980E0C2542"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 9(a) of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>section 9(f)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20078C7DF57D42AB8ECEE08BF7BB216D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>represent the four basic food groups, including</quote> and inserting <quote>include</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB76B6E3A25724722AD20D908B0DC8E43"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (h).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H238140AD8C494B4681B5418AE3279B56"><enum>108.</enum><header>Child and adult care food program</header>
<subsection id="HB342C408DE324BF5A1A67EC344111523"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1766">42 U.S.C. 1766</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H64B2CCC4EC0C43E7BC72EE5821DA758A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB96583B9777F43F4A7CFCEE5C5BDDA17"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="HDD201B540F7A4BF0BADAB5925D892536"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>if</quote> and inserting <quote>if, during the month preceding the date of submission of the applicable initial application or reapplication</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H166C40813CAD4CCD90DC84126FB1E655"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </clause><clause id="H1B7A63A54BA34CA1B836CB795BA2FBEE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF2D44AACFDF247A6B73D32495C630BBD"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC9EF5051CF44DAF9130AE7F124524FB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H27D947DA17F148669729BC65162230C8"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any public or licensed nonprofit private residential child care institution (as defined in subsection (v)(1)) that is not concurrently receiving reimbursement under the school lunch program under this Act or the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6B7BDB0BEA484C43B46A638758B45A08"><enum>(H)</enum><text>any boarding school funded by the Bureau of Indian Education that is not concurrently receiving reimbursements under such school lunch program or school breakfast program.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8D0B18DB8644C18A6AB3E76500230BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>subsection (r)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (r) and (v)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA48ABD496FE43D5828E676DD30FAFB5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H78FAF0FCF8DB4BB99A383C420AD4CF89"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Duration of determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to an institution described in paragraph (2)(B), an eligibility determination under this subsection shall remain in effect for a period of 4 months after the date such institution is approved by the State under subsection (d).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1F8EDD57CBB840499102A165885B3F63"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and for each subsequent fiscal year, the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0184D90DCBD54EE8BA25D390F16B6BF7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF484298B0F47443D8FDD85329C8F7D05"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <clause id="H267AD283F442432DBD942115E71F0659"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>In consultation</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H6FF13A3AE6294FD9811D4DBBDD422BF0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In consultation</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause><clause id="HA5BB73FBEA8E4944B4F063F9D4053DF3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H19D5CC932E624C93A79B8C77B25BEBB3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Each sponsoring organization shall, on an annual basis, submit to the applicable State agency a report that describes, with respect to the preceding fiscal year—</text>
<clause id="HC394D94376C241059120DE17E70CB432"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the expenditures of program funds by the sponsoring organization; and</text> </clause><clause id="H210249D423534D46B21F10A1A0FCC0F8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of meal reimbursements retained by the sponsoring organization for administrative costs, if applicable.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9C34C28369DC49249893A2DE80788A1E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD114CFB078B4AD09AF0E62F89B5B30B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0E0C14D2320847AFBABF18D58C8B043B"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Serious deficiency process</header> <clause commented="no" id="H3740E8BF63BC4B1B8758E480E2E7F0B1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>, the Secretary shall review the serious deficiency process for the program under this section.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H15C32FADABD64B19BB2DDCA0F581680E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out clause (i), the Secretary shall review the processes for, and those involved in—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="HF399B391E8E949169CCD84AA1C3AC2F9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a finding of serious deficiency, including—</text>
<item commented="no" id="H7BCDEFDEBD93425FB47FDA70BF32E7EA"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>what measures automatically result in a finding of serious deficiency; and</text> </item><item commented="no" id="H765F766F8A1443DFA1526A496537D9D7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>how differentiation is being made between—</text>
<subitem commented="no" id="HBF56A771745F4E19937C7AFA6F67FF0C"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a reasonable margin of human error and systematic or intentional noncompliance; and</text> </subitem><subitem commented="no" id="H787AFEA9E8A7426F8064DA576AD880D2"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>State-specific requirements and Federal law and regulations, if applicable;</text>
</subitem></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H1F0ABAA830EC4C2B852E097C4F963B74"><enum>(II)</enum><text>appeals and mediation in any case in which there is a finding of serious deficiency;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HBD0D893EADF746699F210EA508C3CF4C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>determining the circumstances under which a corrective action plan is acceptable;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6A8018503D184E8AA02C8A075D43D7E4"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>information sharing between Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H7279F55F8E1740A0BC76B4E8B8A213B2"><enum>(V)</enum><text>termination and disqualification, including maintenance of the list under subparagraph (E).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H1A04C93F87EE46B7B7EF4AA54780D735"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Guidance and regulations</header>
<subclause commented="no" id="HEAD01223626D4DC09A09B07517E1CB5A"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After conducting the review under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall use findings from such review to assist sponsoring organizations, State agencies, and the Food and Nutrition Service in ensuring a fair, uniform, and effective administration of the serious deficiency process, while retaining program integrity, by issuing guidance, and, as appropriate, regulations, on the following:</text>
<item commented="no" id="H3FA007D01FFF4AF59AF5DE9BC3BE3DDA"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>Clarity on the different measures for noncompliance.</text> </item><item commented="no" id="HDE52E794A4924D9DA6ABB05FE962EC6B"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>Parameters for an appeals process to review a finding of serious deficiency or a determination that a corrective action plan is inadequate.</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="HC6FF1C1A11754C2AA452A65AAF538B53"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>Adequate timeframes under a corrective action plan for compliance that are consistent for all types of institutions participating in the program, including family or group day care homes.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H5CCA70905D84447FAD1025225C3AAE26"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Information sharing</header><text>Within such guidance or regulation, and as soon as practicable, the Secretary shall ensure information about findings are shared with the Secretary of Health and Human Services as to allow for maximum health, safety, oversight, and monitoring of participating child care and Head Start facilities.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3786434526014FBB9B9978E9CEEFDBA8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H8672CB7422F145C683B7861E53115FE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(C), by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA97D418960EF4BF1BCFCFC0D3CD5728D"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Carryover funds</header><text>Not more than 10 percent of the amount reserved by sponsoring organizations under clause (i) for administrative expenses for a fiscal year may remain available for obligation or expenditure in the succeeding fiscal year for administrative purposes.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H33796FDD0CBB4D2981B61AAA495A073E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H16406468A87348A28C887D16129CBFC0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HFF47909A097C4626B237A370CF0BD8D7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H27EC70DADD1640979A79AD1E27F6ABFB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H9B341371D12A4433A4E58FF6B4852CB6"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Use of donated foods</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, each institution shall use in its food service foods that are donated by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6ACB31104807425A9B2758EA1252FDD0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(1), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57D5A753C5DB42A3968255FAEDD51CEE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HFB3CF366E999432DB89D3FD1CA1F4316"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Engagement with State and local agencies</header> <clause id="HE41D61C0F4174FD2A0043D4C49AA915D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), institutions participating in the program under this section may engage with State agencies and local educational agencies to use existing infrastructure to enhance the use of, and increase access to, donated commodities.</text>
</clause><clause id="HD9E8000EBEEE48EC8B0870A564CD976F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Effect of subparagraph</header><text>Nothing in this subparagraph shall compel a local educational agency unwillingly to serve any institution participating in the program under this section.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H179C5B6842C24024AEF2AFCE05624DBF"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (i)(2)(B)(i), by striking <quote>if the State agency demonstrates</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>if the State agency demonstrates that the State agency can use funds to improve program management, oversight, and integrity, including by working with other State agencies involved with the monitoring of institutions under this section in order to streamline and coordinate the efforts of such State agencies.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H39DF15F585414B37BE51C7928CCC1CE0"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (r), by striking paragraphs (5) and (6);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3B9EC690293A4C7BB31F529777C31EEB"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subsection (s)(2)(C), by striking <quote>parents of enrolled children at enrollment</quote> and inserting <quote>parents or legal guardians of enrolled children in an easily accessible manner</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF495F56D9A5149BA8E9E5ECC44D40160"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in subsection (u)(3)—</text> <subparagraph id="HE98D89489F584D52894652AC02684259"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(i), by inserting <quote>for distribution to participants and families of participants</quote> after <quote>nutrition education</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24ED5BFFDF8741448DAC6D63B84A6073"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB20F05559634170899AB295F8161CF1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="H41184B4B876A49E1B2146FCB1D54170F"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The Secretary shall return to the general fund of the Treasury any funds that were—</text>
<subclause id="H0B7D7DB278AE4C7B961C60B464A031C1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>made available under this subparagraph; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HEB318CBCF4D94E6A944B38EA68C00B83"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not obligated as of the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFFCA7CED1A304672B7D789A1559B838F"><enum>(11)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H703575649DDA4C91AA113209984071C6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H95E30547961C473697070031F0F98BBA"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Participation by residential child care institutions</header> <paragraph id="HAF6B71BE82BA4AC8A555D3BC537F4617"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of residential child care institution</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>residential child care institution</term> means any public or nonprofit private residential child care institution, or distinct part of such an institution, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H63B97B0E7DF94977930C99463D764362"><enum>(A)</enum><text>operates principally for the care of children; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEAABF49B161C4614BE1BF988E604DABF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if private, is licensed to provide residential child care services under the appropriate licensing code by the State or local agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H33E4008F3D0547CA8BC27D456B5B9D4D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a residential child care institution shall be considered eligible for reimbursement for meals and supplements served to eligible children residing at the residential child care institution, so long as the institution does not simultaneously participate in the school lunch program under this Act or the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H729398684E304CC989A4D41CFF2A6E24"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Meal or supplement reimbursement</header>
<subparagraph id="H570FD428E77D4AF391DBB0581032F51D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>A residential child care institution may claim reimbursement under this section—</text> <clause id="H54F1C6AE81E94D98B59925C4780C0C24"><enum>(i)</enum><text>only for a meal or supplement served to children residing at the residential child care institution, who are—</text>
<subclause id="HF82973F5310F4BD194CCC5051A0FF442"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not more than 18 years of age; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H904D958D93C440BEB4E06CC27A39D9DF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>children with disabilities; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H8609BF271FC74D6BBBFEFF15E26EC0E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for not more than—</text> <subclause id="HE5833421D3494FA3BCE618D8E2EBCA7C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>1 breakfast, 1 lunch, and 1 supplement per child per day; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H95A1641D54E94DB5A26637B79EF8CB28"><enum>(II)</enum><text>1 breakfast, 1 supper, and 1 supplement per child per day.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41342C19E82D492D95E49F492E4BCCE4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rate</header><text>A meal or supplement eligible for reimbursement under this subsection shall be reimbursed at the rate at which free, reduced price, and paid meals and supplements, respectively, are reimbursed under subsection (c).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCA987E69CFCD4305A883CA247D4FE1F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advisory committee</header>
<paragraph id="H7A36671222C74EAA8FB2795476CD3B2F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and convene an advisory committee—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDDA01D2F619C4BCDBD3D154317340254"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to examine the feasibility of reducing unnecessary or duplicative paperwork resulting from regulations and recordkeeping requirements, including paperwork resulting from additional State requirements, for individuals and entities participating or seeking to participate in the child and adult care food program under section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1766">42 U.S.C. 1766</external-xref>) (as amended by subsection (a)), including (within the meaning of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>))—</text>
<clause id="HCFB74280BD5E43F78214F7046E53DAB1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State agencies;</text> </clause><clause id="H8D797906B4FC41E38B5AB5975AB46787"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>family child care homes;</text>
</clause><clause id="H08EBE1FBBCCC4C25B799EBF1AEAC3252"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>child care centers;</text> </clause><clause id="H2C143137A8FC42F8B94A1F17FC61C21B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>sponsoring organizations; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H96346D07051D4ED282386974A1DB12D8"><enum>(v)</enum><text>families.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93559200E30D4729ADB2D1E07DF31A1A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide recommendations to reduce unnecessary or duplicative paperwork for those program participants while ensuring that proper accountability and program integrity are maintained.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCC4A19A1EC2342C888761F85A094BBB4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Representation</header><text>The advisory committee under this subsection shall include representation from each of the following (within the meaning of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>), as applicable):</text>
<subparagraph id="H21AA05CF605A4F4EABBD84F592083B52"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Public and private nonprofit organizations.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H541770D4244B476BB30F2E239D6F26C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Home-based day care providers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1446167C6AD449F8C49D552497CD59A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Head Start centers.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04BAC1978F734220A2D07CCFF3E923E4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>For-profit proprietary organizations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2082DD4EF84D40328108C0576D57F2AD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Shelters for homeless families.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC68F51384568450E9E0D5685B832D77C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Adult day care centers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34F93B29E9924004AF162E4AEE44282D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>State agencies.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18BF8035A7E141CB91E382F4604CD7F0"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Sponsor organizations that provide administrative support to multiple providers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF8AF8E15E84843E4B1AE9ED4BFEACB1A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In developing the recommendations under this subsection, the advisory committee shall take into consideration, as appropriate—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6434E2C962A74989818EA5FBA69AC460"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any existing information, recommendations, and reports from the paperwork reduction work group convened by the Food and Nutrition Service in response to section 119(i) of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1766">42 U.S.C. 1766</external-xref> note; 118 Stat. 755);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0ACEFC679D34D26B797120CE60FA911"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the use of technology for electronic recordkeeping to reduce paperwork burdens on program participants and providers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA944D4D769F84C8AA6357679A08AF38B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>input from additional advocates and stakeholders for a broader knowledge base, if the advisory committee determines necessary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0F75E8A1C5FA49FB9E7C2B07D40A5274"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretarial action</header>
<subparagraph id="H810F310C25BE49A6B3709991C71E0F73"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Guidance or regulations</header>
<clause id="H8BC7C6D942234F8D91EF9742F2F8744B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Issuance</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue guidance or regulations, as appropriate, based on the recommendations of the advisory committee under paragraph (1) regarding streamlined and consolidated paperwork and recordkeeping requirements, including applications, monitoring and auditing requirements, and any other areas recommended by the advisory committee intended to reduce administrative burden.</text>
</clause><clause id="H023FDAC3E3714C9CA3D99DB4FC7455B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall implement any changes resulting from the guidance or regulations described in clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB909B0AB1A134253A703C379E164764B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>After issuing any guidance or regulations under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives a report describing any recommendations for legislative changes to further strengthen and streamline the application and monitoring process and reduce administrative burden on grantees, participants, local and State governments, and the Federal Government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H718EF6134E3D495DA0B7ECE5230EFB9A"><enum>109.</enum><header>Demonstration projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769">42 U.S.C. 1769</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD037ED30DB6E45019EA451D7E2CAA480"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsections (g), (h), (j), and (k);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4012A660B014B6EA75EC948FFFA8DC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (g);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3C6A99D0C2924B5DAB6AE2F317840054"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(5), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>2011 through 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>2017 through 2021</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H056A31CEB54B4EE1B2AD6852DEB2B4CA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" id="H95008CA60C2E4408B8BFABA9AE434D4E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H5F3EE76C710D479F9E7ECB8884C3EE46"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Access to local foods: farm to school program</header> <paragraph id="H930D389CF67B4BBBB2A904078C1C7925"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a program to assist eligible schools, State and local agencies, Indian tribal organizations, agricultural producers or groups of agricultural producers, and nonprofit entities through grants, technical assistance, and research to implement farm to school programs that improve access to local foods and improve nutrition education in eligible schools.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D5F5EE285FE423C986885A8BFBB84B9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="HFAA170447105497B92F9233204852A69"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Agricultural producer</header><text>The term <term>agricultural producer</term> means a farmer, rancher, or fisher (including of farm-raised fish).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEAE73A51D0FC46D692E9BFE37679CF6C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible school</header><text>The term <term>eligible school</term> means a school or institution that participates in—</text> <clause id="H0F490B25526C466DAEEC47A343FF7DEF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a program under this Act, including the summer food service program for children under section 13 and the early care and afterschool portions of the child and adult care food program under section 17; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HF29DE4688C59411ABE81615ABC3FD6CD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the school breakfast program established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC5622DD0923547D3AF29DF425748AD8B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grants</header>
<subparagraph id="H85DD9269181F433AB68BFF29B51B67EB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall award competitive grants under this subsection to be used for implementing farm to school programs for the purposes of improving access to local foods and improving nutrition education, through—</text>
<clause id="HAEC67A7A69684209AF04F30D3E967A30"><enum>(i)</enum><text>research, training, and technical assistance;</text> </clause><clause id="H7DD3E7FCFF0A4B35BFC35DD1EFCF6B43"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>supporting operations;</text>
</clause><clause id="H301FFFAABA994610AA3C4BD91A34D892"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>planning;</text> </clause><clause id="HDFAFC4B587BA4C25AD6F3ACD5A6866C3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>purchasing equipment;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCDE25A04C95845A899137D4117CAFFD6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>developing school gardens; and</text> </clause><clause id="H571B6EA2EC474D8483292F382C7812CF"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>developing partnerships to facilitate nutrition education and healthy eating.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE7E5E22B6AD49449B38DD503BB0AA5A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Regional balance</header><text>In making awards under this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure—</text>
<clause id="H1EC38EFABE11438F81539FF755A2534F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>geographical diversity; and</text> </clause><clause id="H13BEC4BF649E4A12BCBCC6258F920AB6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>equitable treatment of urban, rural, and tribal communities.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBCEA417505D4EFEBAAD289CDEE97A8E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Improved procurement and distribution</header><text>Funds provided under this subsection may be used to improve local food procurement and distribution options between agricultural producers and eligible schools, including innovative approaches to aggregation, processing, transportation, and distribution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3AE28E0F2D8B402F87C1D02A42958C62"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Awards</header>
<clause id="HDBE8951EC5D7496290E535C8B7C7060B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The total amount provided to a grant recipient under this subsection shall not exceed $150,000.</text> </clause><clause id="H889BC3619EE148B3AD156A74BB232CC8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The term of an award shall not exceed 3 years.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2EE54D5494CC4E548658B6169C63C20C"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary shall not award any entity more than 1 grant at any given time.</text> </clause><clause id="HE136CEAAD3E64415ACE2A7EF33265B34"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Purpose and scope</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall make awards of diverse amounts and duration so as to best match a variety of purposes, scopes, and needs of the project proposals.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6AEEC0E3B1C242D1B38364064732F52C"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary shall not award a grant under this subsection if the majority of grant funds would be used solely for the purpose of carrying out a conference.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBCD4E6F2215D48039939A8540D852A98"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<subparagraph id="HB41238050C4A4B369246BAC606B7D3AD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal share of costs for a project funded through a grant awarded under this subsection shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D29E5102EC9468E87C74FA315F2B741"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal matching</header><text>As a condition of receiving a grant under this subsection, a grant recipient shall provide matching support in the form of cash or in-kind contributions, including facilities, equipment, or services provided by State and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and private sources.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H61F6C02878FB46EEBCFED36CF0FDCC33"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Criteria for selection</header>
<subparagraph id="HF8AF4F31495D4984A8735E43B13BCB5E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, in providing assistance under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to proposals to—</text>
<clause id="H7D199C6DD3934E0EA1293C59383FB8A5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>serve a high proportion of children who are eligible for free or reduced price meals;</text> </clause><clause id="H14645B33984D455ABD8B51C5B9C5B92E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>incorporate nutrition education activities that encourage the participation of school children in farm and garden-based agricultural education activities;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA5BF90793EFF4CC7898B878E1DF31EA6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide families the opportunity to participate in educational programming, including through materials and engagement activities, to improve nutrition outside the school environment;</text>
</clause><clause id="H73C3868DCECB4553A22D65EE3E235459"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>demonstrate collaboration between eligible schools, nongovernmental and community-based organizations, agricultural producer groups, and other community partners;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2C9918D4CF0641919FFA9C208CAF5374"><enum>(v)</enum><text>make local food products available on the menu of reimbursable meals under this Act at the eligible school;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBE361A38A7294BA3B5C2CB920211DDAA"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>demonstrate the potential for long-term program sustainability with non-Federal funds; and</text> </clause><clause id="H1C22095546F24EFD86FC56F7C20A1EA4"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>expand the selection of local commodities available for eligible schools.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD8B6F8465DB44DAA855AB1D3DB961EB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Tribal community projects</header><text>In the case of projects serving tribal communities, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, give highest priority to projects that propose to use products from tribal agricultural producers, in addition to the priorities under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D394A31A5544DD79396D0CFCD14D20E"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>As a condition of receiving a grant under this subsection, each grant recipient shall agree to cooperate in an evaluation of the program by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9AF1FB8574E433A932A5546E007D3CF"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Technical assistance and research</header>
<subparagraph id="H56FA1AB116F743EF8579939A4B361B70"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide technical assistance, research, and information through amounts reserved under this subsection for such purposes, to assist schools, State and local agencies, Indian tribal organizations, agricultural producers, and nonprofit entities—</text>
<clause id="HCBE61B1960104C2F9343F2E6BC26F505"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to facilitate the coordination and sharing of information and resources that may be applicable to the farm to school program;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7BAFEEE1B78B4E6B9CAC1CF748A261D8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to collect and share information on best practices;</text> </clause><clause id="H62922D15379D4A7CA3595291AC55802D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to disseminate research and data on existing farm to school programs and the potential for programs to begin in underserved areas; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0E743DE7295847838F99266161FD087E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to increase awareness of, and participation in, farm to school programs among agricultural and aquiculture producers or agricultural producer groups, including beginning, veteran, and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06E107C5A486476AAA1684665753D7E2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title> and every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary shall review and submit to the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the regulatory and other barriers related to including locally or regionally produced food products in school food programs, including any progress that has been made in identifying and eliminating such barriers through examining—</text>
<clause id="HEF019E155A674F558B70C1F7D6A29553"><enum>(i)</enum><text>barriers to the development and implementation of successful farm to school programs;</text> </clause><clause id="H81CD30C3218342879819B77E952EDD56"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the direct and indirect costs affecting the production and marketing of locally or regionally produced agricultural food products for school food programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEADEC938564D46ABB9675B016EACEBBD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the costs local school food programs incur by acquiring such local foods for school meal programs in comparison to the costs for other foods in such school meal programs; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H98ACA01F2BB24CAF927F06272808952A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>local and regional market access for such food products, partnerships, small-scale production, and any barriers to and long-term feasibility of such access.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0C21B9FB5CAA4BB4A81F2C63769BA7BF"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<subparagraph id="HD4FC3DBBAB1F4F358647D0977E10DCF4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On October 1, 2016, and each October 1 thereafter, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8FDF185D241C4CE58B0798CC54494999"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Receipt and acceptance</header><text>The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out this subsection the funds transferred under subparagraph (A), without further appropriation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H646F7AE246B84E578215C5BBEEB21908"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Of the funds made available to the Secretary under subparagraph (A), not more than 5 percent may be used to pay administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out this subsection and evaluating the program in accordance with paragraph (6).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5B256EF50C174938BEE424801D1D5221"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Summer Meal Service through business partnership</header>
<paragraph id="H6AEA813F1DAB4FE6A014BDF1A6E5706F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the funds made available under the summer food service program under section 13, the Secretary shall award grants on a competitive basis to not more than 4 State agencies to improve delivery of such summer food service program for low-income children in underserved areas during the summer through sustainable, scalable, business-driven solutions.</text>
<subparagraph id="HB0C8CA4F849B4762BC9BA5572B9F296F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>A grant awarded under this subsection shall be for a period of not more than 3 years.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8297CE50CE494A29877CE0093CC27B8C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to State agencies that have met the application requirements under this subsection and which demonstrate a severe unmet need for serving children in additional eligible areas in the State through the summer food service program under section 13.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H543D86AB4A2F429099F0E8DAFA37E2C3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Funds under this subsection will—</text> <clause id="HF0FD3E86AA064F108B67CDCDC5E2CEE2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be awarded for the purpose of reducing childhood hunger and allowing parents to better participate in the labor force or an education or workforce development program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H396B28C97C6747E780EBB7F767DF78E7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not preempt or prevent operation of the summer food service program under section 13.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H614C7FAACEF24D3B9383A94EE0AE9557"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State application</header><text>A State seeking to improve delivery of the summer food service program in such State in accordance with this subsection shall submit an application at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may reasonably require. The application shall contain—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF0051094CD85454F8C31585C32816D3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>State plans to implement and manage the program in accordance with other applicable Federal requirements under this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3DD27692263468B9F20523EDE527900"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a determination of the eligible areas in the State in which poor economic conditions exist in accordance with the program, but where an eligible service institution is not currently in operation, where the State may reimburse a vendor;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H246CD6CEC1CF4408926E898FD4AC761E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identified eligible vendors which the State has determined to be qualified to provide meals in accordance with this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8367932B962A464CB8C2AA1E497F2E54"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a proposed timeline for entering into contracts with eligible vendors and strategies for effective communication; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D478E24B479480AB2E963BDF08D0FCF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an assurance that funds will be used to provide meals to the most vulnerable, underserved, and rural populations, as determined by the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8A52F139BAF442E081288A72B991485D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible vendor</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, an eligible vendor is a food vendor which the State determines has the administrative capacity and proven operating performance to provide eligible meals to children in underserved areas in accordance with this subsection and the summer food service program requirements on management responsibilities of sponsors and self-preparation sites, including requirements that the vendor—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB1CE8D0E397F482FB95CCFC2E34EFBEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>accepts final administrative and financial responsibility for management of an effective food service, including auditing and reporting responsibilities, but will not receive administrative funding from the State to do so;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9EA1917A1FD2491B9A94303633A67B14"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has not been determined ineligible to participate in any other program under this Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 by reason of violation of the requirements of that program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DE619974667445F8F86B09711793C6F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>will provide adequate supervisory and operational personnel for monitoring and management of a self-preparation site;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67923EC10B244757A2156645D282C7A8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>contracts directly with the State as a sponsor;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2AFF5C0817EB489E88EC43661F2ECE91"><enum>(E)</enum><text>ensures that meals are inspected periodically as required under existing program regulations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3123CDEF290C45D7A60CC465E010A447"><enum>(F)</enum><text>participates in applicable State and Federal reporting and auditing requirements under this Act as appropriate, including to provide other information determined relevant by the Secretary in accordance with paragraph (5);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9DEC736B1A524A52918AE91B5C1D4355"><enum>(G)</enum><text>has State or local health certification for the facilities in which meals will be prepared and distributed for use in the program, and ensures that State and local health and sanitation requirements are met at all times; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEC6E98B1EFB42FD9AC9600B791BA071"><enum>(H)</enum><text>has the organizational capacity to offer meals in underserved communities, including preparation and delivery logistics.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4E3F46AF55654DF09C002FBD1466969B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State disbursement</header><text>A State shall use the grant awarded to the State under this subsection to reimburse an eligible vendor for meals served to eligible children in accordance with the summer food service program under section 13 and with this subsection, as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H7826C20906BB41A78CC6FA7081D05E98"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Reimbursements shall be available for an eligible vendor operating in an eligible area in which poor economic conditions exist where no sponsor is currently operating the program under section 13.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4056C0BA4C84E368B5A0FAA5178B2CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To the extent practicable, a State shall give priority to eligible vendors that—</text> <clause id="HE84E7864555143D798929A07F6EBB073"><enum>(i)</enum><text>demonstrate partnerships with entities providing summer enrichment activities such as schools, local government agencies, and nonprofit agencies; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB33BDF826E734E12A938AE1DA73C898A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide meals at a congregate site.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3F3B85B3EDAF492BBFA98FB0DFFC398F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A State shall follow established procedures in entering into contracts with a vendor, such as through a Request for Proposal, Invitation for Sealed Bid, Small Purchase Procedure, or other common method.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7B6AC8EF8DCB4811A70F6FFA961FECA3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Auditing</header>
<subparagraph id="H7FA438865AA54DC39D142247C3825C71"><enum>(A)</enum><header>State reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the end of the grant period for a grant awarded to a State under this subsection, the State shall submit to the Secretary a report on—</text>
<clause id="HD88BFE2A88924BFDA6948E0B19208C2A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the activities carried out with such grant; and</text> </clause><clause id="H61E3BE3C9BBA42D8B10766713FB7E0AB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the impacts of such activities on children, families, and eligible service institutions during the summer.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3802AECDA234A31A7056652996C0A8B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report from Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No later than 4 years after the first grant is awarded under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the grant program under this subsection, which shall include—</text>
<clause id="HF79260F9CEC3470682708507795559E9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a review of information submitted by States under subparagraph (A); and</text> </clause><clause id="H56FEA90834484438A063C972A570A267"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>best practices on reducing childhood hunger in the summer months.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD7BD01FA00A94746AE430EB30476C166"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following rules shall apply with respect to this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="HC906AD2EAA9042F29F5677FDDF6D8F32"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No commodities shall be provided to businesses or vendors under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA67504508E014867A00908A65C236D55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Vendors shall assume all administrative costs under this subsection.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBEEA40A906AC4039B57711A4B864ECFD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Meals shall be provided to children eligible for the summer food service program under section 13.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12ABA995F7A841AF833660EA3D525EAA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A vendor receiving reimbursements shall not profit directly from such reimbursements under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61868037EE5E4BF29BE3A4B32F88B1EE"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall include payments to States under this subsection in its calculations for administrative costs incurred by States under subsection (k)(1) of section 13.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAE3B857D45C149C3B5D725DCE90947A3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Summer electronic benefit transfer for children</header>
<paragraph id="HD9811B7A5C1E4449BE878546E6D4953A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purposes of the provision of electronic benefits provided through this subsection are to assess the use of alternate methods of providing access to food for children during the summer months when school is not in regular session that are intended to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB0D22D35335849AE87071A96B4B4AC46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increase summer food service program effectiveness and efficiency;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H28EBDFB7C3A14C439811FB43874FF5BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reduce or eliminate the food insecurity and hunger of children; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4471322A5E64BAA841A2CD6CF53110A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improve the nutritional status of children.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0EC5EC9F8EE841739093610A500389C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Demonstration</header> <subparagraph id="H60135765E9D149EB8F3C15A2C053B9F8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Election</header><text>A State that, as of the date of enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>, is operating, or has operated, a summer electronic benefit transfer for children demonstration may elect to continue operating such demonstration in accordance with the requirements of this subsection as an alternative to other delivery models of providing meals to children during the summer months when school is not in regular session.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2B545EA19F224CA49006A5C14ABA80A7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State requirements</header><text>As a condition of participating in the demonstration under this subsection, a State shall—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HF4D92ACA6EE84F06B4BABA0AEE3FBAF9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>comply with the requirements under this subsection; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H5E5B22AB080C49B2BD9B120DD36F8F2E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>agree to provide such information the Secretary may require for the evaluation of the demonstration as required under this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD0F4F1FF15CD4630905689EEDF3874B3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="HA6CC0D9F2FA349009AAAD121F2A4B114"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible household</header><text>The term <term>eligible household</term> means a household that includes 1 or more school-aged child determined as eligible to receive free or reduced price school meals during the prior school year, but such child is not participating in a program that provides food during the summer through the summer food service program under section 13.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4DC6A2F4AF94A229AE431ED100B7A60"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> includes a tribal entity.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83447BAA55F74D0CA410FAB570C06C1C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Summer electronic benefit transfer for children demonstration</header><text>The term <term>summer electronic benefit transfer for children demonstration</term> means an electronic benefit transfer demonstration project under section 748(g)(1) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Appropriations Act, 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/80">Public Law 111–80</external-xref>; 123 Stat. 2132).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H77BD46332DFE43F9872C522DC8DE6388"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Benefit levels</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H559FF6E75C00483E95F0E22E8DAE2FE5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall approve States seeking to make an election under paragraph (2)(A) that will evaluate the impact of providing a variety of differentiated benefit levels to eligible children as a way to reach such children to the greatest extent practicable. The values of such benefits shall be determined by the State, but shall be between $15 and $30 per month for each school-aged child in an eligible household.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2C60B8E714A546F2A73CE7BCDDBABA84"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rate determination</header><text>In determining the values under subparagraph (A), a State may consider differentiating rates based on the need for such benefits, which may be determined through factors such as—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H60E28D04A7C54ABC85DDD25BBD8E6E0B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the proportion of applicants that are eligible for free price meals;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H6484D247CA744CD2A82B83D48ED91D05"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>total number of households and children seeking to participate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H0544EB75AD8045CDA969C027AEA00777"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>food security in children across communities in such State;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H190376340950481FAEA8FD7206F3AC6D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>average redemption rates of benefits;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HD2EBA520ECD3422AB1C466C74A7C7EFC"><enum>(v)</enum><text>impact of such values at improving food security in children;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HF3C8D71A238A4BA4BCE92237ECBFBABF"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>availability of other community programs that provide meals to children during the summer months when school is not in regular session where children might otherwise receive nutrition assistance; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HFCE3525D908140CFAD39DAC0B87639CA"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>any other information a State determines is useful for determining such rates.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF02367C0DAC14D6EA7C0F2F1FD1A29F6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitations</header> <clause id="HE655A46DF99240E89D9A74CBCC62CE1C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Time</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No child may receive more than 3 months of benefits under this paragraph in any 12-month period.</text>
</clause><clause id="HB6FA2BFFD27648CA9044531BFC42E310"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>No child may receive more than $30 of benefits under this paragraph per month.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4EC7004990E441C7B4B669F248F6A2DE"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit States or local entities from providing additional non-Federal resources for the purposes of this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1E47D335A035402EB71417D309F45167"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Effective implementation</header>
<subparagraph id="HC2E33476908140509B00EBF93C6852CF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In administering this subsection and providing benefits to children in accordance with this subsection, a State shall consider previous State experiences and best practices in implementing the summer electronic benefit transfer for children demonstration carried out before the date of enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>, including information evaluating findings of the demonstration (including the 2013 final report published by the Department of Agriculture).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEBA9EC3FC16F4D67A350E3E7C39A38B4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall provide, and periodically update, technical assistance to States for purposes of this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H440012956BB64B16993B4297E465A364"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Use of benefits</header>
<subparagraph id="H27181D5112914BCEBC825E16DB67D7B5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Benefits issued to families through the election under paragraph (2)(A) may be used only for the purchase of food for consumption by school-aged children in such family.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62084CF209F94C5AB238E10E302680BA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>Benefits issued through the election described in this subparagraph may be redeemed only when school is out of session for the summer period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF13A61D54203430EA56E1A31DE173662"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>In administering this subsection, the State shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HDF159730D407432F81C6B61BD67E0961"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that benefits are issued only to eligible households that live—</text>
<clause id="H5CEBC2DCA8A4471F89B5D4DF1D92B9EA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in areas with high rates of poverty or long-term poverty that are rural and have no congregate feeding sites or access to meals otherwise provided through the summer food service program authorized under section 13; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HB1BE30668D804BFFBFF2A5FB13100AA6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>outside an area in which poor economic conditions exist but in an area with no access to meals otherwise provided through the summer food service program authorized under section 13;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4DA242E67F04C50889F494F6D5CA4C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>issue benefits to eligible households only after such household has made an oral or written request to receive electronic benefit transfer benefits under this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1DFF1C8A6E0C481BB4E41A05E3B9917B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>document how the election will be administered in the management and administration plan described in subsection (n), including the process for identifying areas in which benefits will be issued.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H60E4ABAA609C40C784A44C3F49D046E5"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>The Secretary shall provide for an ongoing, independent evaluation of the demonstration carried out under this subsection, including quasi-experimental or other methods that are capable of producing scientifically valid information to determine effectiveness in achieving the purposes described in paragraph (1), including examining or assessing—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0F42F70338AA4BAFB82CA84D40B976B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>feasibility of, or barriers to, successful implementation of this subsection;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2E8F0F394D442F691667C2555904591"><enum>(B)</enum><text>varied approaches in State implementation of this subsection, including different approaches, challenges, and lessons learned;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCE8C66EA6894F129EC1D706C27D687E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>specific levels of use and receipt of benefits;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4A4A388D4E6D4601973D6C5F0451C00F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>impact on children’s food security and nutritional impacts, including by the different impacts on children in a variety of geographical areas such as rural, urban, and suburban areas, localities, and States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16D39C388FA54492AD1364D778C21CDE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>total cost (including administrative cost) of implementing and operating this subsection, including in comparison to other methods of providing summer meal service to school-aged children;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9AF329F60BD4D09865BA02CD12F5C1D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>impacts and results of such evaluation in comparison to evaluations of the summer electronic benefits transfer for children demonstration published by the Secretary of Agriculture; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C46067F919B422FBC80866A8D712332"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the potential for benefits provided under this subsection to improve effectiveness and efficiency of the summer food service program in comparison to other methods of providing summer meal service to school-aged children.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB10A9BDF81924487A7032C8A2E5176DF"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than one year after amounts are first appropriated under paragraph (10), and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDFA1564703BA42F0A967918C925A9F82"><enum>(A)</enum><text>includes the information resulting from the most recent evaluation under paragraph (8); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC48608E0D9640009B897F8A9ECCB7C5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">takes into consideration evaluations of the summer electronic benefits transfer for children demonstration published by the Secretary of Agriculture.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H66F30C98F65B41218A87397B8BFC130E"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subparagraph id="H542E672BDC6E484282D9CC1BC86D222A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection not more than $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2020, to remain available until expended.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7239FFB2B668480A8A25AFDE07DA2EA9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>Of such appropriations, for each fiscal year—</text> <clause id="H474BC4D9A184448D88528EBFF6B94E8B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each State shall utilize a portion for administrative funds that shall be equal to the levels necessary to effectively and efficiently administer the State’s demonstration under this subsection, as determined by the State;</text>
</clause><clause id="H87BCCDB6CFB24DAF98BB95A299252A6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not more than 1 percent may be spent on administrative funds by the Secretary; and</text> </clause><clause id="H2F95ED4A3C8C4CA8B960AF2A71E8886A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>not more than $499,999 shall be available for the Secretary to comply with paragraph (8).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3A072C53CB2E405CA3509377C2EE4485"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2016, the Secretary shall provide guidance to States to implement this subsection, including recommendations for States to successfully continue to implement the summer electronic benefit transfer for children demonstration while complying with the new or additional requirements of this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4BD023299CB4ACBA9FDD58E0FE17F38"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17AB89A8797A410FA1311CF688F09D82" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H6423A3E1F48C4466BE137218B15591FD"><enum>(h)</enum><header>State administration of child nutrition programs</header> <paragraph id="HA4A5D4D2E4AD4A9CAC36C8EFB3600901"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this subsection are to provide States flexibility to develop programs and policies to best meet the nutritional needs of school-aged children in the State by providing flexibility over school meal programs under this Act and section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>) and other programs to address such needs more effectively and efficiently with less Federal involvement, including by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0F56D51FB5434EB891C5E3A15A51DD81"><enum>(A)</enum><text>removing duplication, redundancies, regulatory burden, and unnecessary requirements resulting from the Federal administration of the school meal programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3C4EADB4F0A4D71B70BCC24B3BCB8DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>more efficiently using Federal, State, local, and nongovernmental resources to strengthen delivery of the school meal programs and other programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E19B64BC6E64FF4932F10D80D3EBCD3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supporting healthy meals through involvement by parents, family members, and the community, including nonprofit organizations, health organizations, and school officials from large and small urban, suburban, and rural areas in the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H661BEFAA72E945FCA84237B8E293DFA1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header>
<subparagraph id="H2D6DA9DAEE8B45639583316F66E7C3D0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to up to 3 States to enable the States to carry out the activities described in this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H36C225E2CF6C45AC9348846A86A4B1D4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="HC06FBF7C5DF74D9693C2D474266138DA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in a case in which more than 3 States apply for a grant under this subsection, give priority to States by taking into consideration regional diversity; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE5811ADA1C794FD193193EE3F0E1B7E6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensure each State awarded a grant under this subsection meets the required assurances under paragraph (3)(D), except that the Secretary shall not approve or disapprove an application on the basis of a State’s plan or proposed program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93433636C7F64B0A9E7819164B57DB77"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Duration of grants</header><text>A grant to a State under this subsection—</text> <clause id="H24E7BD9DABE94622A9DC047BB169170F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall be awarded to the State for a 3-year period; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H35B096E27E1549008B97B905D5CDB945"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may be renewed by the Secretary for an additional 3-year period if the State can demonstrate success in meeting the nutritional needs of the school-aged children in the State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8EB3DA634A8B4D4B9A7FDFE742973400"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Amount of grants</header><text>The amount of a grant awarded to a State under this subsection for each year of the grant period shall be equal to the amount described in paragraph (3)(C).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DFC37BD458B4A04908601E5584320E5"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header><text>Each State that receives a grant under this subsection shall provide funds from non-Federal sources (which may be provided in cash, commodities, or in kind) to support the activities under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H29F5BC7491F14EBD84396583159569F6"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>A State that receives a grant under this subsection may not, during any period during which the State receives such grant, receive funds under any of the following:</text>
<clause id="HC954EB9F8E8B4AE380EB3D3BB57A9C01"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The school lunch program under this Act.</text> </clause><clause id="HB35EBE287F8144E498D894B4534A8312"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>).</text>
</clause><clause id="HE622DC790A3B43D1B82A03B32689E889"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The special milk program under section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1772">42 U.S.C. 1772</external-xref>).</text> </clause><clause id="H13A3EF6076244B1280C4C808ADA31430"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The State administrative expenses funding under section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1776">42 U.S.C. 1776</external-xref>).</text>
</clause><clause id="HD23B1C688E284C599A5E6F81EE009561"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The team nutrition network under section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1788">42 U.S.C. 1788</external-xref>).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8D924D6F0FA842CAA700D953429113C8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To receive a grant under this subsection, a State shall submit an application at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may reasonably require. The application shall contain—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2C81F15F57BB4E1BA1C59AB470EBEF79"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assurance that each school-aged child in the State will have access to at least one affordable meal service option during the school day at the school in which the child is enrolled, and a plan for how the State will carry out such assurance, including—</text>
<clause id="H37511D35B7804ABDBC6323493E0603A2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the income thresholds or other needs-based determinations to be used for determining—</text> <subclause id="HB566815D8D5848A697CE26FF2D2579DB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>which students are eligible for free meals;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB94A0580A21148F5822A137538CBE0C8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>which students are eligible for reduced price meals; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H6492DE34139E4863B7FED5BB396AD149"><enum>(III)</enum><text>which students are required to pay the full price for meals;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD5DF44DCE713459E8CBA40A1F29701F8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the estimated number of students in the State eligible for the thresholds for each meal category described in clause (i);</text>
</clause><clause id="H1C45A9B2216C46BFAB58063C342EAB20"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the price to be charged to students eligible for reduced price meals and the price to be charged to students required to pay the full price for meals;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB62974C35A3B4A50921D11A11C3C4F2C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>how the State will identify and verify eligibility of such students, such as through census data, application processes, or any other State-determined method;</text>
</clause><clause id="H31A7F8863F7946EC91B77119F9A5B8EB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>an identification of any non-Federal sources, including State funds, the State will utilize to meet the needs of school-aged children in the State if the grant received under this subsection is not sufficient to cover the cost of the meals to be served during the period in which the State receives such grant;</text>
</clause><clause id="H226F7B903C4546E7BF1C3D467B5CB996"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>any other factors the State will use to determine distribution of funds received under the grant to each elementary school and secondary school in the State to reimburse the schools for the cost of the meals served, including how the State will ensure a fair distribution of such funds to address the need for such meals at each such school; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF11A48C27F1E4E1C9806A2BF963C2321"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the monitoring plan the State will use to ensure the funding described in clause (v) will be used in accordance with this subsection;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8EB11519FFB7474B871B41548541CA5B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the requirements for meals provided under this subsection that the State will require, including requirements for meal standards and pricing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A41649834EC43999CCF2B1621C55844"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a request for an amount of grant funds for each year that the State will receive a grant under this subsection, which may not, for each such year exceed the amount the State received for fiscal year 2016—</text>
<clause id="H6216F03BCB6440DB8EE6463AFEC26E24"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for free and reduced price meal reimbursements under the programs described in clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (2)(F), excluding any additional reimbursements received under section 4(b)(3) of this Act; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5DCFC2018C0B4254A5490F6FCA6214DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>under the programs described in paragraphs (iii) through (v) of paragraph (2)(F); and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD43C2F545C22422FA9712F22B66969AD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>assurances that the State will—</text>
<clause id="HA76425CBB2A2483C93FD8E5C6FBD1D17"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide healthy meals to school-aged children in the State to ensure maximum participation of students in the State;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA95CC9A514C84B02935EAB0122C562DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide technical assistance to local educational agencies and schools to ensure maximum participation of students in the State;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7E9688EC949445D58A34270C858B10D6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide an annual report to the Secretary that outlines the activities and progress made in providing healthy meals to students in a more cost efficient manner than such meals were provided prior to the State receiving such grant; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC5A011E2FCFC4B9FB999A90DBF9D8CFE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">work with school leaders, school nutrition providers, and health professionals to develop and implement the plan under subparagraph (A) and to ensure that meals provided in schools in the State using the grant will be healthy and provided in an efficient and cost effective manner.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4CA5856372B5426D8CDB033BE865DBDB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of funds</header>
<subparagraph id="HDC98D67C42434F5985A39256ED11DB64"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State that receives a grant under this subsection shall use the grant funds to—</text> <clause id="H23F0F3E19E024B1DB8D72E569E01F6CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide meals to school-aged children in accordance with paragraph (3);</text>
</clause><clause id="HBF00309435AE4E59A5C960233899AC4A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>carry out the activities described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph; and</text> </clause><clause id="HE4656D1DECFC45439C302517A24954A2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>carry out any other activities the State determines will support the goals of this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBBFBD80178394B65AB26CD810CCAFEEE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional State activities</header><text>Each State that receives a grant under this subsection shall, in addition to the activities described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), provide nutritional assistance to low-income and vulnerable children, as determined by the State, by—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2BB76F5ACFED4347B6C5EDF9FB653659"><enum>(i)</enum><text>addressing specific State and community nutritional needs;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H7DFD77C8745645008FDE4D45B9E76BAF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>engaging partners to deliver the meal programs to spur innovation in such delivery, including local governments and school officials, businesses, non-profit and faith-based organizations, and other community partners;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H4C382E1D6B134C6296E9CFC6411EBBA5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>developing or strengthening private sector partnerships to support the community and nutritional needs of school-aged children; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HABC1D40ACB574E8FA05E70C944121987"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>achieving administrative and other programmatic cost savings.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE9C8ACD59B8428AA7A3BF73C3C4CB93"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A State may use not more than 10 percent of the grant received under this subsection for administrative and outreach expenses.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC12D4D5A642C4C8A8BD9421175C1547C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after receiving a grant under this subsection, a State shall submit to the Secretary a report on how the State was better able to operate school meals and other programs to address needs more effectively compared to how the State addressed such needs before the grant was awarded to the State. The report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H30F120AC38964C79A4EF18CFEF05DDC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of how the State used the grant funds, the State costs of carrying out the activities under this subsection (including food, administrative, labor, oversight, and any other costs), and any revenue the State received by carrying out such activities (including Federal, non-Federal, and family contributions);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0602D81D4F4741359DD4129F82CFA01C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the strategies and activities undertaken at the State and, if applicable, local level to meet the goals of this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B2148885231450AA1E536D4A53DA33D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>financial efficiencies the State has identified through the grant, including the extent to which activities under the grant have led to the addition, blending, or braiding of other Federal or private funding, and the specific or estimated amount of cost-savings, reduced burdens, and other efficiencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC58446D33E834E9AA24E55B72A104ADB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the impacts the State has made in meeting the goals of this subsection;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C0281616EF3472BAB4F0EE8B8CAEA11"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any barriers the State has identified in providing school meals, and ways in which to overcome such barriers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03D242BF1224478B87203C010FF7A9A9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>other State-determined and voluntarily provided information intended to share best practices for future implementation of this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D8BF02628634FE99D20D795291CD5CC"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Limitations on Federal interference</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize the Secretary to establish, as a condition to receive a grant under this subsection or as requirement to operate such a grant, any criterion that specifies, defines, or prescribes—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA534E452993F40F8BAE9071308056F94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>nutritional guidelines, standards, or meal requirements, including the methods that a State uses to develop, implement, or improve such nutritional guidelines, standards, or meal requirements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFCE6948DA3F548CE800ECCEA32D10BC5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>specific aspects, parameters, or measures of programmatic quality, including measures of compliance or evaluation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C3DDEE6624843A689F7F6E14EC97455"><enum>(C)</enum><text>nutritional curriculum, programs of instruction, or instructional content;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0886EF64E1BE4BF185380250A215C329"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any aspect of meal provision criteria, including nutritional requirements, timing, duration, type, price, amount, or any other aspect of meals or meal program operation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D4DE281F24F4345A90A8AB6922A62BE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any term under this subsection as such term applies to activities carried out by a State, including the terms healthy, affordable meal, school day, and nutritional needs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8DC837C4CA743B5AFD37587C4831DD7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the ways in which a State identifies and verifies eligibility for benefits, including child, family, and provider eligibility;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2817FA4C0F064BCB8705EA392F9D6A9F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>differentiated payment rates a State may use;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H432F6A5CB1E24796B00B6E07563B3885"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the amount or sources of non-Federal funds that a State must provide;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE131A882A404F268F72639BF19AF0FA"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentages or amounts of grant funds to be used for specific activities within or among programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0BB1A97067A042A5A3FFF72A4A081232"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the scope or structure of programs, including number of meals served, timing within the day, and length or time of year a program operates; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H929B2E6B299547C3894BBE622DB01F16"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any aspect or parameter of programmatic evaluation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9BFF07F1B214F30953F18DB6ED73733"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Federal reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 4 years after the first grant is awarded under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and to States, a report on the feasibility of scaling the implementation of this subsection, including the efficiencies, cost savings, and other benefits identified by State implementation of the programs described in paragraph (2)(F) under this subsection. Such determination of feasibility shall be based on information including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB1C522E84E8D4643B832333D2CC6AFA7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>State reports submitted under paragraph (5);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4D497F4ACB74562B07C979C15D657CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a determination of the level of Federal cost-savings achieved and the amount of future cost-saving implications;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7EB33049166F42398A849C7BA0C59116"><enum>(C)</enum><text>programmatic simplifications the Federal Government could pursue; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H067872D91B594AF9A93CFACEEFECDB33"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other information provided by States or private entities that would be useful in recommendations to the public, States, and to Congress.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE68F30FC10F94D6AAC7FA9AFDB2BF3D4"><enum>110.</enum><header>Fruit and vegetable program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 19 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769a">42 U.S.C. 1769a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D5228DD346C44B9B4F58FB5271CE9B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Fresh</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5E43254BD5B4D6580DB4B160A90B7E2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>fresh</quote> each place it appears in subsections (a), (b), and (e); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD62A4DC54DF748CBB4FE08F8C0DF2756"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8875EE3850254C838993B3B6B6D5F186"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (5) and (7);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC555FE543AA046F8B9C91B8762B18369"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2044B01367754A46969F6051268111C1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H900A01E3B3AD4299914F5505498AEE9E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="HAD16D03725D645A48ADDB79502942434"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Clarification</header> <subparagraph id="H82FA719427574DB693F765AB69BBC5C4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>The Secretary shall issue guidance with respect to how funds under the program may be used, which—</text>
<clause id="H381E45485B7248338D95B4C5ACFFE5C4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>clarifies to States that such funds may be used on all forms of fruits and vegetables, provided the fruit or vegetable product meets the requirements of section 210.11 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>);</text>
</clause><clause id="H85FCF8F6468746F8B9425330CF7D173C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides the appropriate exemptions described in such section 210.11 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFB4ED8484F044B14B27083E78B8F30C1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourages schools to introduce fruits and vegetables to children in new contexts, including by allowing schools to offer combinations of fruits and vegetables with tree nuts, which provide a good source of protein per serving and meet the nutrition standards of such section 210.11 of the Code of Federal Regulations, except that the Secretary shall provide exemptions from the total fat requirements under such section 210.11 for tree nut products.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07FD91374EAB4C31AF94D0EFCA77EEF5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Local decision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a school participating in the program to select forms of fruit or vegetables other than fresh.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H034E60C96F474289938E6506211B860A"><enum>111.</enum><header>Compliance and accountability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 22 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769c">42 U.S.C. 1769c</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H140F73FE978448E4B25BB80836B28381"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H247B87E4B98D49E3A284F8E48CF099E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(1) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text>.—There shall be</quote> and inserting <quote>There shall be</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD6D29AC74AD47B88D5087483258A659"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C8B9D3293EF40159BBF64679CF1D70F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84F591A92C0746FA87CF46467655AB9B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(C)(i), by striking <quote>3-year cycle</quote> and inserting <quote>5-year cycle</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D74F331F13644F3B4A6F442E74913C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (6) as paragraphs (5) through (7), respectively;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE66C8DE6B83440DDA4C2C10A7D2EE13D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51B2A6D515614FB2B10C1E891F29A3B2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD499B899AA7C4BF292E1B87BD8E7AC2A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Error reduction plans</header>
<subparagraph id="HF821C21A5421494085E7EAE61E3BF0BC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each State agency shall work with the local educational agencies that have the highest rates of certification errors according to the verification process under section 9(a)(D) to develop an error reduction plan and monitor implementation of the plan over the remainder of the review cycle.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H634F103CAD7248B4B54D3308E0D16722"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Plan components</header><text>Each error reduction plan shall include—</text> <clause id="H68D249846F0F45F68CFF27F8046C6CBE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>specific measures that the local educational agency shall take to reduce certification errors, including at a minimum—</text>
<subclause id="HE59AE2DB34EF46628DFE3C1BEE6FA16F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>increasing the standard verification sample size, except such increase shall not result in a verification sample size of more than 15 percent;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H03E7692F2AB64D5995BEFE5D88D29814"><enum>(II)</enum><text>improvements in the application;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H3A28549F427E4D9DB31A8B2082EF0DB5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the use of technology to minimize opportunities for error; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H30AD49A7C15A449DA618A46F8719697B"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>enhanced training and oversight of staff involved in the certification and verification process;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H16563E481A3D40948E2ED8C2E73CBA61"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a timeline for the local educational agency to implement those measures within the review cycle;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB07FA485E02048739A194969720B9CAD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>annual goals for reductions in certification errors;</text> </clause><clause id="H18EEFBA4FA804E84A5B555DEB0FA66B3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>technical assistance to be provided by the State agency; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5F4B6C0A28C14630B0B24ABDBFC915F6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>working with an educational service agency to help conduct the verification process and other aspects of the program as necessary to help reduce errors in the administration of the program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55639AC062E64CCBAD5C845E166C92D9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>State agency responsibilities</header><text>Each State agency shall—</text> <clause id="HA0E27A87167C4AEAB9337A7512E8ECC9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assist the local educational agencies identified under subparagraph (D) with developing an error reduction plan that complies with subparagraph (B);</text>
</clause><clause id="H90F6CBE2834C410783E21C82E359C917"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide technical assistance as described in the error reduction plan under subparagraph (B)(iv);</text> </clause><clause id="HE8C85ADC313A455BBC1EC75DC4EA6E35"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>conduct annual reviews focused on the direct certification, application, certification, verification, meal counting, and meal claiming processes; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H198CC792B01A47A3AD5186A8AB47A781"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>report annually to the Secretary on the progress of the State in reducing errors.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD4E62CC388045F4BB49CFEB64996D74"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Selection of local educational agencies</header> <clause id="H5D070FC590CB4B0CAF0D6DFB982AC3A3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each State agency shall select up to 10 percent of the local educational agencies in the State to develop an error reduction plan.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3F310F3FF98049EA94477F74BEC38FD6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The percentage of local educational agencies selected under clause (i) shall not be comprised of more than 50 percent of small local educational agencies, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause><clause id="HFEFA5C558FD54B86B2D62069CC0A5F3A"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Assessment of certification error</header><text>In selecting local educational agencies under this paragraph, certification error shall be assessed based on a measure determined by the Secretary that considers—</text>
<subclause id="HE4050313827846FF800E0640445F3F18"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the results of the reviews conducted under paragraph (1) and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H7B7B373B69784663A065E617C52FFDB6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the percentage of household applications verified under section 9(b)(3)(D)(i) that had the level of benefits changed as a result of information obtained during the verification process, excluding benefit terminations resulting from not obtaining information during household verification conducted under section 9(b)(3)(G).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDB5C48F9492E4736B932796F91A22082"><enum>(4)</enum><header>High performance</header>
<subparagraph id="H50649D6F4B864A28BAA573043E7A5920"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If a local educational agency is determined to be in the top 20 percent of local educational agencies in the State, as determined by the State under subparagraph (B), the sample size under section 9(b)(3)(D)(i)(II) shall be a verification sample size of 2.5 percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB65800292CE34C3AA2E18D91654A647E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State shall determine whether a local educational agency is in the top 20 percent of local educational agencies in the State by considering error rates, confirmation rates, non-response rates, response rates, and other factors as necessary to make such determination.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E6B267A37C14CC4A4F79988E993CE0B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (6) (as redesignated by subparagraph (B)), in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>paragraph (4)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>paragraph (5)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2C5B07852264CD9A139D88015FB7D41"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by striking <quote>2011 through 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>2017 through 2021</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H306D09A9A74A4CF8B925F2FA7609B601"><enum>112.</enum><header>Repeal of State childhood hunger challenge grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 24 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769e">42 U.S.C. 1769e</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CDDCC231455426E99B5FF1258D8E361"><enum>113.</enum><header>Duties of the Secretary relating to nonprocurement debarment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 25 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769f">42 U.S.C. 1769f</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C48F11637A34635AB495F85FBFA0481"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCBE1A248287401199F5A3380507C45D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (f) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H1F53C0BE395B4A0B99F9938C42014E6B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Fines</header>
<paragraph id="H700CBB6E44744759BB290E2B5477C18F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In a situation in which a contractor is found guilty in any criminal proceeding or found liable in any civil or administrative proceeding, of the activities listed in paragraph (2), in connection with the supplying, providing, or selling of goods or services to any local agency in connection with a child nutrition program, the Secretary shall impose a civil penalty of not more than $100,000,000, as determined by the Secretary, to provide restitution to the program for harm done to the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52F15622D3AB4928A1E1A69A874A5C6F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Included activities</header><text>Activities include, at a minimum—</text> <subparagraph id="H131EC59ADAEF4D9FA70C7C74945E383F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an anticompetitive activity, including bid-rigging, price-fixing, the allocation of customers between competitors, or other violation of Federal or State antitrust laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0FAE8D02D66B43A7A13F3670C87A3697"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fraud, bribery, theft, forgery, or embezzlement;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB19C57AA863C448A9B9510F554589AA3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>knowingly receiving stolen property;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1BCEBCFC7F54A7C94F18FEE960523D6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>making a false claim or statement; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65D63AA1DD2B48B481CF66B460D0BBC7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other obstruction of justice.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5F0C1C8C9E78423696F11CFFD0898D0F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Any funds collected under this subsection shall be credited to the child nutrition programs appropriations account.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC713E3E997B246168554995A6A633A13"><enum>114.</enum><header>Improvements to school lunch facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act is amended by inserting after section 26 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769g">42 U.S.C. 1769g</external-xref>) the following:</text>
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<section id="H36074D1DBCAA4A668A6BF96B58EAC81C"><enum>27.</enum><header>Improvements to school lunch facilities</header>
<subsection id="H051D286B6A5C483387A25B6F3111DAD8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HDF90E2717B6545898C3C41308E9E08A3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Durable equipment</header><text>The term <term>durable equipment</term> means durable food preparation, handling, cooking, serving, and storage equipment greater than $500 in value.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48F826383B46486DB1C6FE9B235F3CF1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HC88EA046F58046DBBDA5FA868AEFE3CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a local educational agency or a school food authority administering or operating a school lunch program under this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFBF5227D66BD4614AFBE9C470FEC9066"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a tribal organization; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E09ABD262CE449680C25C7E482818DD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a consortium that includes a local educational agency or school food authority described in subparagraph (A), a tribal organization, or both.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H412B18C853AC4AB69CB8252A5804B59C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Infrastructure</header><text>The term <term>infrastructure</term> means a food storage facility, kitchen, food service facility, cafeteria, dining room, or food preparation facility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H444E1D4B41E94BC5ABDFA56BE3653005"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Local educational agency</header><text>The term <term>local educational agency</term> has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H884D5740384F446BB0DBBBEB84F71168"><enum>(5)</enum><header>School food authority</header><text>The term <term>school food authority</term> has the meaning given the term in section 210.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2167FB0EB22498F948A1E3D3973743A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Tribal organization</header><text>The term <term>tribal organization</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1088ECBCF55545ED90E2B07EAD4E608C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Loan guarantees</header>
<paragraph id="H23B613596F03434DA2323E042532213B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Secretary shall issue a loan guarantee to an eligible lender for purposes of financing the construction, remodeling, or expansion of infrastructure or the purchase of durable equipment that will assist the eligible entity in providing healthy meals through the school lunch program authorized under this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6917F13810804D1FB000E4EF937EC42C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preference</header><text>In issuing a loan guarantee under this subsection, the Secretary shall give a preference to an eligible entity that, as compared with other eligible entities seeking a loan guarantee under this subsection, demonstrates substantial or disproportionate—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE5EE318233340F38184E006A223E61D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>need for infrastructure improvement or durable equipment; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H858ADACC6E854AD482428A21361FD080"><enum>(B)</enum><text>impairment in durable equipment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1622E4C539794A5792F8F54D2C5257B3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Oversight</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Rural Development, shall establish procedures to oversee any project or purchase for which a loan guarantee is issued under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E4B3F4CF3604C5B969912A54B1F3D6C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Guarantee amount</header><text>A loan guarantee issued under this subsection may not guarantee more than 80 percent of the principal amount of the loan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1511E2D142ED40D7BDC983F7E7D56423"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Fees and costs</header>
<subparagraph id="H5503FD1760A243FEAB05BEBB06C2FFEF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish fees for loan guarantees under this subsection that are, to the maximum extent practicable, equal to all costs of the loan guarantees as determined under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et. seq.), as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5522F52EB2744B229410C5261EC0DB9D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Fee shortfall</header><text>To the extent that the Secretary determines that fees described in subparagraph (A) are not sufficient to pay for all of the costs for the loan guarantees pursuant to the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et. seq.), the Secretary may use funds described in paragraph (6) to pay for the costs of loan guarantees not paid for by the fees.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1DC57E0FFB50484290453B1C7EB8BB55"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Subject to the availability of appropriations provided in advance in an appropriations Act specifically for the purpose of carrying out this subsection, there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEEF538EF389343769A8B87FB06451FE6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants</header>
<paragraph id="HE15093D85B45428383751FEBD9A946DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Beginning in fiscal year 2017 and subject to the availability of appropriations provided in advance in an appropriations Act specifically for the purpose of carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities for the purchase of durable equipment and infrastructure needed to serve healthier meals and improve food safety.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE01C9BEA637342EE9A3910745C65A783"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D1CD0CD956D44E5AF95D3D58502C594"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are located in States that have enacted comparable statutory grant funding mechanisms or that have otherwise appropriated funds for the purpose described in paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2977CE0E27A24D0B8C22ABD730426FD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have identified and are reasonably expected to meet an unmet local or community need—</text> <clause id="H43349A922A1F45198D0840D41C81205B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>through a public-private partnership or partnership with a food pantry or other low-income assistance agency; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HBFF0F02AC09B421DB48A7EC72C1CE499"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by allowing related community organizations to use kitchen or cafeteria space.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCE9EB9BCA3A44EE49935A9EF26366370"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal share</header> <subparagraph id="HC16636004E6048D0A42FD9C2B6B4BB6F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal share of costs for assistance funded through a grant awarded under this subsection shall not exceed 80 percent of the total cost of the durable equipment or infrastructure.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B923314A86247BAACF8FE21A9B7DCEB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Matching</header><text>To receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall provide matching support in the form of cash or in-kind contributions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3103E8A7CE5043AFB9A98372AA5CC98F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary may waive or vary the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) if the Secretary determines that undue hardship or effective exclusion from participation would otherwise result.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF801C07FF6414B158824D238411F0B44"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subparagraph id="H7873EA0D89D84E65AEC6BF5EC9112A1B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 to carry out this subsection for fiscal year 2017 through fiscal year 2019.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H625B0377FF9445AEA09349E29DA0720A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limit</header><text>The Secretary may use not more than 5 percent of the funds made available under subparagraph (A) to provide technical assistance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H375EEEEA442847A18073EC9F9E2216D0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Salad bars</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>, the Secretary shall review or revise any guidance in existence on that date of enactment so as to ensure that school food authorities have flexibility in the establishment and implementation of salad bars.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HFE7B7DB810544C75841788C16D426C87"><enum>115.</enum><header>Prohibitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="HCCCFF666353641B480C5144DACFB1D86"><enum>30.</enum><header>Prohibitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>), the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, or the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title> shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HA76534B1290845FE9583072D55E254B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorize the Secretary to issue or establish any regulations or requirements not explicitly authorized under any such Act; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H197DE780DFAD4ECE8EDACF135F145386"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorize the Secretary to require, as a condition of participation in any program under any such Act—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDECE37B9ED0E4879961026CE5C1CF9CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any curriculum or education requirements for participating schools or child care providers; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5F6292C81F74FC080DBED147C0067BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the adoption of any specific education standards for nutrition education.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Child Nutrition Act</header>
<section id="H2646974C5FA1451BAF42937723BCEECE"><enum>201.</enum><header>Special milk program authorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(a)(7) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1772">42 U.S.C. 1772(a)(7)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>on an annual basis each</quote> and inserting <quote>annually by February 15 for the upcoming</quote>.</text> </section><section id="HC1280287EDAD45E1AE7E0D4D987CF016"><enum>202.</enum><header>School breakfast program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8BBFF5293C984FFD900DED7316C2C991"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F49BEC348F74CF7BE1C2D35C26E4522" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HAB2F70A2042A47098635A3BE453128A6"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Increased reimbursement</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8E1857FFBF1B41F589E99C784B9C617C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For school year 2018–2019, the Secretary shall increase by 2 cents the annually adjusted payment for each breakfast (free, reduced price, and paid) described in subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="HED00" id="H608FDFE007694096B320D83EE8CE1742" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For school year 2019–2020, the national average payment for each breakfast referred to in clause (i) of this subparagraph shall equal the result obtained under such clause (i) applicable to such breakfast, as annually adjusted for the school year in accordance with subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="HED00" id="H60E9E267EA304EA2931634557638BED6" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For school year 2020–2021, the national average payment for each breakfast referred to in clause (i) of this subparagraph shall equal the annually adjusted payment for such breakfast, as determined under clause (ii) of this subparagraph, plus 1 cent.</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="HED00" id="H95AF11E0B1E745BA9069BAD46FB40BFE" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For school year 2021–2022, and each succeeding school year, the national average payment for each breakfast referred to in clause (i) of this subparagraph shall equal the result obtained under clause (iii) of this subparagraph applicable to such breakfast, as annually adjusted for the school year in accordance with subparagraph (B).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A2FA7BC96FD4C43A87DD00855CDDFB4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(1)(B), by striking <quote>, including technical</quote> and all that follows through <quote>established under this section,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HAE4DC78D6F6A44149E0900B30098B31F"><enum>203.</enum><header>State administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1776">42 U.S.C. 1776</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD72873D43E0F457CB9B30FAEAC0F0605"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H7198C5D3188F45B7BE6D68F439016429"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>, except as provided in paragraph (5)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HCEFF8A13E5E843FF8919A318B27D39B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (5); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H57C49AB7DA9949669013A0B5754DC4C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (9) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HABA81894960845038B59034B0B84849A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H70C0CFADAB474273816C5855693B5629"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>expenses, for administrative</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>expenses for—</quote></text>
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<paragraph id="H66A765FCB81F49E1A36075B97C269957"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">administrative</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4EC6EFB56B4447B98AAB275C745B740"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for support</quote> and all that follows through <quote>for staff</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H286F3A61527B49229BDCDBBB66F76345"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support services;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H654DED9ED08C4CFAB21F83ABD6A012F4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>office equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7D1AB30EA0143C2B39CE7ABCA8F15BE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>State-operated purchasing programs; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB3906D4ACCE1483FA0435B17AA7BE83E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>staff</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7C1F0C3757254B3B91B1D1AB192C78D3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(2)(B), by amending clause (iii) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE392BB6AB62E466893133265C8920113" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause commented="no" id="H62BD2D25E2FD4927B672CA2B1F13A0AC"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Minimizing disruptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall encourage school food authorities to consider—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H3259E991EF3D4B7AA315F1C241E3B403"><enum>(I)</enum><text>providing the training required under this subparagraph to local food service personnel during paid, regular hours; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HCF66D792939B4649B6C695027AFF126A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that to the extent that training must occur during nonwork hours, it is minimally disruptive to employees’ other work obligations if employees are provided with sufficient notice of training.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB09CE58DACE145EE9001330EB61BD6AE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (i)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HF6053AFB3B7C4F859263A7E355E4B737"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H153BBDC299E44857827E0E2E950F1E55"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>and for the purposes described in section 749(h) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/80">Public Law 111–80</external-xref>; 123 Stat. 2133)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H0C1957C54F5C41EB80FDE7404998045D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E2385EA159F439BA445F3FE55F21F7F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H2BADBA2BC2BB46FC87B7B5FE8C90CFFF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding funds to States under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to States in which local educational agencies, school food authorities, or schools submit a plan under subparagraph (B) that includes the use of technology or information management systems to provide assistance to tribal organizations administering the food distribution program on Indian reservations established under section 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2013">7 U.S.C. 2013(b)</external-xref>) for purposes of improving the rate of direct certification of children in households participating in that program.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAACC3B02E76545258FAF3C13F6AAC2DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>2015</quote> and inserting <quote>2021</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF442EDE18B7D44458BE69D641254214B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (j), by striking <quote>2015</quote> and inserting <quote>2021</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H15C8D243B28B452A8DBC089506C57F41"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE02D460535C0497EABD03460AD32ACF6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (i) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HA93E1F5BDC7042458BD0960CDB8497A0"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Centralized exchange network</header>
<paragraph id="HAE2B932B13E24AD99B1C34F919B4D50C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a centralized exchange network to facilitate State exchange of information and best practices, for programs authorized under this Act or the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H03DB1552AF2A4E09AB59CF6A355A6604"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Network topics</header><text>State exchanges of information and best practices described in paragraph (1) may include, at a minimum, research methods and data related to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD824081B639E44709A2E894C3BFA0832"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improved efficiency in the delivery of benefits;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27801750D4884FE78852A92AD9BEA880"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improved compliance in the programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D53D5B8C4CE4EB09E5B4BA88D565B8D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reduction of fraud, waste, and abuse in the programs.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9535809CE591430A9BFF75C9E46BCEFF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administrative funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not use more than $450,000 for such network.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC01217BC76FE4748A77C7CE84E8CD379"><enum>204.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10(b)(1)(C) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1779">42 U.S.C. 1779(b)(1)(C)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1A7777A9754D4E398A5B3B7936F7CA30"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8689B2ED2A954202A4A57E57BD998AEC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H442603CF5750485DA9439B6CA9946A12"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="H26E3363C77FF40D2920E3CB8ECF7564D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that the nutrition standards under this paragraph do not apply to fundraisers held by student groups or organizations, and that the school and applicable State agency are not prohibited from determining which such fundraisers may be held; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8EEE67D6BDBE4834AFE8E758FA14D307"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>ensure that the nutrition standards under this paragraph allow any foods that may be served as part of a reimbursable meal served under the school meal programs to be sold in schools as described in subparagraph (B).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC233F55677E049A58D939355207C1852"><enum>205.</enum><header>Definition of State agency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1784">42 U.S.C. 1784</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H096288D65B3740019D690981BEFBB3EB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State agency</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H8445FB5CAF5C4F868A712A30D7125B74"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the chief State school officer (such as the State superintendent of public instruction, commissioner of education, or similar officer);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5389A045BFFB4E8DADD23C48003031C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a board of education controlling the State department of education;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF32E014D236C457F96FD36276F6950AA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the State Commissioner or individual who administers agricultural programs in the State; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1271D5E02FD4A3EBBF660C9D6C6D203"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a State official the State legislature designates to administer the programs under this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H810F2972F8494B7A88BA1BDC80EAB5F2"><enum>206.</enum><header>Special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children</header> <subsection id="H5030B17CA3454FD38C04E628C0CBFAD7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5A41D53668224F81ABC5513322D25293"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>promotion</quote> and inserting <quote>counseling, promotion,</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H69ABED24DE894C528C5B258C178634F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(14), by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows through <quote>means those foods</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H1C72E331DDD544F79ACB19529EA83516"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Supplemental food</header><text>The term <term>supplemental food</term> means any food</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCE0EEA63749541F4B24F234619906D45"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H626281E61565440D8B4A59DDC194A1A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H481E967B6C19481FB0912ED6C2F8EA78"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H901EA75D329A4ABA80F82FF4D29DBF6F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>may choose to</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H7BBA4A4A1C644554A0F08BAED93072FA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (i)(II), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H1A46B182D31246F7820357E606BD3F67"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H8E8B5685BC894AEF9E3E8CB90E58120B"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause commented="no" id="H4996585D9E88491E85B91AE1A69FB0D4" indent="up2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any basic allowance for subsistence provided under section 402 of title 37, United States Code, to a member of a uniformed service.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H8FDCBE763635403B87AB9A2990AAAF2E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88B38B790AF6499F8F608E04AA3CFBB7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H12C946D6B7CE4C7FAA0C5C968E7C49CB"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Child support payments</header><text>For the purpose of determining income eligibility under this section, a State agency shall exclude from income any child support payment for an applicant who is legally obligated to pay child support for any noncustodial child.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C147F297DAC451BA7CDFF4C1FE03CA7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CC2345629AD4680ACCB458544367ED2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HD2D0113ADA48470F9FE1D71F0879B8DF"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Data exchange standards for improved interoperability</header> <clause commented="no" id="HC78C4670E61A47CC8C8C16B0E3079355"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with an interagency work group established by the Office of Management and Budget, and taking into consideration State government perspectives, shall designate data exchange standards to govern, under this section—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HD674F00821B4497B96F28213213E75EE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>necessary categories of information that State agencies operating related programs are required under applicable law to electronically exchange with another State agency; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HAE76D4A68A7B4B96B7C1FCDD17515249"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Federal reporting and data exchange required under applicable law.</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H36CDE81C33804A48A689527E839A4F8F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The data exchange standards required by clause (i) shall, to the maximum extent practicable—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H4FD14D972EF249B585D5C52F61DEA08E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>incorporate a widely accepted, nonproprietary, searchable, computer-readable format;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HCC673E3401C7458292AA00EBE16DA57B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>contain interoperable standards developed and maintained by intergovernmental partnerships, such as the National Information Exchange Model;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H58DCC590C3E040D79FAC10DAAB965464"><enum>(III)</enum><text>incorporate interoperable standards developed and maintained by Federal entities with authority regarding contracting and financial assistance;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HA896B365A69A4A338F99EE2E6616948C"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>be consistent with, and implement, applicable accounting principles;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HC81E8113F33643FF839233AF8E4B0260"><enum>(V)</enum><text>be implemented in a manner that—</text>
<item commented="no" id="HA3D1C1CFE4CD40829EF8AEBE51C549B9"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>is cost effective; and</text> </item><item commented="no" id="H99FED03388E544F09B8C9340BE37FA09"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>improves program efficiency and effectiveness;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HBBA76DF3934E4AE581D82EA9AC60D060"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>be capable of being upgraded as necessary; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H0F14E525B7B94F8498265E162C08CE6B"><enum>(VII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">protects the privacy of any personally identifiable information from being accessed by individuals who do not need access to such information.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H443F2F9CF29D4DB0AC247BDA086CC265"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Effect of subparagraph</header><text>Nothing in this subparagraph requires any change to an existing data exchange standard for Federal reporting that is determined to be effective and efficient.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HEC979254D5754AEF861DA0AFAEA668A7"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Implementation</header>
<subclause commented="no" id="H1116EA0704394CC1B6A2F448D4E52672"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>, the Secretary shall issue a proposed rule to implement this subparagraph.</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HCE9AF2034F9F42ADA87BCC23C4E8EA70"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The proposed rule under this clause shall—</text>
<item commented="no" id="H51AF3575407242608CDD91ABF6B97712"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>identify all federally required data exchanges;</text> </item><item commented="no" id="H83AD3FD8783B4781B9E3C0D3BD6A506F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>include specification and timing for the exchanges to be standardized;</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="H5DD127CF99E64F43A145B8E081AA00BB"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>address the factors used in determining whether and when to standardize data exchanges;</text> </item><item commented="no" id="H34701C6CA5BB477CA8EBB918CECCF196"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>specify State implementation options; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="H5658CFB9252E4DD4820F2E90E4087860"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>describe future milestones.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFC915A9532614BB1B9FE50125983E2DA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A0BE781A675485B90D65E7E874BD72D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through <quote>The State agency shall</quote> in the first sentence of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE95EB9544DA24800A1B8B173AFD50677" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H96C6B01FABED426C9A826AD04744B417"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Nutrition and drug abuse education</header> <paragraph id="H5A4178C0CC24437490A8A878E76D9E77"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Education</header> <subparagraph id="HB36EB4F9870547B58743314F567F58DF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State agency shall</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4CDEFE855A2430590F094AD0FBB09B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as amended by subparagraph (A)), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB233277219304DAEB7F891398794A5CD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0E5C2496504346C5B79E8923570BF692"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Disposal of certain infant formula</header> <clause commented="no" id="H5DB80A82D933481DB42F3291D58294C1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The State agency shall ensure that all pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding participants in the program, and parents or caretakers of infant and child participants in the program, are provided education regarding proper disposal of unused or excess infant formula obtained with food instruments issued under the program under this section.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H6F68A22451C542E8892D3C03F34C1DAA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The education under this subparagraph shall include information regarding—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H8208C3A92BDC4787B6FFC8F0EB4ABA19"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the safety hazards of purchasing infant formula from an unauthorized vendor; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H690CFDF8F496455A864DFF97B2E8D812"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the penalties associated with the gifting, trading, sale, or resale of infant formula or other supplemental foods obtained with food instruments issued under the program under this section, in accordance with subsection (o).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB73D75AC8EE440F6B3869C80EE81EB1B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F9C199B38484C3EA4B218859AFDFCBF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HECD8B033FF3A417D8C30663E811F09B7"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nutrition education materials</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA08D478A58043D3AD0ABEE2FDC1CA82"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, after submitting proposed nutrition education materials to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for comment, shall issue the materials for use in the program under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7474D3F76E3F4181B7B199867C11CF8A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Sharing of materials with child and adult care food program</header><text>A State agency may allow the local agencies or clinics operating under the State agency to share nutrition educational materials with institutions participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program established under section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1766">42 U.S.C. 1766</external-xref>) at no cost to that program, if a written materials-sharing agreement exists between the relevant agencies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCC84C40CC9D74EC4A6C1CE3C8B9CB2B8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text> <subparagraph id="H5F2F8BB8BCA6420CA1D9FEE99EE8ADD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(f)(1)(A) Each State agency</quote> and all that follows through <quote>change in the plan.</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H20BDDD1129E84DD29B472E1BD6696D7C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Plan of operation and administration by State agency</header>
<paragraph id="H0C27896C523B4444AFE5EE505072473A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="HFDE97C4482964B6BBED113DC1F7B70ED"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Submission</header>
<clause id="H1B0A9DCB227F4A9FAF66F515CD6CF847"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each State agency shall submit to the Secretary a plan of operation and administration of the program authorized under this section.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2AC18B268C1E44378501147054585C90"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Deadlines</header><text>Each State agency shall submit—</text> <subclause id="HEFE95F8EC82441F2BC941291EEC7EA1A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an initial plan not later than such date as is specified by the Secretary; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA20572569AA7495AA21CA1D6ABEA8C0C"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an update to the plan every 3 years thereafter or, if the requirements of this section continue to be met by current plan, an assurance that the current plan continues to meet such requirements.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC7A280F17C14DD7B59E361E34A83B27"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>submitted for</quote> and inserting <quote>submitted covering</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H415AAF924B4342779E0DC5637E43FBB7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(C)—</text>
<clause id="HD0386F7F58234671AA6945BADDBCE10D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (x), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </clause><clause id="H99A6B56C5E424418B14C8F0638E70088"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (xi) as clause (xiii); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDD80A75667804A8A8123059420243C7C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (x) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0E0387D1EB94478A722EF6F6C608A64" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause commented="no" id="H2C833160B4674E369B89BF5911416053" indent="up2"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>a plan to allow, during an emergency or disaster period, for different foods to be obtained with program benefits in lieu of, or in addition to, the supplemental foods available to be obtained with such benefits;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H92B0C0D013E74572817D9130062CEB0B" indent="up2"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>a plan detailing the methods to be used by all local agencies to ensure compliance with subsection (d)(2); and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3A189B6D42EB40F1964B26A7EE8D3314"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H3CF0EF21BF13490EA5EC0F60413B51D0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(5) State and local</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H782673C8C38A4E4BAC2EB9282E774CC6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Accounts, records, and review</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDA4535F8ED7542DD82E3A22C317D07AF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>State and local</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HDBD84E4D7F5D409E8ABB9E3EAC90CDEC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9179A12D7D33422A8B71DC17052C223A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Secretary shall periodically review State and local agency compliance with the approved plan of operation and administration of the applicable State.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78DB7AD7BEC64B9B997006C51A618DDA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (10)—</text> <clause id="H17B01C7E4F9249EFB9B7F9D78E17D458"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(10) The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HB520221C649046C0AEDA29749280038F"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Standards for administration</header>
<subparagraph id="HFF32FEF4EDD54DF984AF360D997534DC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause><clause id="HFE83656383824CC198658369C5E194B3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBE3198B3537A4B42AF3064BBAD099C33"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notification to State authority</header><text>If, on reviewing the administration by a State of the program, the Secretary determines there is a need to temporarily halt the State from approving new vendors to address deficiencies in proper administration, the Secretary may issue a moratorium on the authority of the State to approve new vendors, subject to the condition that the Secretary shall provide the State with reasoning behind such determination and shall establish—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HB59CA669A8D44DC985736AE9D8B2C204"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a timeframe under which the moratorium will be issued, including any renewal or lifting of the moratorium;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H425237F3DA664777865BFA522165199B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a process to approve vendors for the State in a manner that does not impede—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H0C5EB387264C4FB6A170BB296C2FC628"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the sale of a business; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H9A65D3D5A3AA4D4D81D34E2EE642E535"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the establishment of any new business; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H7AEB893521BF451FAC7E806DC5CCE120"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a review process to be conducted by the Secretary to ensure that participants, nonparticipants, and vendors are not adversely impacted by the implementation of the moratorium.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCDD9E62FF08842CD92C6C3CE30688C1B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (11)—</text> <clause id="HA8CF92632E554446800F7C423895A80E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subclause id="H9D99F6F4EC8A473B9388292FAF9B4BFF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text> <item id="HB323F4574B2C408491397DA691985F1D"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>which, beginning not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>, shall include an examination of criteria relating to fluid milk (in consideration of the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans published under section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5341">7 U.S.C. 5341</external-xref>)), and an examination of the consumption and redemption rates of milk beginning on May 5, 2014</quote>; and</text>
</item><item id="H212B0D74B498464AB19542BCE56E2299"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </item></subclause><subclause id="H1ED91F2E2D03436AB90D7B1EEA7F85D0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text>
<item id="H8956EA23298B412DA3602DBCB959B187"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and cultural eating patterns</quote> and inserting <quote>cultural eating patterns, commercial availability, and participant demand, except that any changes made under this clause shall not limit the overall fruit intake of children</quote>; and</text>
</item><item id="H30512ED85C9C48ADB659A34195FDD143"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </item></subclause><subclause id="HE2A3418CCC6447FDB3A243BB6E37CD22"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="H798FF21A7FE24166ADFCCF9523D9CFFA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider accommodations for medical, including food allergies, or other special dietary needs of individuals, including religious dietary restrictions.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H349DB29BCAA5489CA3FD146A4EBB5230"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAAC0F10AAC764C0AADBF462F27A18B08" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HCA7215828424497C90CB48DCA6F2BEBB"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Product package sizes</header><text>In promulgating or revising regulations under this paragraph, the Secretary shall allow a range of product package sizes to be selected by participants.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA62F50730A7244FA995BD8FC23482DE7"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Cash value vouchers</header><text>In adjusting annually for food cost inflation in the food package under this paragraph, the Secretary shall round to the nearest dollar increment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB3A997849AC941EE95944687820AEEAB"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Participant choice options</header><text>The Secretary shall maximize opportunities for State agency flexibility to ensure adequate and appropriate participant choice to meet participant needs and cultural preferences in supplemental foods made available under this section.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H583F69D367B849ADA2DF07BF9D32E89C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking paragraph (1)(A) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C52F8B50D0240C2880F94A864CCA25E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H1396AEF4555849889D54C17161BF545B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $6,350,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6995D718879544FABB07B54F3E83C084"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text> <subparagraph id="HED580C76950C4499A59508A55A020A05"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)(A)—</text>
<clause id="H4EBC585545154E568BAC8E3BD2C4C0DD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (vi)—</text> <subclause id="H016B16E5601C4C92A2863C76B47C5AAD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Effective beginning</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subclause id="HD8837952FDB04E168AD75AB7ED4E07A6"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Effective beginning</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subclause><subclause id="H51F10A17DEB842A38FCD10C67E85F533"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subclause commented="no" id="HB06F28B92663480790AAF6A74D631BA8"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Infant formula</header><text>Effective beginning on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>, a State agency that has fully implemented electronic benefits transfer systems throughout the State shall have in effect a system to ensure that infant formula rebate invoices, under competitive bidding, provide an actual count of the number of units sold to participants in the program under this section.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H850B50EF13344A23B6BC749573F1301F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H005ACFEBAF3447ED99437F701D5756D6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause commented="no" id="HC3AB8906E47E49E9AF8B160E688373E7"><enum>(xi)</enum><header>Contract duration</header><text>The contracts awarded under clause (iii) shall specify that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HF71B690DBC9C44108D6545DF9CFFFC8F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>if the income eligibility limit under title XIX of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</external-xref>) for pregnant women or infants is substantially increased, the contractor may terminate the existing contract effective on the later of—</text>
<item commented="no" id="HC494C5365C5844558653461DF5A91311"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the date that is 1 year after the date on which the State decision to increase the eligibility limit by amending the State plan is made by—</text>
<subitem commented="no" id="H45C76CD6260D47C19C8CAA64493744AF"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>adopting State legislation;</text> </subitem><subitem commented="no" id="H3935E95A607D4B068287F2D7CBA9F0F7"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>issuing a State executive order or administrative rule; or</text>
</subitem><subitem commented="no" id="HA6121B325A6E4A628C1211E5CE671394"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>any other applicable State process, as determined by the Secretary; and</text> </subitem></item><item commented="no" id="HC2BCE0306F4C4EC7A215F8196FEBF874"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the first day of the month during which the increase takes effect; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H072221CD20014D04A50215D132ED2750"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if a contractor elects to terminate a contract pursuant to subclause (I), the contractor shall notify the State agency by not later than the date that is 1 year before the proposed date of termination.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H452F822E659E41449A38610027F1FD8A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)—</text> <clause id="HC834BBFC138D4DF4AAA83BA275114086"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="H2F7A38844AFD4312BB19C1DBC4061663"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text> <item id="H6A2B2F8F3ACD4957B2F512C495DF3DD8"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</item><item id="H78E763173F104033BAF4243CE3756CE2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9A251358E85476F861E33E676DBB2D6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subclause commented="no" id="HCF04AD9E07E24B0B8917DA984646619F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>limit the term of any contract (including any extension or renewal period) to a maximum of 5 years, subject to the condition that any such extension or renewal shall be approved only on mutual consent of the contractor and the State agency;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HD99172D18F0349DA8C54EB629D8A4E2E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>agree to provide, by not later than 180 days before exercising any termination for convenience clause, a written notice to each affected contractor;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H65F95C6891B542BBBEF1A3C2787961F7"><enum>(V)</enum><text>agree—</text> <item commented="no" id="HF8AD8D3BFBE24E2CA8DA03981226A8F7"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>to receive an annual audit of infant formula rebate invoices by a contractor; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="H29AE4AC7C85B4CAAA60B1A926DA1CA7F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>to provide to each contractor accurate monthly redemption files; and</text> </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H3C40A783E08E43EDB54C8DFBCB65122B"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>agree not to provide any State preference to any bidder in evaluating bids;</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H6EA02D778FC54CD1A2F557870961C2C2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subclause><subclause id="HD72F7F5F17DA493E88D493B83F70F99C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (iv)—</text>
<item id="H0009F5BF2A294A74A073F13942CBA7C1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking <quote>30</quote> and inserting <quote>45</quote>; and</text> </item><item id="H165EB114654D4BD590CAE9305D2D5C58"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H02A1659302494180A45D8352B97E2B67"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H8B149FA39C9C4F90BBEDFE993F75C9AA"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (ii) the following:</text>
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<clause commented="no" id="HE8F23DF0BCAE450D83FA283E6B61A06E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for any State agency that has fully implemented electronic benefits transfer systems throughout the State, have a system to ensure that rebate invoices under competitive bidding provide an actual count of the number of units lawfully sold to participants in the program under this section;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="H43FAEB61368F4F71B83545D0F096F7BA"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36780DF263404BBFA29F29ABEAC81B9A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause commented="no" id="HC22E224ADD2247CDB2E5AA973E586955"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>provide a process to negotiate the amount of funds to be returned to the bidder by the State agency, and the method of return, on determining and verifying that rebates were paid on any food, including infant formula, sold under fraudulent means;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HC97296610DCA4CA29B79B06C74FEF8E2"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>open bids and enter into a contract under paragraph (8)(A)(iii) only after making a reasonable effort to confirm in writing, via email or other means, that the manufacturers on the list the State agency maintains under paragraph (8)(A)(ix) received the initial request for proposals or other bid solicitation document by not later than the date that is 45 days before the date on which the bids are due;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HED672B56C58C47BABB12741D45D449CB"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>agree to provide to contractors supporting documentation for monthly invoices, subject to the participant and vendor confidentiality protections under program rules; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H7A60D0DCE9AF48048B39DA16DACC52CB"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>not later than the date that is 90 days after the date for opening bids, submit to the Secretary a copy of the bid solicitation and any other contract documents.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HE38DBE6B1AA6413FA5D79D7A46B66609"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B01F2BD6E884F06843B556863E352A5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H30D333E333E44C32BE794DF73ACBB6F4"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Certain food for infants</header><text>Before any State agency solicits bids for a contract for infant fruits, vegetables, cereal, or meat under a competitive bidding system, the State agency shall—</text>
<clause id="HB941C99BA6F54FB0BEF4905FAB529CA2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consider—</text> <subclause id="H07883AC42D4B43BE992025EAB3BBD2E6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the impact of the contract on—</text>
<item id="H2E6574FFFF3046C6AF9C9AB575FC4B93"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>participation or redemption rates;</text> </item><item id="H42808D24321B43B6950D1C995EC1B7B5"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>costs to the State agency for infant fruits, vegetables, cereal, or meat, including product, administrative, and procurement costs; and</text>
</item><item id="HFC6DC55B3B55400092E6D7C66B3B15A5"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the ability of the State agency—</text> <subitem id="H7C7F0457C0A545DB8ED76028C3285D6F"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>to achieve the purpose described in subsection (a);</text>
</subitem><subitem id="HC7F96691BD3C470D90856D6FC54B1CDF"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>to provide infants with a variety of developmentally appropriate infant fruits, vegetables, cereal, or meat; and</text>
</subitem><subitem id="H93870675DA164430A918D7A5C0ECC64A"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>to serve the nutritional needs of program participants; and</text> </subitem></item><item id="H3DA105499BC8486D9A6D05DD36D4D827"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>consumers who are not participants, including the availability of alternate brands and potential effects on retail pricing of infant fruits, vegetables, cereal, or meat; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="HF9A713D4F94E4913BB282A67459695E6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>whether the contract is compatible with—</text> <item id="H0AB8293FC0F541E8AD725D1752FE7FF7"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the management information and food instrument system of the State agency;</text>
</item><item id="HBF44DDE446724E67B0637022640DA6DD"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>eligible vendors; and</text> </item><item id="H93769D058F1A48DC95473F42EFD6DEA9"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the capacity of the manufacturer to meet technical specifications; and</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="HD120DBB0EFD04D67866B79DB9F285CD3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide to the Secretary—</text> <subclause id="H3D123C17ACA44D09A62F782B8961E6B3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a written explanation of how the considerations described in clause (i) affected the decision of the State agency to solicit bids for a contract; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDC85A31DBF924219B4771BF6B97F083F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not later than 15 months after the start of such contract, a report that shall include—</text> <item id="HDDB765ED55714D158FFD3976B269AAC2"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the net savings to date from the contract;</text>
</item><item id="H0FD887904B944B27BD8D2C82F2274F92"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>an assessment of the impact on eligible stores, non-participants, and retail prices for infant fruits, vegetables, cereal, and meat; and</text>
</item><item id="H7F2FF63850E24EC78EE573975B9B1081"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>an analysis of the costs and benefits of the contract, including an examination of retail prices of infant fruits, vegetables, cereal, and meat.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99E2025C56C646508574113949D23035"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (11)(E)—</text> <clause id="HAFAFEA6FB53C4F79957A29C4179FAEDA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>If a State</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<clause id="HCDA5A5918A9B450D820762A3C7E73E1B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If a State</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause><clause id="H9A5647A66AF04773B22545D121C57BB6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause commented="no" id="HBC380E657EDB4C4BA60335780FE2AE31"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Effective not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>, in calculating average payments per voucher under clause (i), a State agency shall exclude food instruments not fully redeemed, based on an actual count or a reasonable estimate.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43EA5DBFE0BA417EA856FA10094EBF1F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (12)—</text> <clause id="H5662555F52924AD29F2377B50BDB57A6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking <quote>food delivery system that provides</quote> and inserting <quote>method to deliver</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDB54A3CB70AA4F13A9CCAC89836840B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A03A049453348F08A34603042D5C673" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H2CDAB59ED74547149F0BDD5072D46475"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>As State agencies transition to electronic benefit transfer for the program, the Secretary shall update regulations to account for the fact that State agencies—</text>
<clause id="H6E5778D17DE34AF3BF9CDA62AE5347FB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are receiving transaction pricing more frequently than twice a year from vendors; and</text> </clause><clause id="H9DC2AFB2A8274D75BDA027E983C6FE28"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>should adjust vendor reimbursement levels more frequently to reflect program food price changes in the marketplace.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H142A3A574FAE4A4FA08DE66B0F05F4E9"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<clause id="H8C33587E6CE24CA1A74AD41E18BAEB8E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2019.</text>
</clause><clause id="HA61D4F2432634E288101392CF81409C9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Use</header><text>The Secretary shall allocate the funds made available under this subparagraph to States for purposes of enhancing and accelerating the implementation of electronic benefit transfer systems.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22E1019162644A0486EA8FD3ADB8CDD4"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Penalty for noncompliance</header><text>For any State agency that fails to comply with subparagraph (B), including a State agency receiving an exemption under subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="HC04A9C4CF178439B9A69EAE55AADF15C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>withhold such amounts otherwise required to be allocated to the State agency for nutrition services and administration as the Secretary determines to be appropriate; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0BA38A0475E0448A99F654908B6F1F3F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>direct the amounts withheld for use by the State agency solely for achieving compliance with subparagraph (B).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF2B09DFC9B24152B9103C87902DA234"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (13), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB720BE3D8B941C487EB8B8C36CF1DD0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H3D5B968DBDB84F96A34341C3FE3CA6C1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Access</header><text>The Secretary shall make available upon request the national universal product code database to vendors approved for participation in the special supplemental food program established under this section.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H40D4CEEFED584CF8BAF69204E4D6D4D9"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by striking subsection (k);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5603432AACBF4FAA819A051F414912CE"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (l) through (q) as subsections (k) through (p), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1CACAF5D8B24AB2AA69CDB9A0C65226"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in subsection (o) (as so redesignated)—</text> <subparagraph id="H8821CBCEDE104112BE3E966C658B54BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraphs (1) and (2)(B), by striking <quote>subsection (o)(1)(A)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subsection (n)(1)(A)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3DFC20EDBC6B4607A0C9BB51FA366D79"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text> <clause id="HC2A7B0BFDC8E4D94BEC9073ADB0DD50E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="H025F92B732254EAEAEEA84E2C62411C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HB637658BD81A42D892A078E75F364A5F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H1C62C98485FF43D18829159D9E4E255B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>fifth, to reimburse any WIC infant formula manufacturer for any rebate provided to the State agency on WIC infant formula unlawfully trafficked under a provision of law described in paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BEBB725E520468B8E638DC59EA63F5B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23706AB2F43A4776A359F396100DA6E9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H4F643A6F12DD4D2B90EAA7776BF98798"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Notice of investigation</header> <subparagraph id="HBA6407C02E2145B9802AAF4C851EAB46"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For any investigation into the trafficking of WIC infant formula pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary shall provide notice of resolution of the disposition of an unlawful action resulting from the investigation to all contracted manufacturers of the trafficked infant formula.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDA50F3C9DAD2482DB47C7986EC26032C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Estimates</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date on which notice is provided under subparagraph (A), the State shall submit to the contracted manufacturer an estimate of—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H82554D32DA8343C08432C0874C1D059E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of units, if any, for which rebates may have been issued as a result of the violation; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H733512F2CD76481C9F899B9196ABF61B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total dollar amount of the rebates.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC8507FE89962499893F562338A2EE51D"><enum>(11)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HBD6BD3D5127E4CB8A00BDBE0C3CC9E63"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Fraud and safety review</header>
<paragraph id="H0FA5AF3FDA8C413E95F5341339FB1E64"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016</short-title>, the Secretary shall review current guidance, regulations, and practices regarding fraud and safety for purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76A4C28D3E944C079A2B2A8E6E080C02"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The review under paragraph (1) shall include a review of issues relating to—</text> <subparagraph id="HD3585E97FF594CE5AEEAE97179691300"><enum>(A)</enum><text>excess and unused infant formula;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H034A7F6D01D143FC9C672D59FCF5A20E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>invoices pertaining to products subject to rebate;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21D9DF18314647DFB3A3FEE7F68EFF41"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the sale of infant formula by unauthorized entities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H957C95AD0F4043A18C25A2247F2C73DD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the purchase of infant formula from unauthorized entities.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB71613AC2DF2492385A564F4B241F0C6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>Based on the findings of the review under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall update current regulations and guidance and issue additional regulations and guidance, as necessary—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9C69484845B84DB29D8100F895A856B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to minimize fraud; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H246F3EE8DC5F4E4B888857EFC51D3B71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to ensure the safety of participants.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8F09536937724E4B99E38A2E713FE803"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Cooperation with law enforcement agencies</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, State agencies and law enforcement agencies shall share WIC vendor information relating to investigations or prosecutions under the program under this section, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H695867E7967A4F02BDC1A7ECFF38E63F"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Pilot projects</header>
<paragraph id="HB95413FAD11047E1ABC10013108C77FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may conduct pilot projects to test alternative certification and food delivery procedures under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B2E26D110C8401B85936C48176CCB2F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>In conducting pilot projects under paragraph (1), the Secretary may not waive or modify the application of program eligibility, supplemental foods, or cost containment requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F645EB94E804B028512097544640997"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>The Secretary shall evaluate each pilot project carried out under this subsection after the pilot project has been in operation for 3 years.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H131EB60B881A453397DD958519EB789E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>WIC farmer’s market</header><text>Section 17(l)(9)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786(m)(9)(A)</external-xref>), as redesignated by section 206(a)(9), is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HF710EF5427974DA7B9CB63EAE1052FF7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $18,548,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H08F450C57EF84BF49B0491D65E145494"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review of adjunctive eligibility for WIC</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCB9296E951024608B26EE1C91B259B19"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HEA66BA4D22C64AC6BD2A61E398EE1DA9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Adjunctively eligible</header><text>The term <term>adjunctively eligible</term> with respect to an individual, means an individual who is eligible for WIC under section 17(d)(2)(A)(iii) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)(A)(iii)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H58792A9204F342198CC932575FCB7A3C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Comptroller General</header><text>The term <term>Comptroller General</term> means the Comptroller General of the United States.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDF07E9F389D342CEA99BD5D55261FE1C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Medicaid</header><text>The term <term>Medicaid</term> means the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8EE16FBF4810465E8EA5B1DDD2A69DE4"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Poverty line</header><text>The term <term>poverty line</term> means the most recent annual Federal Poverty Income Guidelines published by the Department of Health and Human Services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6F07AB092F5E4A36ABE43804C3509180"><enum>(E)</enum><header>WIC</header><text>The term <term>WIC</term> means the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established by section 17 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CNA66">Child Nutrition Act of 1966</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBCEEF1301F944F18A6882DAF56E0127B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Comptroller General shall conduct a study to examine the impact of adjunctive eligibility on WIC participation, including the administrative burden, number of participants in WIC, and other impacts on the participants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H557AED0118C9433D9546C43E92465487"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adjunctive eligibility and income of WIC participants</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0E3ED84160804F9892BF266E0AAC0039"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In conducting the study described in paragraph (2), the Comptroller General shall examine the extent to which individuals certified as adjunctively eligible to receive supplemental foods and services through WIC have income above 185 percent of the poverty line.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0C06470A6CD842B89AD4709A66DFE078"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Data</header>
<clause commented="no" id="HC8B013E80B304CEFB64327074615F6F5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Data collection</header><text>The Comptroller General shall collect data to determine—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H2CE9C0A4B3694CC3B9CEA722425DDCEE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the total number of pregnant women, postpartum women, breastfeeding women, infants, and children participating in WIC;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H1F09DAE6E74C4C35976019877CDCA038"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an estimate of the share of individuals described in subclause (I) who are certified as adjunctively eligible under section 17(d)(2)(A)(iii) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)(A)(iii)</external-xref>); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HF5D5E00F7A0E4FED8329C621AA4DFC01"><enum>(III)</enum><text>an estimate of the share of individuals described in subclause (II) for whom income (for purposes of Medicaid eligibility) is above 185 percent of the poverty line, above 250 percent of the poverty line, above 300 percent of the poverty line, and above any other demarcation thresholds as determined by the Comptroller General.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H0EC99BDA79B041ED87BBCA6367BEBCA5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Sources</header><text>The Comptroller General shall collect the information described in clause (i) from—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H9339C011BCE145E0BF7D0E16F21F87DB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>WIC program data for subclauses (I) and (II) of that clause; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H5983AB2D6DA9463185F1040989EF25FC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a review of the income of a representative sample of WIC participants (for purposes of Medicaid eligibility) at the time of WIC certification (for subclause (III) of that clause).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HAACCFB155236474AA4AAC47C09C52516"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Other</header><text>The estimate developed under clause (i)(III) shall be based on data collected in selected States in which the income eligibility limit for infants under 1 year of age for Medicaid is at or above 185 percent of the poverty line.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFDBA55FDDBD9498CA4205D33C4666B77"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of income data to inform medicaid adjunctive eligibility determinations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H175EEA066F2B40108767098A07FD093E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Following collection of the data described in paragraph (3), the Comptroller General shall assess the feasibility, benefits, and costs of requiring that WIC use an automated process to document that only applicants with income below a specified threshold may be certified as adjunctively eligible based solely on Medicaid receipt.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H04D6461525844040A12AE901CFCB395F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The assessment described in subparagraph (A) shall include an evaluation of the capacity of the management information systems for both WIC and Medicaid, including the ability of the systems to exchange data.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3FE6D17BACBF40C983C024ECAE23D418"><enum>(C)</enum><header>WIC management information systems</header><text>The Comptroller General shall assess—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H598057413F0240E19DA7A732F40D39F5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>which State agencies and tribal organizations operating WIC use management information systems with the capacity, via an automated process, for local WIC clinics to document—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H94C91C44C0F1489AB4CAA98466AA4212"><enum>(I)</enum><text>income as a share of the poverty level for purposes of Medicaid eligibility; or</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HA727E746BEDF47109024D19C0C5EDDF4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Medicaid enrollment and income below a specified level;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HC5231119049C42869D7C370E9F96168A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the steps necessary to prepare all local WIC clinics to obtain and to access that income information as a part of the WIC application process as well as part of the associated costs of modifying WIC automated systems and training staff; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H7CC616FA74E741C4A386D9FE5AD27156"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other information determined relevant by the Comptroller General, such as the impact of the identified steps on administrative costs, clinical services, and waiting times for appointments.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBC2BCA195D3B4BBDBF3F1D28D95C20C8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Medicaid management information systems</header><text>The Comptroller General shall assess—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H28C5F2504ACE44F8B51E0D5B3A453887"><enum>(i)</enum><text>whether State’s mechanized claims processing and information retrieval systems under section 1903(a)(3)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396b">42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)(3)(A)(i)</external-xref>) have the capacity to provide, at the time of WIC certification and via an automated process, data to an agency or tribal organization operating WIC regarding—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HF0A35277FBA847D18E23911963E3E425"><enum>(I)</enum><text>income as a share of the poverty level for purposes of Medicaid eligibility; or</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HA2B34EF407384AA58FBD4D966F313D11"><enum>(II)</enum><text>whether a Medicaid recipient has income below a specified level;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HF8312E3C909B43D0A8381FD01633863B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the steps necessary to ensure that mechanized claims processing and information retrieval systems in States for which the income eligibility limit for infants under 1 year of age under Medicaid is above 185 percent of the poverty line have the capacity to provide the information described in clause (i) to local WIC clinics for the purpose of documenting adjunctive eligibility under an option that would limit that eligibility to individuals with income below a specific threshold; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HEBD5EF07B81C47548801B8480062246A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other information determined relevant by the Comptroller General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, including the impact of the identified steps on administrative costs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H36839BBE3AF44E5897025E9FAD85674C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAF3C48B02F674C02B7BFCFCD5377451F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the data collected under paragraph (3);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9EB7848A26AE46FFB087861C7E1FA1CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the assessments made under paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF82D9129D082423E8674EEB681F086AF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the feasibility, costs, and benefits of a new requirement that would only permit adjunctive eligibility for individuals with household income below a specified level.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5CD65CB672554BE5BACF2B2AEA3D7D3D"><enum>207.</enum><header>Team nutrition network</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1788">42 U.S.C. 1788</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HAB9F1EC8923D43C1A4A0BDB0EFDFAB79"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDBD793A43180462D807047D7333D19D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H5D2B2CF21F7D4665A3CA8F7D10A536EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>evidence-based</quote> before <quote>team nutrition messages</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD8C047D1871F4325A59FAE2E9D1A3384"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>developed by the Secretary</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D8776A902BE4492833A26E81F1EF7AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>under this Act and the Richard B. Russell <act-name parsable-cite="NSLA">National School Lunch Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote> before the semicolon at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA2CF64AD0D84EDFBCA0F1E0F466461E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>purposes; and</quote> and inserting the following: “purposes, including if appropriate—</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF76468843774B71B127E5161CCD7353" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H538529297E8143849DF08747AE5E099E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>State and local nutrition education programs, health and wellness policies, nutrition and health education resources, and other State resources; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3599C311EE64DEE8C778D095A37C96D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Federal nutrition education efforts, including those programs under this Act and the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C8AF2CC9EB5408393530C10332E541B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text> <clause id="HF6A013A4668849CCB1BF4887B6D3A87F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>helping children to maintain a healthy weight by</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9617F9036E014F10A9867F2A4C656C3E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>in and out of school</quote> before the period at the end;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5CC8BF39679248F2B751D37E92D945A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>(b)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>In this section, the term</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H56CC02A9CB4C4EA89E31C1FBE408F77E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HC31958F3BC5C4CAFAC93C4A348143A35"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Nutrition education</header><text>The term <term>nutrition education</term> means the provision of individual or group learning opportunities and materials for children and families that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7771BB326C524F5CBAF04F84C52AC1BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>emphasize the relationship between nutrition, physical activity, and health with a goal of improving long-term dietary and physical health and increasing food security; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H434AF8B4FF0347C29B88461125D5FDB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include learning about food preparation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2707551CE8BF49AD95B58E3752CDC264"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Team nutrition network</header><text>The term</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H565DCD9F949146C7930E205D5389AA74"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H0300FEF1F8DC41FA93919BE67711E52A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the subsection heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">State network grants</header-in-text>.—</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21CD7E302C2A4AE48AA365CF8BDC959D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF337978C3F94DD0B3E0D36AF4E85AC2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8EE45F8A091B48C99F9C7190E02CB521"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of funds for use in carrying out this subsection, the total amount of funds made available for a fiscal year for grants under this subsection shall equal not more than the sum of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8BB6E7EB7394663BB453CA10DF1E33A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the product obtained by multiplying <fraction>½</fraction> cent by the number of lunches reimbursed through food service programs under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) during the second preceding fiscal year in schools, institutions, and service institutions that participate in the food service programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H268B4711501B4A89B9AEAB5E4422A1E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total value of funds received by the Secretary in support of this subsection from nongovernmental sources.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD86903FAF4EC4F488ECDF4E89F96A1AE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Requirements for State participation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, a State agency shall submit to the Secretary a plan, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF23EACC5CDA4F3DBE3DC8460D2DA861"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the goals and proposed State plan for addressing the nutrition of children;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0296EEA88AF4FCA888BAF0D1FE96BFD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the means by which the State agency will use and disseminate the team nutrition messages and material to children and, if appropriate, families of such children;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC6062D9C45249A684F5BF52CFBBA47B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an explanation of the ways in which the State agency will use the funds from the grant to work toward the goals required under clause (i), and to promote healthy eating in schools throughout the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD842E27DCE9B40088B930DAA78C5E1C3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of the ways in which the State team nutrition network messages and activities will be coordinated at the State and local level with other community health promotion and education activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H66FC976F27094A54B4193DE8E338E2F4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an annual summary of the team nutrition network activities and their effectiveness;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4477C019F2D94E5BB16AA55DA315406A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a description of the ways in which school environments might support healthy eating and physical activity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H966A12FA95244184AEF4C7AEE4402DAE"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a description of how all communications to parents and legal guardians of students who are members of a household receiving information under the program shall be in an understandable and uniform format and, to the maximum extent practicable, in a language that parents and legal guardians can understand.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9F1C5FD8C36B4158933852DDC2D87328"><enum>(6)</enum><header>State coordinator</header><text>Each State that receives a grant under this subsection may appoint a team nutrition network coordinator. Such coordinator shall implement comprehensive, coordinated nutrition education programming through the team nutrition network, including to assist schools, school food authorities, and other child nutrition program providers in the State to administer and coordinate the team nutrition network activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A646F0FCBE54E1797E56DC6B26840E3"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Authorized activities</header><text>A State agency that receives a grant under this section may use funds from the grant to—</text> <subparagraph id="H8AFB3378F18840469213C69788A76250"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify the programs and services available to meet the health and nutritional needs of children and families in the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H031E4E814C5C43BD94E79D27D19B5087"><enum>(B)</enum><text>disseminate team nutrition network messages and material that provide comprehensive, coordinated nutrition and physical fitness awareness and obesity prevention education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F794E3C97E84721B5255417A12C9830"><enum>(C)</enum><text>implement demonstration projects in schools to promote physical activity and to enhance the nutrition education provided to students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0A2A949D5D74355A58883A2E83405AF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>improve access to local foods through coordinating with farm-to-school grant activities that include the provision of nutrition education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C6CF77055184074A988A96B92DC55CE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>encourage schools to develop healthy eating and lifestyle policies;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3570571B908045FFB1A4A749247E3FA7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>provide training and technical assistance to teachers and school food service professionals consistent with the purposes of this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA74A0954D1174CC3AC83ACEBE7C07A87"><enum>(G)</enum><text>collaborate with public and private and faith-based organizations, including community-based organizations, State medical associations, and public health groups, to provide nutrition and physical education targeting lower income children, ethnic minorities, and youth at a greater risk for obesity or malnourishment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8006B83A938B488180C8D92BBD74BF30"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsections (d) through (g) and (k);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2FE7FED198D046CAB8634CF00728F186"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (h) through (j) as subsections (d) through (f), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9DA42F77BDFA45A9A88C626E77E079EB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (g);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD6FE19E4BDB546CEB9CDEFD07E4779EA"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD44F5DE46A5463790C79BE64EDE08B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">education</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">nutrition</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6B44E655C824DC48AF2A067E4B6B775"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)—</text>
<clause id="H9ABA817994934A6BAEA09B1BCC5EA78D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subclause id="H60C4E37365F04D3FA606A0494F31E76A"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8ADC5032ACC741B3A3D0D60F99545127"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HED00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H967B34612C174F8F92459631F8C378E5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="HC02F3B93F7554119B0FA609147ED23D2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>incorporate nutrition education into physical and health education, and, if appropriate, afterschool programs, including athletics; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HB24827595D1D4B3DAD735DF109E916D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text> <subclause id="H887006C4C6C644CDA8E4C1017E2E3E01"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking clause (iv);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6878BA9B8E684060BE8AD22D6F963C79"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (vii), by striking <quote>a variety of healthy foods</quote> and all that follows through <quote>fruit bars</quote> and inserting <quote>a variety of healthy foods, including through initiatives to creatively market such foods</quote>;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H138BA0CB0E9C437B86F145182C28C6D8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (viii), by striking <quote>low-fat and nutrient dense</quote> and inserting <quote>healthy</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6D8841BA66074D4B85E1ED4CA2B55F59"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (v) through (ix) as clauses (iv) through (viii), respectively;</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD8C9D1C7879244BC93349DCCC86D529F"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>may provide for technical assistance and grants</quote> and inserting <quote>shall provide for technical assistance</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7FE97DFB995F4BAF8B267264D2CE1B31"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subsection (g) (as so redesignated) by striking <quote>such sums</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>to carry out this section $17,000,000 for each fiscal year.</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header> <section id="H78CAF44F863A4FC8AE1BDAC5F3ED263D"><enum>301.</enum><header>Reviews</header> <subsection id="H411A57D5D1E441329E9E806221802004"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Tribal foods</header> <paragraph id="H9BA4AC3C2EDD4B7091AF86B09A93640F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall review—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9BE955DBF00A4D1CAC2092DB88D67D86"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the barriers to including tribally produced, traditional, and culturally appropriate foods in child nutrition programs (as defined in section 25(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769f (b)) within tribal schools; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9395AA5C52A4338B0698B90B9D72C82"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the means of encouraging and assisting enhanced inclusion of foods described in subparagraph (A) in child nutrition programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC313DE159B4C4C9891011F6ED73C7C6A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>In carrying out the review described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HEDABB4A689A74247BE2F9D982AA2598F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>survey and compile resources of the Department of Agriculture on the issue described in paragraph (1)(A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H411AC0DB76794F74976250964A244002"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if necessary, clarify relevant Federal regulations governing schools and tribal producers, including regulations relating to procurement, reimbursement, and food safety;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H886A988048D74C66A16EFC84198E7CF7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>involve all relevant agencies, including the Food and Nutrition Service and Office of Tribal Relations of the Department of Agriculture; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C575C053A674E26B1B23246CDD7D587"><enum>(D)</enum><text>submit to Congress a report describing the results of the review.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H173E002AAFF446A9B8389CD1866398F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of program data</header> <paragraph id="H2F0E0411C1514ADFA0F2B0A8398D053D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, jointly with the Secretary of Education, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3F73D652E79144A4931E1374D5DB7300"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review information regarding available alternative data sets for use in programs that are using free and reduced price meals data; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25A4D7CC700B4DB1894C3A068FCA5BE1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determine the appropriateness of using such alternative data sets in place of free and reduced price meal program data by other programs to reduce the burden on local school food authorities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB1465BCC56F94970A5F4173E81CFFA41"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the results of the review and any recommendations of the Secretaries.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD9AF497B953040FC8B3AFEBC83B40D38"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Crediting and labeling program</header>
<paragraph id="H1F6A842BC132498E8C1844E92052249B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall review and update the system of crediting and the voluntary child nutrition labeling program used in administering—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9FFB05CD74E0481C9CF1D5E4788E4A27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the school lunch program established under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD015583A57224D79ABB834E710ECA13E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the school breakfast program established by section 4 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CNA66">Child Nutrition Act of 1966</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3819824D20884AC1A608D0F75F5E3144"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The review described in paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H65DBFD8CCA5144799B2BDCB129EA820C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the treatment of food products within previously established food categories and new products that have entered the commercial marketplace since the system of crediting and the voluntary child nutrition labeling program were developed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20405CEFF76F4E83A8E2669F2AB0267B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the timeliness in which applications for labels under the voluntary child nutrition labeling program are reviewed and are granted or denied.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB0D6417791A841029780CECE1FBFB82E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the results of the review and any recommendations of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9B76028A84B248BCB74B2AEA58F31BF4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Nutritional analysis</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H22C4A0CF94294D5E8859232FC3345D9A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review the practicability and feasibility of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4CC97EE0A9334A3C86F7AFB06EAE54AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conducting a nutritional analysis, using publicly and commercially available nutritional information, of food products that are voluntarily submitted for use in child nutrition programs, outside of the reimbursable school meal; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92FF603878BF47ECADDE161C01424BCD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>aggregating and making the information obtained through that nutritional analysis publicly available for use by school food authorities, food manufacturers, and other interested parties; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5F3DFC1D6B7D4213984664459B9B2216"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if found practicable and feasible, proceed with the analysis, aggregation, and public availability.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3B2647ABEE18402790F829153C90B787"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Other</header> <paragraph id="H7981A38F4CE04C14B820C6A93098DC94"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall review—</text>
<subparagraph id="H93CF53950F884ECA96CBBA7EC016067E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the cost differences between—</text> <clause id="HF547032820E44C328CD13B43D23B42F4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>providing meals and supplements under the Richard B. Russell National School Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) and section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>) in Palau, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, respectively; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H91626D1F89C64826A6F305C7F350F7A1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the average cost of providing meals and supplements under those provisions of law in the 50 States and the District of Columbia; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBC68DA6FA684761A8A984D99866CC1A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the relation of the cost differences determined under subparagraph (A) to the national average payment rates for meals and supplements prescribed under sections 4, 11, 13, and 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1753">42 U.S.C. 1753</external-xref>, 1759a, 1761, 1766) and section 4(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773(b)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H21F3DAAB607D4803B14A8D621CFED128"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the results of the review and any recommendations of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0A7AB7BAB7EF492FBF2BBA0935D7BB61"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Unlawful activity</header>
<paragraph id="H2D9A84925AE440F98737E76F06251D53"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall review—</text> <subparagraph id="H0862BB116171438B95871ABFFE9D5806"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of instances and types of unlawful activity that occurred in the preceding 3 years, including, at a minimum, instances of fraud, bid-rigging, and any other anticompetitive activities carried out in connection with supplying, providing, or selling goods or services for a program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE55FE34C575D445E93139C7D81971777"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the practices and procedures currently used by the Department of Agriculture to prevent unlawful activity described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB5DE35268291417E85BD7DE9313AA71C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretarial response</header><text>Following completion of the review described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall respond, if appropriate, by taking action to reduce such unlawful activity, including, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB78CF92299B9456E8D6625DFFD1083AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>revising any relevant guidance and regulations;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCEEE76CC07874D46B3552FCF5D120921"><enum>(B)</enum><text>issuing fines authorized under subsection (g) of section 25 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769f">42 U.S.C. 1769f</external-xref>) (as amended by section 115); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB10BB596EF7E4352AFE3172BDF551173"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submitting to the appropriate committees of Congress recommendations for any legislative changes needed to enhance program oversight.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAA2AA94B5E86420E8DCE884EBBB076B8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The actions described in paragraph (2) shall be designed to reduce—</text> <subparagraph id="H374B42BC88534EAEAF1846AFCB11A4AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>anticompetitive activities, including bid-rigging, price-fixing, the allocation of customers between competitors, or other violation of Federal or State antitrust laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF76496B1C80649DEA688A455477A08C5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fraud, bribery, theft, forgery, or embezzlement;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA499777511024682A889CA8DDD90D7FE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>knowingly receiving stolen property;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92C3481795264BC883C6E835E418DE87"><enum>(D)</enum><text>making a false claim or statement; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CFB9C27B7F14E908E0244FACD981055"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other obstruction of justice.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE3A3EB2DA8314E89AA4B1097196189D6"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Infant formula</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H4E8B580A768E4D03B4AF0E45006704B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review the current regulations regarding caloric density standards for infant formula made available in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H072E3DC1453C4159BA67CFF3F6DDE414"><enum>(2)</enum><text>as appropriate, update the regulations based on the most recent scientific knowledge available.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF6FD28F961614B6FA9B97719AC8F7EB9"><enum>302.</enum><header>Program delivery</header> <subsection id="H7B798638297643F6BDC7CCF118DE7400"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Streamlining</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall work with States participating in programs authorized under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>) to encourage—</text>
<paragraph id="H687778A703DD44CA9C4B315F9D309539"><enum>(1)</enum><text>streamlining of program administration, including data collection and reporting requirements, at the State level;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H12EDD254D2E44D30B7F91443E534282D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>communication among State agencies administering the programs;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1AF7E8BBD63745E0860E81698A202D30"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordination of administration of Federal benefits at the State level to ensure efficiency of program delivery and improved access to participants, including efficiencies for operation between the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</external-xref>) and the program under subsection (m) of such section (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54273008742B4C158641676C271EA09A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>consolidation and elimination of duplicative or unnecessary Federal and State reporting requirements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE5C63BC9304C4D0D8205C18CF7AD1449"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, through an independent researcher with expertise in economics or government efficiency, shall conduct a study on the school meal programs under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) and section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>) to examine alternative funding mechanisms and delivery to improve program effectiveness and efficiency while reducing program costs, by—</text>
<paragraph id="H445A265FED6A4057BED91B24085B03B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>analyzing how businesses currently partner with schools or institutions to operate the school meal programs, and examining better ways to work with private sector businesses in the programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD9C1886ACB264D1B9D2A5159E2A5C04C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing analysis and recommendations on improvements to the programs by lowering administrative and program costs to schools, local educational agencies, States, and the Federal government, including analysis and recommendations with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9B8C752F03F44DE5B240AFE41AFB0275"><enum>(A)</enum><text>financial impacts, including estimating potential cost-savings of business participation for families, schools, local educational agencies, States, and the Federal government;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF12457649E3B4BCF949515BD5EACE4E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>regulatory and other barriers preventing business participation, and how to remove such barriers to encourage such business participation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC09736FB6328425DAA5F6F93D376DFC9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>regulatory and other barriers to better utilize donations, including donations of food products, while still complying with food safety requirements; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H346A761E5B924AC892DFB2D872554D7E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>considering the factors the Secretary is working on with States under subsection (a), while carrying out the analysis under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEE41FCCE287A4A81919424D8589C4AEE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Further actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HA32F9A7A517C493C9EC25915BFC6C4A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>make the regulatory and guidance changes recommended under subsections (a) and (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H38155132AD004090AA4799918B2E0149"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate—</text>
<subparagraph id="H638C32AE3FDB4668A456F5C2C9FD5950"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the findings of the study conducted under subsection (b);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAEF576F67BA1450CA2D48F504E7DCA7B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a plan for legislative and regulatory action, including—</text>
<clause id="H01D768874F854A93A78D0BC39F9854EC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a timetable of action for regulatory relief; and</text> </clause><clause id="H8FE12F5B7FAF4D89AC7B4EC8D34D943B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recommendations for legislative action required to improve program efficiency and lower administrative costs for the school meal programs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H969D869E12444C1C9B685DAA6B6E5752"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Spending limitation</header><text>Not more than a total of $475,000 shall be used to carry out subsections (b) and (c).</text> </subsection></section><section id="HDDA0A17345704F959A5A5702A74CB18F"><enum>303.</enum><header>Product availability</header> <subsection id="H0CF4E4FF253548DD98414CE28B87B32F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, make available lactose-free milk with an extended shelf life for use in the commodity distribution program authorized under section 14 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1762a">42 U.S.C. 1762a</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2178A8563AEE4A718412F396CEDE3AAE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Size and form</header><text>The milk described in subsection (a) shall, to the extent practicable, be made available in a size and form acceptable for and conducive to consumption by school-aged children.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA94ACB9D2F0149B2B0A11E2B6743487A"><enum>304.</enum><header>Procurement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In administering the summer food service program for children established under section 13 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1761">42 U.S.C. 1761</external-xref>) and the child and adult care food program established under section 17 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1766">42 U.S.C. 1766</external-xref>), the Secretary shall ensure that—</text>
<paragraph id="H406285FA603340BBA1DADC66688DDEC9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>service institutions participating in the programs have flexibility in determining the frequency of procurement and food items included in each solicitation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65942031E78642C2BE444239B954F163"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any procurement procedure implemented by a State agency is cost effective and efficient in meeting the relevant meal pattern requirements.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HB5F2618439EA4F038AC333DC267539F0"><enum>305.</enum><header>School Nutrition Advisory Committee</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H08935051CAA44295985A0EF38A9B5B63"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a School Nutrition Advisory Committee (referred to in this section as the <term>Committee</term>) to provide input in the administration of the school lunch program authorized under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) and the school breakfast program established by section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>) (referred to in this section as <term>child nutrition programs</term>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4011E2778AE94B1DB1D1DC7B5B9CE1F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H946CA57C7BD04330A60BA570007446FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Secretary from recommendations made by the chair and ranking member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. Membership on the Committee shall represent the following stakeholders:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H062AB7ECC655485E96B72B7A5AFA7368"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An organization that conducts research and advocates on issues relating to child nutrition.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD4A6114543B846948F91497697B611E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An organization that advocates for cardiac health.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H09274F59983A4DFE98BD0BC8DC297B69"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A professional organization representing dietitians.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD71CA71109024BAD82E3DA5C593135F0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A trade association representing fruit and vegetable growers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H26C1E031E8E349EF894CBE4D2B515402"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A coalition of large urban school food authorities.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6D9488D06DB544519D96627D0E2D6A45"><enum>(F)</enum><text>2 representatives from State agencies that administer the child nutrition programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4A9719A96ECF4B7DB979D5EA077F7E5A"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A professional organization representing school food employees.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAB59A668020247448B2F63DA3D74C72E"><enum>(H)</enum><text>A professional organization representing school board members.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H21E1E16DEA0F42A9805EDDF08015BB3D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>A council representing large school districts.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H88C986F181DB436CB7B1B96D7AE7F802"><enum>(J)</enum><text>A professional association representing school administrators.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC760DE266F254C6A84B5C3B2BBE92A59"><enum>(K)</enum><text>An entity that processes and manufactures meat products.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H01244F0860C94B8C827E59DF20CBFB57"><enum>(L)</enum><text>An entity that processes and manufactures dairy products.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE3A6E332C0C347E79FC327A920AFEA87"><enum>(M)</enum><text>An entity that processes and manufactures grain products.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6DA31DD247954F5EB9A384EB3D75640B"><enum>(N)</enum><text>An entity that assists suppliers and school food authorities in selling and obtaining food products.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H417267001C88476F808FF0753D747618"><enum>(O)</enum><text>A school food authority located in each of the 7 regions established for activities of the Food and Nutrition Service, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H48DFA3BD777742FEBA8A9568B49A0E84"><enum>(i)</enum><text>3 representatives from districts located in rural areas;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HE799860C1EF245048F4EEC99D441C42D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>2 representatives from districts located in urban areas; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H4B258E4FA03B4379BC12D59EED63F918"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>2 representatives from districts located in urban cluster areas as defined by census tract data.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC986BA1CC7C84854A73B5FCBB2E9B602"><enum>(P)</enum><text>A council that represents public officials who head departments of elementary and secondary education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9CAD5DD375E043D79A95C86B84CC460A"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>A professional organization representing pediatricians.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H176C6F64D4054C91B14A00E7698EDFCF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms</header><text>The members will serve on the Committee for a 3-year term. The chairmen of each congressional committee, under paragraph (1) shall alternate in appointing a chair and vice chair of the committee.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD8A0440E5ED84A77AFD4C025ED501A31"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Function</header><text>The Committee shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H256A23D82ED84EFC84B7E8128C457A7A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide a venue for communication between stakeholders and the Department of Agriculture regarding child nutrition programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8207B3499BD8441F8C2DA3502B713438"><enum>(2)</enum><text>give insight into child nutrition program implementation;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA1C23FC83D4A41119FA21106797D4A0A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>review and make recommendations to the Secretary on policy development involving child nutrition programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1AB3466A51CD4490AADDE8479D973D5E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>evaluate methods for programmatic and administrative improvement of child nutrition programs.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H5CCBE73C2A124465B4E17F34FC09FC05"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Committee shall meet quarterly.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD80204F9DFE94DE099B48DD6DD3C8D15"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Staffing</header><text>The Secretary shall provide such staff personnel as may be required to assist the Committee in carrying out the duties of the Committee, but such staff shall not interfere in the discussions or conclusions reached by the Committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB42F793B3E864A9D8F8FAD623D861BEB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The authority of the Committee shall terminate on September 30, 2025.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H2404984F0FBF43C593B2C63E0E095559"><enum>306.</enum><header>Paperwork reduction</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H7FD8872AA73D49BF977348101609A79D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For any program authorized under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA57634A0818C4468A3E7167BA77C65F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>periodically review regulations, guidance, and other requirements to evaluate the volume of information required to be reported to the Department of Agriculture by program participants; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFC4D354A17434A959193675185624862"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if appropriate, streamline or otherwise reduce any unnecessary or duplicative paperwork, reporting requirements, and other administrative burdens while maintaining program integrity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD3B8A603B2AB4D33BAB7EC2ACF2C7A8E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 3 years thereafter, and upon any publishing of guidance or updated Federal requirements the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes any action the Secretary has taken under subsection (a) during the preceding 3 calendar years, or in the case of a report submitted based on publishing updated guidance or requirements, a report on such action, including a determination of appropriateness under subsection (a)(2).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H285B5463EA57411AA895D1632BE7FD5E"><enum>307.</enum><header>Technology</header>
<subsection id="H3A918274F306410F8DDF83DE2B04A2B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use of technology</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HEDC3C8FF028C4A9CB3194AFB4350A996"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review the current use of technology in the school lunch program established under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) and the school breakfast program established by section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H34961FF035B64D2B9682E7790494FD7D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify opportunities in which enhanced use of technology would reduce the rate of errors in administration of the programs by State agencies and local educational agencies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98BE962658DC4C89975F9A61D09EEA80"><enum>(3)</enum><text>encourage State agencies and local educational agencies to use technology in the areas identified under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7FFC56F3BCB547E1B6D565138262EB4D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Identification</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H72CED2738B244D11A2276C265A476CF0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review the feasibility and evaluate the benefits of using a unique student identifier in the school lunch program established under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) and the school breakfast program established by section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A95210A0FB7488784DC97C33E01CBEA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the results of the review under paragraph (1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4519FF01585432AACAD4C7DA966B1BE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">initiate implementation of a system for using a unique student identifier, unless implementation is not in the best interest of the programs described in paragraph (1), or does not adequately protect student privacy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H7B5598356E43439AA86F6AA1E818C405"><enum>308.</enum><header>Improving health and safety oversight and monitoring for the child and adult care food program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall work with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to improve health and safety oversight and monitoring practices required under the child and adult care food program under section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1766">42 U.S.C. 1766</external-xref>) by issuing guidance to States to—</text>
<paragraph id="H44545EE8827D410C994932C659726001"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduce duplicative monitoring or oversight practices among such child and adult care food program, the programs under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9858">42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.</external-xref>) and the Head Start Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9831">42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.</external-xref>), and other applicable programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC3CC5C7F8D8A41E7A08E3C08A02939A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide recommendations in cases in which separate State agencies administer such programs, including practices for streamlining the monitoring of Federal requirements (including compliance, operations, and financial requirements as a result of multiple Federal programmatic regulations), in order to reduce the burden on participants and States while enhancing levels of health, safety, and program integrity.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H435FA57CDDB24B0EA3597F8902E1753F"><enum>309.</enum><header>Technical corrections</header>
<subsection id="HF4DDCE41DBAA4144A77C6AC00E7C8430"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Richard B. Russell <act-name parsable-cite="NSLA">National School Lunch Act</act-name></header>
<paragraph id="H311EF489AE9F4DDC9C6538FC805B2478"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act is amended in each of sections 4, 9, 9A, 12, 19, 23, and 25 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1753">42 U.S.C. 1753</external-xref>, 1758,1758b, 1760, 1796a, 1769d, and 1769f) by striking <quote>Committee on Education and Labor</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Committee on Education and the Workforce</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB67012AD037642DBBBB019F49BC905FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1758">42 U.S.C. 1758</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC846E9957C6448D8802A9CB0A8DACB0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>foster child</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>foster youth</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C1ED18CA2034360BE3B374A237CA147"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(5)(B), by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11434a">42 U.S.C. 11434a(2)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11434a">42 U.S.C. 11434a(2)</external-xref>))</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H45054BFD0292466880EC36958221C34B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 12 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1760">42 U.S.C. 1760</external-xref>) is amended in subsection (d)(3), by striking <quote>U.S.C</quote> and inserting <quote>U.S.C.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB0896EC33EA04421AEE2DF84D9CEE238"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 14(c) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1762a">42 U.S.C. 1762a(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H4D14A1857E4A4A349A62B8865C9917F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 311(a)(4) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3030">42 U.S.C. 3030(a)(4)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 311(c)(4) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3030a">42 U.S.C. 3030a(c)(4)</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE3B9436226F4F4D862A184C8E9FF082"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3030">42 U.S.C. 3030(b)(1)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3030a">42 U.S.C. 3030a(b)(1)</external-xref>)</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H46D2B88619014165A06CE43D101A1EE7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Child Nutrition Act of 1966</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA102AAAA3632460E8EF1737D0548E7C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Child Nutrition Act of 1966 is amended in each of sections 10 and 17 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1779">42 U.S.C. 1779</external-xref>, 1786) by striking <quote>Committee on Education and Labor</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Committee on Education and the Workforce</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78FA29B17418461B8DDB0DEABB235DAF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 7(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1776">42 U.S.C. 1776(a)(2)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>clause (ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>clause (ii))</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H560D2CD3E8F84B3BAA07E32C0007E66F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HA56F3B59CC774B47B87325A04A338D45"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(4)—</text>
<clause id="H3FA8A4EAD77C4D9088A302347523A02D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(vi), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text> </clause><clause id="H39F9823E5A984D04ACCADB567858C747"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(iv), by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end and inserting a period;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB942A1C782EB4C76B7BC51987EBEF5A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (l)(6)(C)(iv), as redesignated by section 206(a)(9) of this Act, by striking <quote>(G)(i)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>(F)(i)</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HDC25CCC9004244BAB0080D7C54A6FE4B"><enum>310.</enum><header>Budgetary effects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled <quote>Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation</quote> for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="HD347C7C3AF8E4202A1FF54E9F569B06F"><enum>311.</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act or any of the amendments made by this Act, this Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect on October 1, 2016.</text>
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December 8, 2016
Reported from the Committee on Education and the Workforce with an amendmentDecember 8, 2016The Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to
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