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            HEALTHY MEALS FOR HEALTHY AMERICANS ACT OF 1994

  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
Senate bill (S. 1614) to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the 
National School Lunch Act to promote healthy eating habits for children 
and to extend certain authorities contained in such acts through fiscal 
year 1998, and for other purposes, as amended.
  The Clerk read as follows:
       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy 
     Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act 
     is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Sense of Congress.

            TITLE I--AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT

Sec. 101. Purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Sec. 102. Delivery of commodities.
Sec. 103. Requirement of minimum percentage of commodity assistance.
Sec. 104. Combined Federal and State commodity purchases.
Sec. 105. Technical assistance to ensure compliance with nutritional 
              requirements.
Sec. 106. Nutritional and other program requirements.
Sec. 107. Nutritional requirements relating to provision of milk.
Sec. 108. Use of free and reduced price meal eligibility information.
Sec. 109. Automatic eligibility of Head Start participants.
Sec. 110. Use of nutrition education and training program resources.
Sec. 111. Special assistance for schools electing to serve all children 
              free lunches or breakfasts.
Sec. 112. Miscellaneous provisions and definitions.
Sec. 113. Food and nutrition projects.
Sec. 114. Summer food service program for children.
Sec. 115. Commodity distribution program.
Sec. 116. Child and adult care food program.
Sec. 117. Homeless children nutrition program.
Sec. 118. Pilot projects.
Sec. 119. Reduction of paperwork.
Sec. 120. Food service management institute.
Sec. 121. Compliance and accountability.
Sec. 122. Duties of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to 
              nonprocurement debarment under certain child nutrition 
              programs.
Sec. 123. Information clearinghouse.
Sec. 124. Guidance and grants for accommodating special dietary needs 
              of children with disabilities.
Sec. 125. Study of adulteration of juice products sold to school meal 
              programs.

          TITLE II--AMENDMENTS TO CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966

Sec. 201. School breakfast program.
Sec. 202. State administrative expenses.
Sec. 203. Competitive foods of minimal nutritional value.
Sec. 204. Special supplemental nutrition program.
Sec. 205. Nutrition education and training program.

                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Consolidation of school lunch program and school breakfast 
              program into comprehensive meal program.
Sec. 302. Study and report relating to use of private food 
              establishments and caterers under school lunch program 
              and school breakfast program.
Sec. 303. Amendment to Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC 
              Amendments of 1987.
Sec. 304. Study of the effect of combining federally donated and 
              federally inspected meat or poultry.

                        TITLE IV--EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 401. Effective date.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds that--
       (1) undernutrition can permanently retard physical growth, 
     brain development, and cognitive functioning of children;
       (2) the longer a child's nutritional, emotional, and 
     educational needs go unmet, the greater the likelihood of 
     cognitive impairment;
       (3) low-income children who attend school hungry score 
     significantly lower on standardized tests than non-hungry 
     low-income children; and
       (4) supplemental nutrition programs under the National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) can help to 
     offset threats posed to a child's capacity to learn and 
     perform in school that result from inadequate nutrient 
     intake.

     SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) funds should be made available for child nutrition 
     programs to remove barriers to the participation of needy 
     children in the school lunch program, school breakfast 
     program, summer food service program for children, and the 
     child and adult care food program under the National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the Child Nutrition 
     Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.);
       (2) the Secretary of Agriculture should take actions to 
     further strengthen the efficiency of child nutrition programs 
     by streamlining administrative requirements to reduce the 
     administrative burden on participating schools and other meal 
     providers; and
       (3) as a part of efforts to continue to serve nutritious 
     meals to youths in the United States and to educate the 
     general public regarding health and nutrition issues, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture should take actions to coordinate 
     the nutrition education efforts of all nutrition programs.
            TITLE I--AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT

     SEC. 101. PURCHASE OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

       Section 6(a) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1755(a)) is amended--
       (1) in the second sentence, by striking ``Any school'' and 
     inserting ``Except as provided in the next 2 sentences, any 
     school''; and
       (2) by inserting after the second sentence the following 
     new sentences: ``Any school food authority may refuse some or 
     all of the fresh fruits and vegetables offered to the school 
     food authority in any school year and shall receive, in lieu 
     of the offered fruits and vegetables, other more desirable 
     fresh fruits and vegetables that are at least equal in value 
     to the fresh fruits and vegetables refused by the school food 
     authority. The value of any fresh fruits and vegetables 
     refused by a school under the preceding sentence for a school 
     year shall not be used to determine the 20 percent of the 
     total value of agricultural commodities and other foods 
     tendered to the school food authority in the school year 
     under the second sentence.''.

     SEC. 102. DELIVERY OF COMMODITIES.

       Subsection (b) of section 6 of the National School Lunch 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(b)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) The Secretary shall deliver, to each State 
     participating in the school lunch program under this Act, 
     commodities valued at the total level of assistance 
     authorized under subsection (c) for each school year for the 
     school lunch program in the State, not later than September 
     30 of the following school year.''.

     SEC. 103. REQUIREMENT OF MINIMUM PERCENTAGE OF COMMODITY 
                   ASSISTANCE.

       Section 6 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(g)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in each school year the 
     Secretary shall ensure that not less than 12 percent of the 
     assistance provided under section 4, this section, and 
     section 11 shall be in the form of commodity assistance 
     provided under this section, including cash in lieu of 
     commodities and administrative costs for procurement of 
     commodities under this section.
       ``(2) If amounts available to carry out the requirements of 
     the sections described in paragraph (1) are insufficient to 
     meet the requirement contained in paragraph (1) for a school 
     year, the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary, use the 
     authority provided under section 14(a) to meet the 
     requirement for the school year.''.

     SEC. 104. COMBINED FEDERAL AND STATE COMMODITY PURCHASES.

       Section 7 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1756) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary may enter into an agreement with a State agency, 
     acting on the request of a school food service authority, 
     under which funds payable to the State under section 4 or 11 
     may be used by the Secretary for the purpose of purchasing 
     commodities for use by the school food service authority in 
     meals served under the school lunch program under this 
     Act.''.

     SEC. 105. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH 
                   NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) School Lunch Program.--Section 9(a)(1) of the National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(1)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(1)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(B) The Secretary shall provide technical assistance and 
     training, including technical assistance and training in the 
     preparation of lower-fat versions of foods commonly used in 
     the school lunch program under this Act, to schools 
     participating in the school lunch program to assist the 
     schools in complying with the nutritional requirements 
     prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph (A) and 
     in providing appropriate meals to children with medically 
     certified special dietary needs. The Secretary shall provide 
     additional technical assistance to schools that are having 
     difficulty maintaining compliance with the requirements.''.
       (b) Summer Food Service Program for Children.--Section 
     13(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(f)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting after the first sentence the following new 
     sentences: ``The Secretary shall provide technical assistance 
     to service institutions and private nonprofit organizations 
     participating in the program to assist the institutions and 
     organizations in complying with the nutritional requirements 
     prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to this subsection. The 
     Secretary shall provide additional technical assistance to 
     those service institutions and private nonprofit 
     organizations that are having difficulty maintaining 
     compliance with the requirements.''; and
       (2) in the fourth sentence (after the amendment made by 
     paragraph (1)), by striking ``Such meals'' and inserting 
     ``Meals described in the first sentence''.
       (c) Child and Adult Care Food Program.--Section 17(g)(1) of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(g)(1)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(1)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(B) The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to 
     those institutions participating in the program under this 
     section to assist the institutions and family or group day 
     care home sponsoring organizations in complying with the 
     nutritional requirements prescribed by the Secretary pursuant 
     to subparagraph (A). The Secretary shall provide additional 
     technical assistance to those institutions and family or 
     group day care home sponsoring organizations that are having 
     difficulty maintaining compliance with the requirements.''.

     SEC. 106. NUTRITIONAL AND OTHER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Minimum Nutritional Requirements Based on Weekly 
     Average of Nutrient Content of School Lunches.--Section 
     9(a)(1)(A) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1758(a)(1)(A)) (as amended by section 105(a)) is further 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``; except that such minimum nutritional 
     requirements shall not'' and inserting ``, except that the 
     minimum nutritional requirements--
       ``(i) shall not'';
       (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
     and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(ii) shall, at a minimum, be based on the weekly average 
     of the nutrient content of school lunches.''.
       (b) Dietary Guidelines for Americans.--Section 9 of such 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1758) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(f)(1) Not later than the first day of the 1996-97 school 
     year, the Secretary, State educational agencies, schools, and 
     school food service authorities shall, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, inform students who participate in the school 
     lunch and school breakfast programs, and parents and 
     guardians of the students, of--
       ``(A) the nutritional content of the lunches and breakfasts 
     that are served under the programs; and
       ``(B) the consistency of the lunches and breakfasts with 
     the guidelines contained in the most recent `Dietary 
     Guidelines for Americans' that is published under section 301 
     of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act 
     of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341) (referred to in this subsection as 
     the `Guidelines'), including the consistency of the lunches 
     and breakfasts with the guideline for fat content.
       ``(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), not later 
     than the first day of the 1996-97 school year, schools that 
     are participating in the school lunch or school breakfast 
     program shall serve lunches and breakfasts under the programs 
     that are consistent with the Guidelines (as measured in 
     accordance with subsection (a)(1)(A)(ii)).
       ``(B) State educational agencies may grant waivers from the 
     requirements of subparagraph (A) subject to criteria 
     established by the appropriate State educational agency. The 
     waivers shall not permit schools to implement the 
     requirements later than July 1, 1998, or a later date 
     determined by the Secretary.
       ``(C) To assist schools in meeting the requirements of this 
     paragraph, the Secretary--
       ``(i) shall--
       ``(I) develop, and provide to schools, standardized 
     recipes, menu cycles, and food product specification and 
     preparation techniques; and
       ``(II) provide to schools information regarding nutrient 
     standard menu planning, assisted nutrient standard menu 
     planning, and food-based menu systems; and
       ``(ii) may provide to schools information regarding other 
     approaches, as determined by the Secretary.
       ``(D) Schools may use any of the approaches described in 
     subparagraph (C) to meet the requirements of this paragraph. 
     In the case of schools that elect to use food-based menu 
     systems to meet the requirements of this paragraph, the 
     Secretary may not require the schools to conduct or use 
     nutrient analysis.''.
       (c) Production Records.--Section 9 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1758) (as amended by subsection (b)) is further amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(g) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     this subsection, the Secretary shall provide a notification 
     to Congress that justifies the need for production records 
     required under section 210.10(b) of title 7, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, and describes how the Secretary has reduced 
     paperwork relating to the school lunch and school breakfast 
     programs.''.

     SEC. 107. NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PROVISION OF 
                   MILK.

       Section 9(a)(2) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1758(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(2)(A) Lunches served by schools participating in the 
     school lunch program under this Act--
       ``(i) shall offer students fluid milk; and
       ``(ii) shall offer students a variety of fluid milk 
     consistent with prior year preferences unless the prior year 
     preference for any such variety of fluid milk is less than 1 
     percent of the total milk consumed at the school.
       ``(B)(i) The Secretary shall purchase in each calendar year 
     to carry out the school lunch program under this Act, and the 
     school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), lowfat cheese on a 
     bid basis in a quantity that is the milkfat equivalent of the 
     quantity of milkfat the Secretary estimates the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation will purchase each calendar year as a 
     result of the elimination of the requirement that schools 
     offer students fluid whole milk and fluid unflavored lowfat 
     milk, based on data provided by the Director of Office of 
     Management and Budget.
       ``(ii) Not later than 30 days after the Secretary provides 
     an estimate required under clause (i), the Director of the 
     Congressional Budget Office shall provide to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress a report on whether the Director 
     concurs with the estimate of the Secretary.
       ``(iii) The quantity of lowfat cheese that is purchased 
     under this subparagraph shall be in addition to the quantity 
     of cheese that is historically purchased by the Secretary to 
     carry out school feeding programs. The Secretary shall take 
     such actions as are necessary to ensure that purchases under 
     this subparagraph shall not displace commercial purchases of 
     cheese by schools.''.

     SEC. 108. USE OF FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEAL ELIGIBILITY 
                   INFORMATION.

       Section 9(b)(2)(C) of the National School Lunch Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1758(b)(2)(C)) is amended by striking clause (iii) and 
     inserting the following new clauses:
       ``(iii) The use or disclosure of any information obtained 
     from an application for free or reduced price meals, or from 
     a State or local agency referred to in clause (ii), shall be 
     limited to--
       ``(I) a person directly connected with the administration 
     or enforcement of this Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
     (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), or a regulation issued pursuant to 
     either Act;
       ``(II) a person directly connected with the administration 
     or enforcement of--
       ``(aa) a Federal education program;
       ``(bb) a State health or education program administered by 
     the State or local educational agency (other than a program 
     carried out under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1396 et seq.)); or
       ``(cc) a Federal, State, or local means-tested nutrition 
     program with eligibility standards comparable to the program 
     under this section; and
       ``(III)(aa) the Comptroller General of the United States 
     for audit and examination authorized by any other provision 
     of law; and
       ``(bb) notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
     Federal, State, or local law enforcement official for the 
     purpose of investigating an alleged violation of any program 
     covered by paragraph (1) or this paragraph.
       ``(iv) Information provided under clause (iii)(II) shall be 
     limited to the income eligibility status of the child for 
     whom application for free or reduced price meal benefits was 
     made or for whom eligibility information was provided under 
     clause (ii), unless the consent of the parent or guardian of 
     the child for whom application for benefits was made is 
     obtained.
       ``(v) A person described in clause (iii) who publishes, 
     divulges, discloses, or makes known in any manner, or to any 
     extent not authorized by Federal law (including a 
     regulation), any information obtained under this subsection 
     shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more 
     than 1 year, or both.''.

     SEC. 109. AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY OF HEAD START PARTICIPANTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 9(b)(6) of the National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(6)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A)--
       (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``a 
     member of'';
       (B) in clause (i)--
       (i) by inserting ``a member of'' after ``(i)''; and
       (ii) by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (C) in clause (ii)--
       (i) by inserting ``a member of'' after ``(ii)''; and
       (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
     or''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(iii) enrolled as a participant in a Head Start program 
     authorized under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), 
     on the basis of a determination that the child is a member of 
     a family that meets the low-income criteria prescribed under 
     section 645(a)(1)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
     9840(a)(1)(A)).''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``food stamps or aid 
     to families with dependent children'' and inserting ``food 
     stamps or aid to families with dependent children, or of 
     enrollment or participation in a Head Start program on the 
     basis described in subparagraph (A)(iii),''.
       (b) Child and Adult Care Food Program.--Section 17(c) of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(c)) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new paragraph:
       ``(5) A child shall be considered automatically eligible 
     for benefits under this section without further application 
     or eligibility determination, if the child is enrolled as a 
     participant in a Head Start program authorized under the Head 
     Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), on the basis of a 
     determination that the child is a member of a family that 
     meets the low-income criteria prescribed under section 
     645(a)(1)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
     9840(a)(1)(A)).''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall become effective on September 25, 1995.

     SEC. 110. USE OF NUTRITION EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM 
                   RESOURCES.

       Section 9 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758) 
     (as amended by section 106(c)) is further amended by adding 
     at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(h) In carrying out this Act and the Child Nutrition Act 
     of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), a State educational agency 
     may use resources provided through the nutrition education 
     and training program authorized under section 19 of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1788) for training aimed at 
     improving the quality and acceptance of school meals.''.

     SEC. 111. SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOLS ELECTING TO SERVE 
                   ALL CHILDREN FREE LUNCHES OR BREAKFASTS.

       Section 11(a)(1) of the National School Lunch Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(1)'';
       (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``In the case of'' 
     and inserting the following:
       ``(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), (D), or (E), 
     in the case of''; and
       (3) by striking the third and fourth sentences and 
     inserting the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(C)(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (D), in the 
     case of any school that--
       ``(I) elects to serve all children in the school free 
     lunches under the school lunch program during any period of 3 
     successive school years, or in the case of a school that 
     serves both lunches and breakfasts, elects to serve all 
     children in the school free lunches and free breakfasts under 
     the school lunch program and the school breakfast program 
     established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
     1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) during any period of 3 successive 
     school years; and
       ``(II) pays, from sources other than Federal funds, for the 
     costs of serving the lunches or breakfasts that are in excess 
     of the value of assistance received under this Act and the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) with 
     respect to the number of lunches or breakfasts served during 
     the period;

     special assistance payments shall be paid to the State 
     educational agency with respect to the school during the 
     period on the basis of the number of lunches or breakfasts 
     determined under clause (ii) or (iii).
       ``(ii) For purposes of making special assistance payments 
     under clause (i), except as provided in clause (iii), the 
     number of lunches or breakfasts served by a school to 
     children who are eligible for free lunches or breakfasts or 
     reduced price lunches or breakfasts during each school year 
     of the 3-school-year period shall be considered to be equal 
     to the number of lunches or breakfasts served by the school 
     to children eligible for free lunches or breakfasts or 
     reduced price lunches or breakfasts during the first school 
     year of the period.
       ``(iii) For purposes of computing the amount of the 
     payments, a school may elect to determine on a more frequent 
     basis the number of children who are eligible for free or 
     reduced price lunches or breakfasts who are served lunches or 
     breakfasts during the 3-school-year period.
       ``(D)(i) In the case of any school that, on the date of 
     enactment of this subparagraph, is receiving special 
     assistance payments under this paragraph for a 3-school-year 
     period described in subparagraph (C), the State may grant, at 
     the end of the 3-school-year period, an extension of the 
     period for an additional 2 school years, if the State 
     determines, through available socioeconomic data approved by 
     the Secretary, that the income level of the population of the 
     school has remained stable.
       ``(ii) A school described in clause (i) may reapply to the 
     State at the end of the 2-school-year period described in 
     clause (i) for the purpose of continuing to receive special 
     assistance payments, as determined in accordance with this 
     paragraph, for a subsequent 5-school-year period. The school 
     may reapply to the State at the end of the 5-school-year 
     period, and at the end of each 5-school-year period 
     thereafter for which the school receives special assistance 
     payments under this paragraph, for the purpose of continuing 
     to receive the payments for a subsequent 5-school-year 
     period.
       ``(iii) If the Secretary determines after considering the 
     best available socioeconomic data that the income level of 
     families of children enrolled in a school has not remained 
     stable, the Secretary may require the submission of 
     applications for free and reduced price lunches, or for free 
     and reduced price lunches and breakfasts, in the first school 
     year of any 5-school-year period for which the school 
     receives special assistance payments under this paragraph, 
     for the purpose of calculating the special assistance 
     payments.
       ``(iv) For the purpose of updating information and 
     reimbursement levels, a school described in clause (i) that 
     carries out a school lunch or school breakfast program may at 
     any time require submission of applications for free and 
     reduced price lunches or for free and reduced price lunches 
     and breakfasts.
       ``(E)(i) In the case of any school that--
       ``(I) elects to serve all children in the school free 
     lunches under the school lunch program during any period of 4 
     successive school years, or in the case of a school that 
     serves both lunches and breakfasts, elects to serve all 
     children in the school free lunches and free breakfasts under 
     the school lunch program and the school breakfast program 
     during any period of 4 successive school years; and
       ``(II) pays, from sources other than Federal funds, for the 
     costs of serving the lunches or breakfasts that are in excess 
     of the value of assistance received under this Act and the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) with 
     respect to the number of lunches or breakfasts served during 
     the period;

     total Federal cash reimbursements and total commodity 
     assistance shall be provided to the State educational agency 
     with respect to the school at a level that is equal to the 
     total Federal cash reimbursements and total commodity 
     assistance received by the school in the last school year for 
     which the school accepted applications under the school lunch 
     or school breakfast program, adjusted annually for inflation 
     in accordance with paragraph (3)(B) and for changes in 
     enrollment, to carry out the school lunch or school breakfast 
     program.
       ``(ii) A school described in clause (i) may reapply to the 
     State at the end of the 4-school-year period described in 
     clause (i), and at the end of each 4-school-year period 
     thereafter for which the school receives reimbursements and 
     assistance under this subparagraph, for the purpose of 
     continuing to receive the reimbursements and assistance for a 
     subsequent 4-school-year period. The State may approve an 
     application under this clause if the State determines, 
     through available socioeconomic data approved by the 
     Secretary, that the income level of the population of the 
     school has remained consistent with the income level of the 
     population of the school in the last school year for which 
     the school accepted the applications described in clause (i).
       ``(iii) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
     of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall evaluate the 
     effects of this subparagraph and notify the Committee on 
     Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
     Senate of the results of the evaluation.''.

     SEC. 112. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS.

       (a) Technical Amendment to Definition of School.--
       (1) In general.--Section 12(d)(5) of the National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(d)(5)) is amended--
       (A) in the first sentence--
       (i) in clause (A), by inserting ``and'' at the end;
       (ii) in clause (B), by striking ``, and'' and inserting a 
     period; and
       (iii) by striking clause (C); and
       (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``of clauses (A) 
     and (B)''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     shall become effective on October 1, 1995.
       (b) Reimbursement for Meals, Supplements, and Milk Under 
     Certain Programs Contingent on Timely Submission of Claims 
     and Final Program Operations Report.--Section 12 of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1760) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(j)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary 
     may provide reimbursements for final claims for service of 
     meals, supplements, and milk submitted to State agencies by 
     eligible schools, summer camps, family day care homes, 
     institutions, and service institutions only if--
       ``(A) the claims have been submitted to the State agencies 
     not later than 60 days after the last day of the month for 
     which the reimbursement is claimed; and
       ``(B) the final program operations report for the month is 
     submitted to the Secretary not later than 90 days after the 
     last day of the month.
       ``(2) The Secretary may waive the requirements of paragraph 
     (1) at the discretion of the Secretary.''.
       (c) Expedited Rulemaking.--Section 12 of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1760) (as amended by subsection (b)) is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(k)(1) Prior to the publication of final regulations that 
     implement changes that are intended to bring the meal pattern 
     requirements of the school lunch and breakfast programs into 
     conformance with the guidelines contained in the most recent 
     `Dietary Guidelines for Americans' that is published under 
     section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related 
     Research Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341) (referred to in this 
     subsection as the `Guidelines'), the Secretary shall issue 
     proposed regulations permitting the use of food-based menu 
     systems.
       ``(2) Notwithstanding chapter 5 of title 5, United States 
     Code, not later than 45 days after the publication of the 
     proposed regulations permitting the use of food-based menu 
     systems, the Secretary shall publish notice in the Federal 
     Register of, and hold, a public meeting with--
       ``(A) representatives of affected parties, such as Federal, 
     State, and local administrators, school food service 
     administrators, other school food service personnel, parents, 
     and teachers; and
       ``(B) organizations representing affected parties, such as 
     public interest antihunger organizations, doctors 
     specializing in pediatric nutrition, health and consumer 
     groups, commodity groups, food manufacturers and vendors, and 
     nutritionists involved with the implementation and operation 
     of programs under this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 
     1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.);

     to discuss and obtain public comments on the proposed rule.
       ``(3) Not later than June 1, 1995, the Secretary shall 
     issue final regulations to conform the nutritional 
     requirements of the school lunch and breakfast programs with 
     the Guidelines. The final regulations shall include--
       ``(A) rules permitting the use of food-based menu systems; 
     and
       ``(B) adjustments to the rule on nutrition objectives for 
     school meals published in the Federal Register on June 10, 
     1994 (59 Fed. Reg. 30218).
       ``(4) No school food service authority shall be required to 
     implement final regulations issued pursuant to this 
     subsection until the regulations have been final for at least 
     1 year.
       ``(5) The final regulations shall reflect comments made at 
     each phase of the proposed rulemaking process, including the 
     public meeting required under paragraph (2).''.
       (d) Authority of Secretary to Waive Statutory and 
     Regulatory Requirements.--Section 12 of the National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760) (as amended by subsection (c)) is 
     further amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(l)(1)(A) Except as provided in paragraph (4), the 
     Secretary may waive any requirement under this Act or the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), or any 
     regulation issued under either such Act, for a State or 
     eligible service provider that requests a waiver if--
       ``(i) the Secretary determines that the waiver of the 
     requirement would facilitate the ability of the State or 
     eligible service provider to carry out the purpose of the 
     program;
       ``(ii) the State or eligible service provider has provided 
     notice and information to the public regarding the proposed 
     waiver; and
       ``(iii) the State or eligible service provider demonstrates 
     to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the waiver will not 
     increase the overall cost of the program to the Federal 
     Government, and, if the waiver does increase the overall cost 
     to the Federal Government, the cost will be paid from non-
     Federal funds.
       ``(B) The notice and information referred to in 
     subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be provided in the same manner in 
     which the State or eligible service provider customarily 
     provides similar notices and information to the public.
       ``(2)(A) To request a waiver under paragraph (1), a State 
     or eligible service provider (through the appropriate 
     administering State agency) shall submit an application to 
     the Secretary that--
       ``(i) identifies the statutory or regulatory requirements 
     that are requested to be waived;
       ``(ii) in the case of a State requesting a waiver, 
     describes actions, if any, that the State has undertaken to 
     remove State statutory or regulatory barriers;
       ``(iii) describes the goal of the waiver to improve 
     services under the program and the expected outcomes if the 
     waiver is granted;
       ``(iv) includes a description of the impediments to the 
     efficient operation and administration of the program;
       ``(v) describes the management goals to be achieved, such 
     as fewer hours devoted to, or fewer number of personnel 
     involved in, the administration of the program;
       ``(vi) provides a timetable for implementing the waiver; 
     and
       ``(vii) describes the process the State or eligible service 
     provider will use to monitor the progress in implementing the 
     waiver, including the process for monitoring the cost 
     implications of the waiver to the Federal Government.
       ``(B) An application described in subparagraph (A) shall be 
     developed by the State or eligible service provider and shall 
     be submitted to the Secretary by the State.
       ``(3)(A) The Secretary shall act promptly on a waiver 
     request contained in an application submitted under paragraph 
     (2) and shall either grant or deny the request. The Secretary 
     shall state in writing the reasons for granting or denying 
     the request.
       ``(B) If the Secretary grants a waiver request, the 
     Secretary shall state in writing the expected outcome of 
     granting the waiver.
       ``(C) The result of the decision of the Secretary shall be 
     disseminated by the State or eligible service provider 
     through normal means of communication.
       ``(D)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), a waiver 
     granted by the Secretary under this subsection shall be for a 
     period not to exceed 3 years.
       ``(ii) The Secretary may extend the period if the Secretary 
     determines that the waiver has been effective in enabling the 
     State or eligible service provider to carry out the purposes 
     of the program.
       ``(4) The Secretary may not grant a waiver under this 
     subsection of any requirement relating to--
       ``(A) the nutritional content of meals served;
       ``(B) Federal reimbursement rates;
       ``(C) the provision of free and reduced price meals;
       ``(D) offer versus serve provisions;
       ``(E) limits on the price charged for a reduced price meal;
       ``(F) maintenance of effort;
       ``(G) equitable participation of children in private 
     schools;
       ``(H) distribution of funds to State and local school food 
     service authorities and service institutions participating in 
     a program under this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
     (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.);
       ``(I) the disclosure of information relating to students 
     receiving free or reduced price meals and other recipients of 
     benefits;
       ``(J) prohibiting the operation of a profit producing 
     program;
       ``(K) the sale of competitive foods;
       ``(L) the commodity distribution program under section 14;
       ``(M) the special supplemental nutrition program authorized 
     under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
     U.S.C. 1786); and
       ``(N) enforcement of any constitutional or statutory right 
     of an individual, including any right under--
       ``(i) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
     2000d et seq.);
       ``(ii) section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
     U.S.C. 794);
       ``(iii) title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 
     U.S.C. 1681 et seq.);
       ``(iv) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 
     et seq.);
       ``(v) the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
     U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); and
       ``(vi) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
     U.S.C. 1400 et seq.).
       ``(5) The Secretary shall periodically review the 
     performance of any State or eligible service provider for 
     which the Secretary has granted a waiver under this 
     subsection and shall terminate the waiver if the performance 
     of the State or service provider has been inadequate to 
     justify a continuation of the waiver. The Secretary shall 
     terminate the waiver if, after periodic review, the Secretary 
     determines that the waiver has resulted in an increase in the 
     overall cost of the program to the Federal Government and the 
     increase has not been paid for in accordance with paragraph 
     (1)(A)(iii).
       ``(6)(A)(i) An eligible service provider that receives a 
     waiver under this subsection shall annually submit to the 
     State a report that--
       ``(I) describes the use of the waiver by the eligible 
     service provider; and
       ``(II) evaluates how the waiver contributed to improved 
     services to children served by the program for which the 
     waiver was requested.
       ``(ii) The State shall annually submit to the Secretary a 
     report that summarizes all reports received by the State from 
     eligible service providers.
       ``(B) The Secretary shall annually submit to the Committee 
     on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
     Senate, a report--
       ``(i) summarizing the use of waivers by the State and 
     eligible service providers;
       ``(ii) describing whether the waivers resulted in improved 
     services to children;
       ``(iii) describing the impact of the waivers on providing 
     nutritional meals to participants; and
       ``(iv) describing how the waivers reduced the quantity of 
     paperwork necessary to administer the program.
       ``(7) As used in this subsection, the term `eligible 
     service provider' means--
       ``(A) a local school food service authority;
       ``(B) a service institution or private nonprofit 
     organization described in section 13; or
       ``(C) a family or group day care home sponsoring 
     organization described in section 17.''.

     SEC. 113. FOOD AND NUTRITION PROJECTS.

       Section 12 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1760) (as amended by section 112(d)) is further amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(m)(1) The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of 
     the Food and Nutrition Service or through the Extension 
     Service, shall award on an annual basis grants to a private 
     nonprofit organization or educational institution in each of 
     3 States to create, operate, and demonstrate food and 
     nutrition projects that are fully integrated with elementary 
     school curricula.
       ``(2) Each organization or institution referred to in 
     paragraph (1) shall be selected by the Secretary and shall--
       ``(A) assist local schools and educators in offering food 
     and nutrition education that integrates math, science, and 
     verbal skills in the elementary grades;
       ``(B) assist local schools and educators in teaching 
     agricultural practices through practical applications, like 
     gardening;
       ``(C) create community service learning opportunities or 
     educational programs;
       ``(D) be experienced in assisting in the creation of 
     curriculum-based models in elementary schools;
       ``(E) be sponsored by an organization or institution, or be 
     an organization or institution, that provides information, or 
     conducts other educational efforts, concerning the success 
     and productivity of American agriculture and the importance 
     of the free enterprise system to the quality of life in the 
     United States; and
       ``(F) be able to provide model curricula, examples, advice, 
     and guidance to schools, community groups, States, and local 
     organizations regarding means of carrying out similar 
     projects.
       ``(3) Subject to the availability of appropriations to 
     carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall make grants to 
     each of the 3 private organizations or institutions selected 
     under this subsection in amounts of not less than $100,000, 
     nor more than $200,000, for each of fiscal years 1995 through 
     1998.
       ``(4) The Secretary shall establish fair and reasonable 
     auditing procedures regarding the expenditure of funds under 
     this subsection.
       ``(5) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
     this subsection such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal 
     years 1995 through 1998.''.

     SEC. 114. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN.

       (a) Priority Requirements for Determining Participation of 
     Certain Eligible Service Institutions.--Section 13(a)(4) of 
     the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(4)) is 
     amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (F) and 
     inserting the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(A) Local schools.
       ``(B) All other service institutions and private nonprofit 
     organizations eligible under paragraph (7) that have 
     demonstrated successful program performance in a prior year.
       ``(C) New public institutions.
       ``(D) New private nonprofit organizations eligible under 
     paragraph (7).''.
       (b) Elimination of 1-Year Waiting Period With Respect to 
     Participation of Private Nonprofit Organizations in Certain 
     Areas Under the Program.--Section 13(a)(7) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1761(a)(7)) is amended by striking subparagraph (C).
       (c) Non-School Sites.--Section 13(c)(1) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1761(c)(1)) is amended by inserting before the period 
     at the end the following: ``or that provide meal service at 
     non-school sites to children who are not in school for a 
     period during the months of October through April due to a 
     natural disaster, building repair, court order, or similar 
     cause''.
       (d) Registered Food Service Management Company Reports.--
     Section 13(l)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(l)(3)) is 
     amended by striking ``and their program record'' and 
     inserting ``that have been seriously deficient in their 
     participation in the program and may maintain a record of 
     other registered food service management companies,''.
       (e) Management and Administration Plan.--Section 13(n) of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(n)) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraphs (5), (6), (8), and (10); and
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (9), and (11) as 
     paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively;
       (3) by inserting ``and'' after the semicolon at the end of 
     paragraph (6) (as so redesignated); and
       (4) by striking ``; and (12)'' and all that follows through 
     ``reimbursement''.
       (f) Elimination of Warning in Private Nonprofit 
     Organization Application Relating to Criminal Provisions and 
     Related Matters.--Section 13(q) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1761(q)) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (2);
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as 
     paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively; and
       (3) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by striking 
     ``paragraphs (1) and (3)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (1) and 
     (2)''.
       (g) Extension of Program.--Section 13(r) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1761(r)) is amended by striking ``1994'' and inserting 
     ``1998''.
       (h) All-Day Activities.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     shall--
       (1) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, in consultation with the heads of other Federal 
     agencies, identify sources of Federal funds that may be 
     available from other Federal agencies for service 
     institutions under the summer food service program for 
     children established under section 13 of the National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) to carry out all-day educational 
     and recreational activities for children at feeding sites 
     under the program; and
       (2) notify through State agencies, as determined 
     appropriate by the Secretary, the service institutions of the 
     sources.

     SEC. 115. COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.

       Section 14 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1762a) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``1994'' and inserting 
     ``1998''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(b)''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(2) The Secretary shall maintain and continue to improve 
     the overall nutritional quality of entitlement commodities 
     provided to schools to assist the schools in improving the 
     nutritional content of meals.
       ``(3) The Secretary shall--
       ``(A) require that nutritional content information labels 
     be placed on packages or shipments of entitlement commodities 
     provided to the schools; or
       ``(B) otherwise provide nutritional content information 
     regarding the commodities provided to the schools.''.

     SEC. 116. CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM.

       (a) Automatic Eligibility of Certain Even Start 
     Participants.--Section 17(c) of the National School Lunch Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1766(c)) (as amended by section 109(b)) is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(6)(A) A child who has not yet entered kindergarten shall 
     be considered automatically eligible for benefits under this 
     section without further application or eligibility 
     determination if the child is enrolled as a participant in 
     the Even Start program under part B of chapter 1 of title I 
     of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 2741 et seq.).
       ``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall apply only with respect to the 
     provision of benefits under this section for the period 
     beginning September 1, 1995, and ending September 30, 
     1997.''.
       (b) Reapplication for Assistance at 3-Year Intervals.--
     Section 17(d)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(d)(2)(A)) is 
     amended by striking ``2-year intervals'' and inserting ``3-
     year intervals''.
       (c) Use of Administrative Funds to Conduct Outreach and 
     Recruitment to Unlicensed Day Care Homes.--Section 
     17(f)(3)(C) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)(C)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(i)'' after ``(C)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(ii) Funds for administrative expenses may be used by 
     family or group day care home sponsoring organizations to 
     conduct outreach and recruitment to unlicensed family or 
     group day care homes so that the day care homes may become 
     licensed.''.
       (d) Information and Training Concerning Child Health and 
     Development.--Section 17(k) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(k)) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) The Secretary shall instruct States to provide, 
     through sponsoring organizations, information and training 
     concerning child health and development to family or group 
     day care homes participating in the program.''.
       (e) Extension of Statewide Demonstration Projects.--Section 
     17(p) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(p)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``25 percent of the 
     children served by such organization'' and inserting ``25 
     percent of the children enrolled in the organization or 25 
     percent of the licensed capacity of the organization for 
     children, whichever is less,'';
       (2) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ``1992'' and inserting 
     ``1998''; and
       (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ``1994'' and inserting 
     ``1998''.
       (f) WIC Information.--Section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1766) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(q)(1) The Secretary shall provide State agencies with 
     basic information concerning the importance and benefits of 
     the special supplemental nutrition program for women, 
     infants, and children authorized under section 17 of the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786).
       ``(2) The State agency shall--
       ``(A) provide each child care institution participating in 
     the program established under this section, other than 
     institutions providing day care outside school hours for 
     schoolchildren, with materials that include--
       ``(i) a basic explanation of the benefits and importance of 
     the special supplemental nutrition program for women, 
     infants, and children;
       ``(ii) the maximum income limits, according to family size, 
     applicable to children up to age 5 in the State under the 
     special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, 
     and children; and
       ``(iii) a listing of the addresses and phone numbers of 
     offices at which parents may apply;
       ``(B) annually provide the institutions with an update of 
     the information on income limits described in subparagraph 
     (A)(ii); and
       ``(C) ensure that, at least once a year, the institutions 
     to which subparagraph (A) applies provide written information 
     to parents that includes--
       ``(i) basic information on the benefits provided under the 
     special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, 
     and children;
       ``(ii) information on the maximum income limits, according 
     to family size, applicable to the program; and
       ``(iii) information on where parents may apply to 
     participate in the program.''.

     SEC. 117. HOMELESS CHILDREN NUTRITION PROGRAM.

       (a) Homeless Children Nutrition Program.--
       (1) In general.--The National School Lunch Act is amended 
     by inserting after section 17A (42 U.S.C. 1766a) the 
     following new section:

     ``SEC. 17B. HOMELESS CHILDREN NUTRITION PROGRAM.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct projects 
     designed to provide food service throughout the year to 
     homeless children under the age of 6 in emergency shelters.
       ``(b) Agreements To Participate in Projects.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall enter into 
     agreements with State, city, local, or county governments, 
     other public entities, or private nonprofit organizations to 
     participate in the projects conducted under this section.
       ``(2) Eligibility requirements.--The Secretary shall 
     establish eligibility requirements for the entities described 
     in paragraph (1) that desire to participate in the projects 
     conducted under this section. The requirements shall include 
     the following:
       ``(A) Each private nonprofit organization shall operate not 
     more than 5 food service sites under the project and shall 
     serve not more than 300 homeless children at each such site.
       ``(B) Each site operated by each such organization shall 
     meet applicable State and local health, safety, and 
     sanitation standards.
       ``(c) Project Requirements.--
       ``(1) In general.--A project conducted under this section 
     shall--
       ``(A) use the same meal patterns and receive reimbursement 
     payments for meals and supplements at the same rates provided 
     to child care centers participating in the child care food 
     program under section 17 for free meals and supplements; and
       ``(B) receive reimbursement payments for meals and 
     supplements served on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, at 
     the request of the sponsor of any such project.
       ``(2) Modification.--The Secretary may modify the meal 
     pattern requirements to take into account the needs of 
     infants.
       ``(3) Homeless children eligible for free meals without 
     application.--Homeless children under the age of 6 in 
     emergency shelters shall be considered eligible for free 
     meals without application.
       ``(d) Funding Priorities.--From the amount described in 
     subsection (g), the Secretary shall provide funding for 
     projects carried out under this section for a particular 
     fiscal year (referred to in this subsection as the `current 
     fiscal year') in the following order of priority, to the 
     maximum extent practicable:
       ``(1) The Secretary shall first provide the funding to 
     entities and organizations, each of which--
       ``(A) received funding under this section or section 18(c) 
     (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 
     section) to carry out a project for the preceding fiscal 
     year; and
       ``(B) is eligible to receive funding under this section to 
     carry out the project for the current fiscal year;

     to enable the entity or organization to carry out the project 
     under this section for the current fiscal year at the level 
     of service provided by the project during the preceding 
     fiscal year.
       ``(2) From the portion of the amount that remains after the 
     application of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide 
     funds to entities and organizations, each of which is 
     eligible to receive funding under this section, to enable the 
     entity or organization to carry out a new project under this 
     section for the current fiscal year, or to expand the level 
     of service provided by a project for the current fiscal year 
     over the level provided by the project during the preceding 
     fiscal year.
       ``(e) Notice.--The Secretary shall advise each State of the 
     availability of the projects conducted under this subsection 
     for States, cities, counties, local governments, and other 
     public entities, and shall advise each State of the 
     procedures for applying to participate in the project.
       ``(f) Plan To Allow Participation in the Child and Adult 
     Care Food Program.--Not later than September 30, 1996, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a plan 
     describing--
       ``(1) how emergency shelters and homeless children who have 
     not attained the age of 6 and who are served by the shelters 
     under the program might participate in the child and adult 
     care food program authorized under section 17 by September 
     30, 1998; and
       ``(2) the advantages and disadvantages of the action 
     described in paragraph (1).
       ``(g) Funding.--
       ``(1) In general.--In addition to any amounts made 
     available under section 7(a)(5)(B)(i)(I) of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776(a)(5)(B)(i)(I)) and any 
     amounts that are otherwise made available for fiscal year 
     1995, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide to 
     the Secretary to carry out this subsection $1,700,000 for 
     fiscal year 1995, $2,400,000 for fiscal year 1996, $2,900,000 
     for fiscal year 1997, $3,300,000 for fiscal year 1998, and 
     $3,700,000 for fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal 
     year. The Secretary shall be entitled to receive the funds 
     and shall accept the funds.
       ``(2) Insufficient number of applicants.--The Secretary may 
     expend less than the amount described in paragraph (1) for a 
     fiscal year if there is an insufficient number of suitable 
     applicants to carry out projects under this section for the 
     fiscal year. Any funds made available under this subsection 
     to carry out the projects for a fiscal year that are not 
     obligated to carry out the projects in the fiscal year shall 
     remain available until expended for purposes of carrying out 
     the projects.
       ``(h) Definition of emergency shelter.--As used in this 
     section, the term `emergency shelter' has the meaning 
     provided the term in section 321(2) of the Stewart B. 
     McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11351(2)).''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--
       (A) National school lunch act.--Section 18 of the National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended by striking 
     subsection (c).
       (B) Child nutrition act of 1966.--Section 7(a)(5)(B)(i)(I) 
     of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1776(a)(5)(B)(i)(I)) is amended--
       (i) by striking ``projects under section 18(c) of the 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(c))'' and inserting 
     ``projects under section 17B of the National School Lunch 
     Act''; and
       (ii) by striking ``each of fiscal years 1993 and 1994'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``fiscal year 1995 and 
     each subsequent fiscal year''.
       (b) Demonstration Program for the Prevention of Boarder 
     Babies.--Section 18 of the National School Lunch Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1769(c)) (as amended by subsection (a)(2)(A)) is 
     further amended by inserting after subsection (b) the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(c)(1) Using the funds provided under paragraph (7), the 
     Secretary shall conduct at least 1 demonstration project 
     through a participating entity during each of fiscal years 
     1995 through 1998 that is designed to provide food and 
     nutrition services throughout the year to--
       ``(A) homeless pregnant women; and
       ``(B) homeless mothers or guardians of infants, and the 
     children of the mothers and guardians.
       ``(2) To be eligible to obtain funds under this subsection, 
     a homeless shelter, a transitional housing organization, or 
     another entity that provides or will provide temporary 
     housing for individuals described in paragraph (1) shall (in 
     accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary)--
       ``(A) submit to the Secretary a proposal to provide food 
     and nutrition services, including a plan for coordinating the 
     services with services provided under the special 
     supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and 
     children authorized under section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
     Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786);
       ``(B) receive the approval of the Secretary for the 
     proposal;
       ``(C) be located in an urban area that has--
       ``(i) a significant population of boarder babies;
       ``(ii) a very high rate of mortality for children under 1 
     year of age; or
       ``(iii) a significant population of homeless pregnant women 
     and homeless women with infants;
     as determined by the Secretary; and
       ``(D) be able to coordinate services provided under this 
     subsection with the services provided by the local government 
     and with other programs that may assist the participants 
     receiving services under this subsection.
       ``(3) Food and nutrition services funded under this 
     subsection--
       ``(A) may include--
       ``(i) meals, supplements, and other food;
       ``(ii) nutrition education;
       ``(iii) nutrition assessments;
       ``(iv) referrals to--
       ``(I) the special supplemental nutrition program for women, 
     infants, and children authorized under section 17 of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1786);
       ``(II) the medical assistance program established under 
     title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et 
     seq.);
       ``(III) the food stamp program established under section 4 
     of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013); and
       ``(IV) other public or private programs and services;
       ``(v) activities related to the services described in any 
     of clauses (i) through (iv); and
       ``(vi) administrative activities related to the services 
     described in any of clauses (i) through (v); and
       ``(B) may not include the construction, purchase, or rental 
     of real property.
       ``(4)(A) A participating entity shall--
       ``(i) use the same meal patterns, and receive reimbursement 
     payments for meals and supplements at the same rates, as 
     apply to child care centers participating in the child care 
     food program under section 17 for free meals and supplements;
       ``(ii) receive reimbursement payments for meals and 
     supplements served on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, at 
     the request of the entity; and
       ``(iii) maintain a policy of not providing services or 
     assistance to pregnant women, or homeless women with infants, 
     who use a controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of 
     the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)).
       ``(B) The Secretary may modify the meal pattern 
     requirements to take into account the needs of infants, 
     homeless pregnant women, homeless mothers, guardians of 
     infants, or the children of the women, mothers, or guardians.
       ``(C) The Secretary shall provide funding to a 
     participating entity for services described in paragraph (3) 
     that are provided to individuals described in paragraph (1).
       ``(5) The Secretary shall impose such auditing and 
     recordkeeping requirements as are necessary to monitor the 
     use of Federal funds to carry out this subsection.
       ``(6) The Secretary shall notify the Committee on Education 
     and Labor, and the Committee on Agriculture, of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry of the Senate on projects carried out under this 
     subsection.
       ``(7)(A) Out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide to 
     the Secretary $400,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 through 
     1998 to carry out this subsection. The Secretary shall be 
     entitled to receive the funds and shall accept the funds.
       ``(B) Any funds provided under subparagraph (A) to carry 
     out projects under this subsection for a fiscal year that are 
     not obligated in the fiscal year shall be used by the 
     Secretary to carry out the homeless children nutrition 
     program established under section 17B.
       ``(8) As used in this subsection:
       ``(A) The term `boarder baby' means an abandoned infant 
     described in section 103(1) of the Abandoned Infants 
     Assistance Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-505; 42 U.S.C. 670 
     note).
       ``(B) The term `nutrition education' has the meaning 
     provided in section 17(b)(7) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
     1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)(7)).''.

     SEC. 118. PILOT PROJECTS.

       (a) Commodity Letter of Credit (CLOC) Programs.--The first 
     sentence of section 18(b)(1) of the National School Lunch Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1769(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``, and ending 
     September 30, 1994''.
       (b) Demonstration Program To Provide Meals and Supplements 
     Outside of School Hours.--Section 18 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1769) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(e)(1)(A) The Secretary shall establish a demonstration 
     program to provide grants to eligible institutions or schools 
     to provide meals or supplements to adolescents participating 
     in educational, recreational, or other programs and 
     activities provided outside of school hours.
       ``(B) The amount of a grant under subparagraph (A) shall be 
     equal to the amount necessary to provide meals or supplements 
     described in such subparagraph and shall be determined in 
     accordance with reimbursement payment rates for meals and 
     supplements under the child and adult care food program under 
     section 17.
       ``(2) The Secretary may not provide a grant under paragraph 
     (1) to an eligible institution or school unless the 
     institution or school submits to the Secretary an application 
     containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably 
     require.
       ``(3) The Secretary may not provide a grant under paragraph 
     (1) to an eligible institution or school unless the 
     institution or school agrees that the institution or school 
     will--
       ``(A) use amounts from the grant to provide meals or 
     supplements under educational, recreational, or other 
     programs and activities for adolescents outside of school 
     hours, and the programs and activities are carried out in 
     geographic areas in which there are high rates of poverty, 
     violence, or drug and alcohol abuse among school-aged youths; 
     and
       ``(B) use the same meal patterns as meal patterns required 
     under the child and adult care food program under section 17.
       ``(4) Determinations with regard to eligibility for free 
     and reduced price meals and supplements provided under 
     programs and activities under this subsection shall be made 
     in accordance with the income eligibility guidelines for free 
     and reduced price lunches under section 9.
       ``(5)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the 
     Secretary shall expend to carry out this subsection, from 
     amounts appropriated for purposes of carrying out section 17, 
     $325,000 for fiscal year 1995, $375,000 for each of fiscal 
     years 1996 and 1997, and $425,000 for fiscal year 1998. In 
     addition to amounts described in the preceding sentence, the 
     Secretary shall expend any additional amounts in any fiscal 
     year as may be provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
       ``(B) The Secretary may expend less than the amount 
     required under subparagraph (A) if there is an insufficient 
     number of suitable applicants.
       ``(6) As used in this subsection:
       ``(A) The term `adolescent' means a child who has attained 
     the age of 13 but has not attained the age of 19.
       ``(B) The term `eligible institution or school' means--
       ``(i) an institution, as the term is defined in section 17; 
     or
       ``(ii) an elementary or secondary school participating in 
     the school lunch program under this Act.
       ``(C) The term `outside of school hours' means after-school 
     hours, weekends, or holidays during the regular school 
     year.''.
       (c) Fortified Fluid Milk.--Section 18 of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1769) (as amended by subsection (b)) is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(f)(1) Subject to the availability of appropriations to 
     carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall establish 
     pilot projects in at least 25 school districts under which 
     the milk offered by schools meets the fortification 
     requirements of paragraph (3) for lowfat, skim, and other 
     forms of fluid milk.
       ``(2) The Secretary shall make available to school 
     districts information that compares the nutritional benefits 
     of fluid milk that meets the fortification requirements of 
     paragraph (3) and the nutritional benefits of other milk that 
     is made available through the school lunch program 
     established under this Act.
       ``(3) The fortification requirements for fluid milk for the 
     pilot project referred to in paragraph (1) shall provide 
     that--
       ``(A) all whole milk in final package form for beverage use 
     shall contain not less than--
       ``(i) 3.25 percent milk fat; and
       ``(ii) 8.7 percent milk solids not fat;
       ``(B) all lowfat milk in final package form for beverage 
     use shall contain not less than 10 percent milk solids not 
     fat; and
       ``(C) all skim milk in final package form for beverage use 
     shall contain not less than 9 percent milk solids not fat.
       ``(4)(A) In selecting where to establish pilot projects 
     under this subsection, the Secretary shall take into account, 
     among other factors, the availability of fortified milk and 
     the interest of the school district in being included in the 
     pilot project.
       ``(B) The Secretary shall establish the pilot projects in 
     as many geographic areas as practicable, except that none of 
     the projects shall be established in school districts that 
     use milk described in paragraph (3) or similar milk.
       ``(5) Not later than 2 years after the establishment of the 
     first pilot project under this subsection, the Secretary 
     shall report to the Committee on Education and Labor, and the 
     Committee on Agriculture, of the House of Representatives and 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
     Senate on--
       ``(A) the acceptability of fortified whole, lowfat, and 
     skim milk products to participating children;
       ``(B) the impact of offering the milk on milk consumption;
       ``(C) the views of the school food service authorities on 
     the pilot projects; and
       ``(D) any increases or reductions in costs attributed to 
     the pilot projects.
       ``(6) The Secretary shall--
       ``(A) obtain copies of any research studies or papers that 
     discuss the impact of the fortification of milk pursuant to 
     standards established by the States; and
       ``(B) on request, make available to State agencies and the 
     public--
       ``(i) the information obtained under subparagraph (A); and
       ``(ii) information about where to obtain milk described in 
     paragraph (3).
       ``(7)(A) Each pilot project established under this 
     subsection shall terminate on the last day of the third year 
     after the establishment of the pilot project.
       ``(B) The Secretary shall advise representatives of each 
     district participating in a pilot project that the district 
     may continue to offer the fortified forms of milk described 
     in paragraph (3) after the project terminates.''.
       (d) Increased Choices of Fruits, Vegetables, Legumes, 
     Cereals, and Grain-Based Products.--Section 18 of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1769) (as amended by subsection (c)) is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(g)(1) The Secretary is authorized to establish a pilot 
     project to assist schools participating in the school lunch 
     program established under this Act, and the school breakfast 
     program established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition 
     Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), to offer participating students 
     additional choices of fruits, vegetables, legumes, cereals, 
     and grain-based products (including, subject to paragraph 
     (6), organically produced agricultural commodities and 
     products) (collectively referred to in this subsection as 
     `qualified products').
       ``(2) The Secretary shall establish procedures under which 
     schools may apply to participate in the pilot project. To the 
     maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall select 
     qualified schools that apply from each State.
       ``(3) The Secretary may provide a priority for receiving 
     funds under this subsection to--
       ``(A) schools that are located in low-income areas (as 
     defined by the Secretary); and
       ``(B) schools that rarely offer 3 or more choices of 
     qualified products per meal.
       ``(4) On request, the Secretary shall provide information 
     to the Committee on Education and Labor, and the Committee on 
     Agriculture, of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
     Senate on the impact of the pilot project on participating 
     schools, including--
       ``(A) the extent to which participating children increased 
     consumption of qualified products;
       ``(B) the extent to which increased consumption of 
     qualified products offered under the pilot project has 
     contributed to a reduction in fat intake in the school 
     breakfast and school lunch programs;
       ``(C) the desirability of requiring that--
       ``(i) each school participating in the school breakfast 
     program increase the number of choices of qualified products 
     offered per meal to at least 2 choices;
       ``(ii) each school participating in the school lunch 
     program increase the number of choices of qualified products 
     offered per meal; and
       ``(iii) the Secretary provide additional Federal 
     reimbursements to assist schools in complying with clauses 
     (i) and (ii);
       ``(D) the views of school food service authorities on the 
     pilot project; and
       ``(E) any increase or reduction in costs to the schools in 
     offering the additional qualified products.
       ``(5) Subject to the availability of funds appropriated to 
     carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall use not more 
     than $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 through 1997 to 
     carry out this subsection.
       ``(6) For purposes of this subsection, qualified products 
     shall include organically produced agricultural commodities 
     and products beginning on the date the Secretary establishes 
     an organic certification program for producers and handlers 
     of agricultural products in accordance with the Organic Foods 
     Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.).''.
       (e) Increased Choices of Lowfat Dairy Products and Lean 
     Meat and Poultry Products.--Section 18 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1769) (as amended by subsection (d)) is further amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(h)(1) The Secretary is authorized to establish a pilot 
     project to assist schools participating in the school lunch 
     program established under this Act, and the school breakfast 
     program established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition 
     Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), to offer participating students 
     additional choices of lowfat dairy products (including 
     lactose-free dairy products) and lean meat and poultry 
     products (including, subject to paragraph (6), organically 
     produced agricultural commodities and products) (collectively 
     referred to in this subsection as `qualified products').
       ``(2) The Secretary shall establish procedures under which 
     schools may apply to participate in the pilot project. To the 
     maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall select 
     qualified schools that apply from each State.
       ``(3) The Secretary may provide a priority for receiving 
     funds under this subsection to--
       ``(A) schools that are located in low-income areas (as 
     defined by the Secretary); and
       ``(B) schools that rarely offer 3 or more choices of 
     qualified products per meal.
       ``(4) On request, the Secretary shall provide information 
     to the Committee on Education and Labor, and the Committee on 
     Agriculture, of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
     Senate on the impact of the pilot project on participating 
     schools, including--
       ``(A) the extent to which participating children increased 
     consumption of qualified products;
       ``(B) the extent to which increased consumption of 
     qualified products offered under the pilot project has 
     contributed to a reduction in fat intake in the school 
     breakfast and school lunch programs;
       ``(C) the desirability of requiring that--
       ``(i) each school participating in the school breakfast 
     program increase the number of choices of qualified products 
     offered per meal to at least 2 choices;
       ``(ii) each school participating in the school lunch 
     program increase the number of choices of qualified products 
     offered per meal; and
       ``(iii) the Secretary provide additional Federal 
     reimbursements to assist schools in complying with clauses 
     (i) and (ii);
       ``(D) the views of the school food service authorities on 
     the pilot project; and
       ``(E) any increase or reduction in costs to the schools in 
     offering the additional qualified products.
       ``(5) Subject to the availability of funds appropriated to 
     carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall use not more 
     than $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 through 1997 to 
     carry out this subsection.
       ``(6) For purposes of this subsection, qualified products 
     shall include organically produced agricultural commodities 
     and products beginning on the date the Secretary establishes 
     an organic certification program for producers and handlers 
     of agricultural products in accordance with the Organic Foods 
     Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.).''.
       (f) Reduced Paperwork and Application Requirements and 
     Increased Participation Pilots.--Section 18 of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1769) (as amended by subsection (e)) is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(i)(1) Subject to the availability of advance 
     appropriations under paragraph (8), the Secretary shall make 
     grants to a limited number of schools to conduct pilot 
     projects in 2 or more States approved by the Secretary to--
       ``(A) reduce paperwork;
       ``(B) reduce application and meal counting requirements; 
     and
       ``(C) make changes that will increase participation in the 
     school lunch and school breakfast programs.
       ``(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the 
     Secretary may waive the requirements of this Act and the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) relating 
     to counting of meals, applications for eligibility, and 
     related requirements that would preclude the Secretary from 
     making a grant to conduct a pilot project under paragraph 
     (1).
       ``(B) The Secretary may not waive a requirement under 
     subparagraph (A) if the waiver would prevent a program 
     participant, a potential program recipient, or a school from 
     receiving all of the benefits and protections of this Act, 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, or a Federal statute or 
     regulation that protects an individual constitutional right 
     or a statutory civil right.
       ``(C) No child otherwise eligible for free or reduced price 
     meals under section 9 or under section 4 of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) shall be required to 
     pay more under a program carried out under this subsection 
     for such a meal than the child would otherwise pay under 
     section 9 or under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
     1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), respectively.
       ``(3) To be eligible to receive a grant to conduct a pilot 
     project under this subsection, a school shall--
       ``(A) submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 
     in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the 
     Secretary may reasonably require, including, at a minimum, 
     information--
       ``(i) demonstrating that the program carried out under the 
     project differs from programs carried out under subparagraph 
     (C), (D), or (E) of section 11(a)(1);
       ``(ii) demonstrating that at least 40 percent of the 
     students participating in the school lunch program at the 
     school are eligible for free or reduced price meals;
       ``(iii) demonstrating that the school operates both a 
     school lunch program and a school breakfast program;
       ``(iv) describing the funding, if any that the school will 
     receive from non-Federal sources to carry out the pilot 
     project;
       ``(v) describing and justifying the additional amount, over 
     the most recent prior year reimbursement amount received 
     under the school lunch program and the school breakfast 
     program (adjusted for inflation and fluctuations in 
     enrollment), that the school needs from the Federal 
     government to conduct the pilot; and
       ``(vi) describing the policy of the school on a la carte 
     and competitive foods;
       ``(B) not have a history of violations of this Act or the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.); and
       ``(C) meet any other requirement that the Secretary may 
     reasonably require.
       ``(4) To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall select 
     schools to participate in the pilot program under this 
     subsection in a manner that will provide for an equitable 
     distribution among the following types of schools:
       ``(A) Urban and rural schools.
       ``(B) Elementary, middle, and high schools.
       ``(C) Schools of varying income levels.
       ``(5)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a school 
     conducting a pilot project under this subsection shall 
     receive commodities in an amount equal to the amount the 
     school received in the prior year under the school lunch 
     program under this Act and under the school breakfast program 
     under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, adjusted 
     for inflation and fluctuations in enrollment.
       ``(B) Commodities required for the pilot project in excess 
     of the amount of commodities received by the school in the 
     prior year under the school lunch program and the school 
     breakfast program may be funded from amounts appropriated to 
     carry out this section.
       ``(6)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a school 
     conducting a pilot project under this subsection shall 
     receive a total Federal reimbursement under the school lunch 
     program and school breakfast program in an amount equal to 
     the total Federal reimbursement for the school in the prior 
     year under each such program (adjusted for inflation and 
     fluctuations in enrollment).
       ``(B) Funds required for the pilot project in excess of the 
     level of reimbursement received by the school in the prior 
     year (adjusted for inflation and fluctuations in enrollment) 
     may be taken from any non-Federal source or from amounts 
     appropriated to carry out this subsection. If no 
     appropriations are made for the pilot projects, schools may 
     not conduct the pilot projects.
       ``(7)(A) The Secretary shall require each school conducting 
     a pilot project under this subsection to submit to the 
     Secretary documentation sufficient for the Secretary, to the 
     extent practicable, to--
       ``(i) determine the effect that participation by schools in 
     the pilot projects has on the rate of student participation 
     in the school lunch program and the school breakfast program, 
     in total and by various income groups;
       ``(ii) compare the quality of meals served under the pilot 
     project to the quality of meals served under the school lunch 
     program and the school breakfast program during the school 
     year immediately preceding participation in the pilot 
     project;
       ``(iii) summarize the views of students, parents, and 
     administrators with respect to the pilot project;
       ``(iv) compare the amount of administrative costs under the 
     pilot project to the amount of administrative costs under the 
     school lunch program and the school breakfast program during 
     the school year immediately preceding participation in the 
     pilot project;
       ``(v) determine the reduction in paperwork under the pilot 
     project from the amount of paperwork under the school lunch 
     and school breakfast programs at the school; and
       ``(vi) determine the effect of participation in the pilot 
     project on sales of, and school policy regarding, a la carte 
     and competitive foods.
       ``(B) Not later than January 31, 1998, the Secretary shall 
     submit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House 
     of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report containing--
       ``(i) a description of the pilot projects approved by the 
     Secretary under this subsection;
       ``(ii) a compilation of the information received by the 
     Secretary under paragraph (1) as of this date from each 
     school conducting a pilot project under this subsection; and
       ``(iii) an evaluation of the program by the Secretary.
       ``(8) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
     this subsection $9,000,000 for each fiscal year during the 
     period beginning October 1, 1995, and ending July 31, 
     1998.''.

     SEC. 119. REDUCTION OF PAPERWORK.

       Section 19(a) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1769a(a)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and other agencies'' and inserting 
     ``other agencies''; and
       (2) by inserting ``, and families of children participating 
     in the programs,'' after ``assisted under such Acts''.

     SEC. 120. FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE.

       (a) Required Activities.--Section 21(c)(2) of the National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b-1(c)(2)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B)--
       (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (viii);
       (B) by redesignating clause (ix) as clause (x); and
       (C) by inserting after clause (viii) the following new 
     clause:
       ``(ix) culinary skills; and'';
       (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D);
       (3) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) 
     and inserting a semicolon; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(F) training food service personnel to comply with the 
     nutrition guidance and objectives of section 24 through a 
     national network of instructors or other means;
       ``(G) preparing informational materials, such as video 
     instruction tapes and menu planners, to promote healthier 
     food preparation; and
       ``(H) assisting State educational agencies in providing 
     additional nutrition and health instructions and instructors, 
     including training personnel to comply with the nutrition 
     guidance and objectives of section 24.''.
       (b) Use of Food Service Management Institute for Dietary 
     and Nutrition Activities.--Section 21(d) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1769b-1(d)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(d) Coordination.--The'' and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(d) Coordination.--
       ``(1) In general.--The''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) Use of institute for dietary and nutrition 
     activities.--The Secretary shall use any food service 
     management institute established under subsection (a)(2) to 
     assist in carrying out dietary and nutrition activities of 
     the Secretary.''.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 21 of such 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b-1) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``from'' and 
     inserting ``subject to the availability of, and from,''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       ``(1) Training activities and technical assistance.--There 
     are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection 
     (a)(1) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1990, $2,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 1991, and $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1992 
     through 1998.
       ``(2) Food service management institute.--
       ``(A) Funding.--In addition to any amounts otherwise made 
     available for fiscal year 1995, out of any moneys in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall provide to the Secretary $147,000 for fiscal 
     year 1995, $1,900,000 for fiscal year 1996, $1,950,000 for 
     fiscal years 1997 and 1998, and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 
     1999 and each subsequent fiscal year, to carry out subsection 
     (a)(2). The Secretary shall be entitled to receive the funds 
     and shall accept the funds.
       ``(B) Additional funding.--In addition to amounts made 
     available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be 
     appropriated to carry out subsection (a)(2) such sums as are 
     necessary for fiscal year 1995 and each subsequent fiscal 
     year. The Secretary shall carry out activities under 
     subsection (a)(2), in addition to the activities funded under 
     subparagraph (A), to the extent provided for, and in such 
     amounts as are provided for, in advance in appropriations 
     Acts.
       ``(C) Funding for education, training, or applied research 
     or studies.--In addition to amounts made available under 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B), from amounts otherwise 
     appropriated to the Secretary in discretionary 
     appropriations, the Secretary may provide funds to any food 
     service management institute established under subsection 
     (a)(2) for projects specified by the Secretary that will 
     contribute to implementing dietary or nutrition initiatives. 
     Any additional funding under this subparagraph shall be 
     provided noncompetitively in a separate cooperative 
     agreement.''.

     SEC. 121. COMPLIANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

       Section 22(d) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1769c(d)) is amended by striking ``1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 
     and 1994'' and inserting ``1994 through 1996''.

     SEC. 122. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE RELATING TO 
                   NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT UNDER CERTAIN CHILD 
                   NUTRITION PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--The National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1751 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new section:

     ``SEC. 25. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY RELATING TO NONPROCUREMENT 
                   DEBARMENT.

       ``(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are to 
     promote the prevention and deterrence of instances of fraud, 
     bid rigging, and other anticompetitive activities encountered 
     in the procurement of products for child nutrition programs 
     by--
       ``(1) establishing guidelines and a timetable for the 
     Secretary to initiate debarment proceedings, as well as 
     establishing mandatory debarment periods; and
       ``(2) providing training, technical advice, and guidance in 
     identifying and preventing the activities.
       ``(b) Definitions.--As used in this section:
       ``(1) Child nutrition program.--The term `child nutrition 
     program' means--
       ``(A) the school lunch program established under this Act;
       ``(B) the summer food service program for children 
     established under section 13;
       ``(C) the child and adult care food program established 
     under section 17;
       ``(D) the homeless children nutrition program established 
     under section 17B;
       ``(E) the special milk program established under section 3 
     of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772);
       ``(F) the school breakfast program established under 
     section 4 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1773); and
       ``(G) the special supplemental nutrition program for women, 
     infants, and children authorized under section 17 of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1786).
       ``(2) Contractor.--The term `contractor' means a person 
     that contracts with a State, an agency of a State, or a local 
     agency to provide goods or services in relation to the 
     participation of a local agency in a child nutrition program.
       ``(3) Local agency.--The term `local agency' means a 
     school, school food authority, child care center, sponsoring 
     organization, or other entity authorized to operate a child 
     nutrition program at the local level.
       ``(4) Nonprocurement debarment.--The term `nonprocurement 
     debarment' means an action to bar a person from programs and 
     activities involving Federal financial and nonfinancial 
     assistance, but not including Federal procurement programs 
     and activities.
       ``(5) Person.--The term `person' means any individual, 
     corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, or other 
     legal entity, however organized.
       ``(c) Assistance To Identify and Prevent Fraud and 
     Anticompetitive Activities.--The Secretary shall--
       ``(1) in cooperation with any other appropriate individual, 
     organization, or agency, provide advice, training, technical 
     assistance, and guidance (which may include awareness 
     training, training films, and troubleshooting advice) to 
     representatives of States and local agencies regarding means 
     of identifying and preventing fraud and anticompetitive 
     activities relating to the provision of goods or services in 
     conjunction with the participation of a local agency in a 
     child nutrition program; and
       ``(2) provide information to, and fully cooperate with, the 
     Attorney General and State attorneys general regarding 
     investigations of fraud and anticompetitive activities 
     relating to the provision of goods or services in conjunction 
     with the participation of a local agency in a child nutrition 
     program.
       ``(d) Nonprocurement Debarment.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (3) and 
     subsection (e), not later than 180 days after notification of 
     the occurrence of a cause for debarment described in 
     paragraph (2), the Secretary shall initiate nonprocurement 
     debarment proceedings against the contractor who has 
     committed the cause for debarment.
       ``(2) Causes for debarment.--Actions requiring initiation 
     of nonprocurement debarment pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
     include a situation in which a contractor is found guilty in 
     any criminal proceeding, or found liable in any civil or 
     administrative proceeding, in connection with the supplying, 
     providing, or selling of goods or services to any local 
     agency in connection with a child nutrition program, of--
       ``(A) an anticompetitive activity, including bid-rigging, 
     price-fixing, the allocation of customers between 
     competitors, or other violation of Federal or State antitrust 
     laws;
       ``(B) fraud, bribery, theft, forgery, or embezzlement;
       ``(C) knowingly receiving stolen property;
       ``(D) making a false claim or statement; or
       ``(E) any other obstruction of justice.
       ``(3) Exception.--If the Secretary determines that a 
     decision on initiating nonprocurement debarment proceedings 
     cannot be made within 180 days after notification of the 
     occurrence of a cause for debarment described in paragraph 
     (2) because of the need to further investigate matters 
     relating to the possible debarment, the Secretary may have 
     such additional time as the Secretary considers necessary to 
     make a decision, but not to exceed an additional 180 days.
       ``(4) Mandatory child nutrition program debarment 
     periods.--
       ``(A) In general.--Subject to the other provisions of this 
     paragraph and notwithstanding any other provision of law 
     except subsection (e), if, after deciding to initiate 
     nonprocurement debarment proceedings pursuant to paragraph 
     (1), the Secretary decides to debar a contractor, the 
     debarment shall be for a period of not less than 3 years.
       ``(B) Previous debarment.--If the contractor has been 
     previously debarred pursuant to nonprocurement debarment 
     proceedings initiated pursuant to paragraph (1), and the 
     cause for debarment is described in paragraph (2) based on 
     activities that occurred subsequent to the initial debarment, 
     the debarment shall be for a period of not less than 5 years.
       ``(C) Scope.--At a minimum, a debarment under this 
     subsection shall serve to bar the contractor for the 
     specified period from contracting to provide goods or 
     services in conjunction with the participation of a local 
     agency in a child nutrition program.
       ``(D) Reversal, reduction, or exception.--Nothing in this 
     section shall restrict the ability of the Secretary to--
       ``(i) reverse a debarment decision;
       ``(ii) reduce the period or scope of a debarment;
       ``(iii) grant an exception permitting a debarred contractor 
     to participate in a particular contract to provide goods or 
     services; or
       ``(iv) otherwise settle a debarment action at any time;
     in conjunction with the participation of a local agency in a 
     child nutrition program, if the Secretary determines there is 
     good cause for the action, after taking into account factors 
     set forth in paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (e).
       ``(5) Information.--On request, the Secretary shall present 
     to the Committee on Education and Labor, and the Committee on 
     Agriculture, of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
     Senate information regarding the decisions required by this 
     subsection.
       ``(6) Relationship to other authorities.--A debarment 
     imposed under this section shall not reduce or diminish the 
     authority of a Federal, State, or local government agency or 
     court to penalize, imprison, fine, suspend, debar, or take 
     other adverse action against a person in a civil, criminal, 
     or administrative proceeding.
       ``(7) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue such 
     regulations as are necessary to carry out this subsection.
       ``(e) Mandatory Debarment.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this section, the Secretary shall initiate 
     nonprocurement debarment proceedings against the contractor 
     (including any cooperative) who has committed the cause for 
     debarment (as determined under subsection (d)(2)), unless the 
     action--
       ``(1) is likely to have a significant adverse effect on 
     competition or prices in the relevant market or nationally;
       ``(2) will interfere with the ability of a local agency to 
     procure a needed product for a child nutrition program;
       ``(3) is unfair to a person, subsidiary corporation, 
     affiliate, parent company, or local division of a corporation 
     that is not involved in the improper activity that would 
     otherwise result in the debarment;
       ``(4) is likely to have significant adverse economic 
     impacts on the local economy in a manner that is unfair to 
     innocent parties;
       ``(5) is not justified in light of the penalties already 
     imposed on the contractor for violations relevant to the 
     proposed debarment, including any suspension or debarment 
     arising out of the same matter that is imposed by any Federal 
     or State agency; or
       ``(6) is not in the public interest, or otherwise is not in 
     the interests of justice, as determined by the Secretary.
       ``(f) Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies.--Prior to 
     seeking judicial review in a court of competent jurisdiction, 
     a contractor against whom a nonprocurement debarment 
     proceeding has been initiated shall--
       ``(1) exhaust all administrative procedures prescribed by 
     the Secretary; and
       ``(2) receive notice of the final determination of the 
     Secretary.
       ``(g) Information Relating to Prevention and Control of 
     Anticompetitive Activities.--On request, the Secretary shall 
     present to the Committee on Education and Labor, and the 
     Committee on Agriculture, of the House of Representatives and 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
     Senate information regarding the activities of the Secretary 
     relating to anticompetitive activities, fraud, nonprocurement 
     debarment, and any waiver granted by the Secretary under this 
     section.''.
       (b) Applicability.--Section 25 of the National School Lunch 
     Act (as added by subsection (a)) shall not apply to a cause 
     for debarment as described in section 25(d)(2) of such Act 
     that is based on an activity that took place prior to the 
     effective date of section 25 of such Act.
       (c) No Reduction in Authority To Debar or Suspend a Person 
     From Federal Financial and Nonfinancial Assistance and 
     Benefits.--The authority of the Secretary of Agriculture that 
     exists on the day before the date of enactment of this Act to 
     debar or suspend a person from Federal financial and 
     nonfinancial assistance and benefits under Federal programs 
     and activities shall not be diminished or reduced by 
     subsection (a) or the amendment made by subsection (a).

     SEC. 123. INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.

       The National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) (as 
     amended by section 122) is further amended by adding at the 
     end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 26. INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall enter into a 
     contract with a nongovernmental organization described in 
     subsection (b) to establish and maintain a clearinghouse to 
     provide information to nongovernmental groups located 
     throughout the United States that assist low-income 
     individuals or communities regarding food assistance, self-
     help activities to aid individuals in becoming self-reliant, 
     and other activities that empower low-income individuals or 
     communities to improve the lives of low-income individuals 
     and reduce reliance on Federal, State, or local governmental 
     agencies for food or other assistance.
       ``(b) Nongovernmental Organization.--The nongovernmental 
     organization referred to in subsection (a) shall be selected 
     on a competitive basis and shall--
       ``(1) be experienced in the gathering of first-hand 
     information in all the States through onsite visits to 
     grassroots organizations in each State that fight hunger and 
     poverty or that assist individuals in becoming self-reliant;
       ``(2) be experienced in the establishment of a 
     clearinghouse similar to the clearinghouse described in 
     subsection (a);
       ``(3) agree to contribute in-kind resources towards the 
     establishment and maintenance of the clearinghouse and agree 
     to provide clearinghouse information, free of charge, to the 
     Secretary, States, counties, cities, antihunger groups, and 
     grassroots organizations that assist individuals in becoming 
     self-sufficient and self-reliant;
       ``(4) be sponsored by an organization, or be an 
     organization, that--
       ``(A) has helped combat hunger for at least 10 years;
       ``(B) is committed to reinvesting in the United States; and
       ``(C) is knowledgeable regarding Federal nutrition 
     programs;
       ``(5) be experienced in communicating the purpose of the 
     clearinghouse through the media, including the radio and 
     print media, and be able to provide access to the 
     clearinghouse information through computer or 
     telecommunications technology, as well as through the mails; 
     and
       ``(6) be able to provide examples, advice, and guidance to 
     States, counties, cities, communities, antihunger groups, and 
     local organizations regarding means of assisting individuals 
     and communities to reduce reliance on government programs, 
     reduce hunger, improve nutrition, and otherwise assist low-
     income individuals and communities become more self-
     sufficient.
       ``(c) Audits.--The Secretary shall establish fair and 
     reasonable auditing procedures regarding the expenditures of 
     funds to carry out this section.
       ``(d) Funding.--Out of any moneys in the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     pay to the Secretary to provide to the organization selected 
     under this section, to establish and maintain the information 
     clearinghouse, $150,000 for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, 
     and 1997, and $75,000 for fiscal year 1998. The Secretary 
     shall be entitled to receive the funds and shall accept the 
     funds.''.

     SEC. 124. GUIDANCE AND GRANTS FOR ACCOMMODATING SPECIAL 
                   DIETARY NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

       The National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) (as 
     amended by section 123) is further amended by adding at the 
     end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 27. GUIDANCE AND GRANTS FOR ACCOMMODATING SPECIAL 
                   DIETARY NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

       ``(a) Definitions.--As used in this section:
       ``(1) Children with disabilities.--The term `children with 
     disabilities' means individuals, each of whom is--
       ``(A) a participant in a covered program; and
       ``(B) an individual with a disability, as defined in 
     section 7(8) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
     706(8)) for purposes of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 
     of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794).
       ``(2) Covered program.--The term `covered program' means--
       ``(A) the school lunch program established under this Act;
       ``(B) the school breakfast program established under 
     section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1773); and
       ``(C) any other program established under this Act or the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) that the 
     Secretary determines is appropriate.
       ``(3) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means a 
     school food service authority, or an institution or 
     organization, that participates in a covered program.
       ``(b) Guidance.--
       ``(1) Development.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
     Attorney General and the Secretary of Education, shall 
     develop and approve guidance for accommodating the medical 
     and special dietary needs of children with disabilities under 
     covered programs in a manner that is consistent with section 
     504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794).
       ``(2) Timing.--In the case of the school lunch program 
     established under this Act and the school breakfast program 
     established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
     1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), the Secretary shall develop the 
     guidance as required by paragraph (1) not later than 150 days 
     after the date of enactment of this section.
       ``(3) Distribution.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
     that the development of the guidance relating to a covered 
     program is completed, the Secretary shall distribute the 
     guidance to school food service authorities, and institutions 
     and organizations, participating in the covered program.
       ``(4) Revision of guidance.--The Secretary, in consultation 
     with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education, 
     shall periodically update and approve the guidances to 
     reflect new scientific information and comments and 
     suggestions from persons carrying out covered programs, 
     recognized medical authorities, parents, and other persons.
       ``(c) Grants.--
       ``(1) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations provided in advance to carry out this 
     subsection, the Secretary shall make grants on a competitive 
     basis to State educational agencies for distribution to 
     eligible entities to assist the eligible entities with 
     nonrecurring expenses incurred in accommodating the medical 
     and special dietary needs of children with disabilities in a 
     manner that is consistent with section 504 of the 
     Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794).
       ``(2) Additional assistance.--Subject to paragraph 
     (3)(A)(iii), assistance received through grants made under 
     this subsection shall be in addition to any other assistance 
     that State educational agencies and eligible entities would 
     otherwise receive.
       ``(3) Allocation by secretary.--
       ``(A) Preference.--In making grants under this subsection 
     for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide a preference 
     to State educational agencies that, individually--
       ``(i) submit to the Secretary a plan for accommodating the 
     needs described in paragraph (1), including a description of 
     the purpose of the project for which the agency seeks such a 
     grant, a budget for the project, and a justification for the 
     budget;
       ``(ii) provide to the Secretary data demonstrating that the 
     State served by the agency has a substantial percentage of 
     children with medical or special dietary needs, and 
     information explaining the basis for the data; or
       ``(iii) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary 
     that the activities supported through such a grant will be 
     coordinated with activities supported under other Federal, 
     State, and local programs, including--

       ``(I) activities carried out under title XIX of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.);
       ``(II) activities carried out under the Individuals with 
     Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.); and
       ``(III) activities carried out under section 19 of the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1788) or by the food 
     service management institute established under section 21.

       ``(B) Reallocation.--The Secretary shall act in a timely 
     manner to recover and reallocate to other States any amounts 
     provided to a State educational agency under this subsection 
     that are not used by the agency within a reasonable period 
     (as determined by the Secretary).
       ``(C) Applications.--The Secretary shall allow State 
     educational agencies to apply on an annual basis for 
     assistance under this subsection.
       ``(4) Allocation by state educational agencies.--In 
     allocating funds made available under this subsection within 
     a State, the State educational agency shall give a preference 
     to eligible entities that demonstrate the greatest ability to 
     use the funds to carry out the plan submitted by the State in 
     accordance with paragraph (3)(A)(i).
       ``(5) Maintenance of effort.--Expenditures of funds from 
     State and local sources to accommodate the needs described in 
     paragraph (1) shall not be diminished as a result of grants 
     received under this subsection.
       ``(6) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal 
     years 1995 through 1998 to carry out this subsection.''.

     SEC. 125. STUDY OF ADULTERATION OF JUICE PRODUCTS SOLD TO 
                   SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS

       (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall conduct a study of the costs and problems 
     associated with the sale of adulterated fruit juice and juice 
     products to the school lunch program under the National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and school 
     breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act 
     of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), including a study of--
       (1) the nature and extent to which juice products have been 
     and are currently being adulterated;
       (2) the adequacy of current requirements and standards to 
     preclude manufacturers from processing adulterated products 
     for school meal programs;
       (3) the availability and effectiveness of various detection 
     methods and testing procedures used to identify adulterated 
     juice products;
       (4) the adequacy of existing enforcement mechanisms and 
     efforts to detect and prosecute manufacturers of adulterated 
     juice products;
       (5) the economic effect of the sale of adulterated juice 
     products on the school meal program and on manufacturers of 
     the products; and
       (6) the effect alternative mandatory inspection methods 
     would have on program costs and various purchasing options.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a 
     report on the study conducted under subsection (a) (including 
     any related recommendations) to the Committee on Education 
     and Labor, and the Committee on Agriculture, of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry of the Senate.
          TITLE II--AMENDMENTS TO CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966

     SEC. 201. SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM.

       (a) Minimum Nutritional Requirements Measured by Weekly 
     Average of Nutrient Content of School Breakfasts.--The first 
     sentence of section 4(e)(1) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
     1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773(e)(1)) is amended by inserting before 
     the period at the end the following: ``, except that the 
     minimum nutritional requirements shall be measured by not 
     less than the weekly average of the nutrient content of 
     school breakfasts''.
       (b) Technical Assistance for School Breakfast Program.--
     Section 4(e)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1773(e)(1)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(1)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(B) The Secretary shall provide through State educational 
     agencies technical assistance and training, including 
     technical assistance and training in the preparation of foods 
     high in complex carbohydrates and lower-fat versions of foods 
     commonly used in the school breakfast program established 
     under this section, to schools participating in the school 
     breakfast program to assist the schools in complying with the 
     nutritional requirements prescribed by the Secretary pursuant 
     to subparagraph (A) and in providing appropriate meals to 
     children with medically certified special dietary needs. The 
     Secretary shall provide through State educational agencies 
     additional technical assistance to schools that are having 
     difficulty maintaining compliance with the requirements.''.
       (c) Promotion of Program.--Section 4(f)(1) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1773(f)(1)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(1)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(B) In cooperation with State educational agencies, the 
     Secretary shall promote the school breakfast program by--
       ``(i) marketing the program in a manner that expands 
     participation in the program by schools and students; and
       ``(ii) improving public education and outreach efforts in 
     language appropriate materials that enhance the public image 
     of the program.
       ``(C) As used in this paragraph, the term `language 
     appropriate materials' means materials using a language other 
     than the English language in a case in which the language is 
     dominant for a large percentage of individuals participating 
     in the program.''.
       (d) Startup and Expansion of School Breakfast Program and 
     Summer Food Service Program for Children.--Subsection (g) of 
     section 4 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1773(g)) is amended to read 
     as follows:


                     ``STARTUP AND EXPANSION COSTS

       ``(g)(1) Out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide to 
     the Secretary $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1991 
     through 1997, $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and $7,000,000 
     for fiscal year 1999 and each subsequent fiscal year to make 
     payments under this subsection. The Secretary shall be 
     entitled to receive the funds and shall accept the funds. The 
     Secretary shall use the funds to make payments on a 
     competitive basis and in the following order of priority 
     (subject to other provisions of this subsection), to--
       ``(A) State educational agencies in a substantial number of 
     States for distribution to eligible schools to assist the 
     schools with nonrecurring expenses incurred in--
       ``(i) initiating a school breakfast program under this 
     section; or
       ``(ii) expanding a school breakfast program; and
       ``(B) a substantial number of States for distribution to 
     service institutions to assist the institutions with 
     nonrecurring expenses incurred in--
       ``(i) initiating a summer food service program for 
     children; or
       ``(ii) expanding a summer food service program for 
     children.
       ``(2) Payments received under this subsection shall be in 
     addition to payments to which State agencies are entitled 
     under subsection (b) and section 13 of the National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761).
       ``(3) To be eligible to receive a payment under this 
     subsection, a State educational agency shall submit to the 
     Secretary a plan to initiate or expand school breakfast 
     programs conducted in the State, including a description of 
     the manner in which the agency will provide technical 
     assistance and funding to schools in the State to initiate or 
     expand the programs.
       ``(4) In making payments under this subsection for any 
     fiscal year to initiate or expand school breakfast programs, 
     the Secretary shall provide a preference to State educational 
     agencies that--
       ``(A) have in effect a State law that requires the 
     expansion of the programs during the year;
       ``(B) have significant public or private resources that 
     have been assembled to carry out the expansion of the 
     programs during the year;
       ``(C) do not have a school breakfast program available to a 
     large number of low-income children in the State; or
       ``(D) serve an unmet need among low-income children, as 
     determined by the Secretary.
       ``(5) In making payments under this subsection for any 
     fiscal year to initiate or expand summer food service 
     programs for children, the Secretary shall provide a 
     preference to States--
       ``(A)(i) in which the numbers of children participating in 
     the summer food service program for children represent the 
     lowest percentages of the number of children receiving free 
     or reduced price meals under the school lunch program 
     established under the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1751 et seq.); or
       ``(ii) that do not have a summer food service program for 
     children available to a large number of low-income children 
     in the State; and
       ``(B) that submit to the Secretary a plan to expand the 
     summer food service programs for children conducted in the 
     State, including a description of--
       ``(i) the manner in which the State will provide technical 
     assistance and funding to service institutions in the State 
     to expand the programs; and
       ``(ii) significant public or private resources that have 
     been assembled to carry out the expansion of the programs 
     during the year.
       ``(6) The Secretary shall act in a timely manner to recover 
     and reallocate to other States any amounts provided to a 
     State educational agency or State under this subsection that 
     are not used by the agency or State within a reasonable 
     period (as determined by the Secretary).
       ``(7) The Secretary shall allow States to apply on an 
     annual basis for assistance under this subsection.
       ``(8) Each State agency and State, in allocating funds 
     within the State, shall give preference for assistance under 
     this subsection to eligible schools and service institutions 
     that demonstrate the greatest need for a school breakfast 
     program or a summer food service program for children, 
     respectively.
       ``(9) Expenditures of funds from State and local sources 
     for the maintenance of the school breakfast program and the 
     summer food service program for children shall not be 
     diminished as a result of payments received under this 
     subsection.
       ``(10) As used in this subsection:
       ``(A) The term `eligible school' means a school--
       ``(i) attended by children a significant percentage of whom 
     are members of low-income families;
       ``(ii)(I) as used with respect to a school breakfast 
     program, that agrees to operate the school breakfast program 
     established or expanded with the assistance provided under 
     this subsection for a period of not less than 3 years; and
       ``(II) as used with respect to a summer food service 
     program for children, that agrees to operate the summer food 
     service program for children established or expanded with the 
     assistance provided under this subsection for a period of not 
     less than 3 years.
       ``(B) The term `service institution' means an institution 
     or organization described in paragraph (1)(B) or (7) of 
     section 13(a) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1761(a)(1)(B) or (7)).
       ``(C) The term `summer food service program for children' 
     means a program authorized by section 13 of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1761).''.

     SEC. 202. STATE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

       (a) Withholding.--Section 7(a) of the Child Nutrition Act 
     of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new paragraph:
       ``(9)(A) If the Secretary determines that the 
     administration of any program by a State under this Act 
     (other than section 17) or under the National School Lunch 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), or compliance with a regulation 
     issued pursuant to either of such Acts, is seriously 
     deficient, and the State fails to correct the deficiency 
     within a specified period of time, the Secretary may withhold 
     from the State some or all of the funds allocated to the 
     State under this section or under section 13(k)(1) or 17 of 
     the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(k)(1) or 1766).
       ``(B) On a subsequent determination by the Secretary that 
     the administration of any program referred to in subparagraph 
     (A), or compliance with the regulations issued to carry out 
     the program, is no longer seriously deficient and is operated 
     in an acceptable manner, the Secretary may allocate some or 
     all of the funds withheld under such subparagraph.''.
       (b) Extension of Authority To Provide Funds for State 
     Administrative Expenses.--Section 7(h) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1776(h)) is amended by striking ``1994'' and inserting 
     ``1998''.
       (c) Prohibition of Funding Unless State Agrees To 
     Participate in Certain Studies or Surveys.--Section 7 of such 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1776) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(h) The Secretary may not provide amounts under this 
     section to a State for administrative costs incurred in any 
     fiscal year unless the State agrees to participate in any 
     study or survey of programs authorized under this Act or the 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and 
     conducted by the Secretary.''.

     SEC. 203. COMPETITIVE FOODS OF MINIMAL NUTRITIONAL VALUE.

       Section 10 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1779) is amended--
       (1) by designating the first, second, and third sentences 
     as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively;
       (2) by indenting the margins of subsections (b) and (c) so 
     as to align with the margins of subsection (b) of section 11 
     of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1780); and
       (3) in subsection (b) (as designated by paragraph (1))--
       (A) by striking ``Such regulations'' and inserting ``(1) 
     The regulations''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(2) The Secretary shall develop and provide to State 
     agencies, for distribution to private elementary schools and 
     to public elementary schools through local educational 
     agencies, model language that bans the sale of competitive 
     foods of minimal nutritional value anywhere on elementary 
     school grounds before the end of the last lunch period.
       ``(3) The Secretary shall provide to State agencies, for 
     distribution to private secondary schools and to public 
     secondary schools through local educational agencies, a copy 
     of regulations (in existence on the effective date of this 
     paragraph) concerning the sale of competitive foods of 
     minimal nutritional value.
       ``(4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply to a State 
     that has in effect a ban on the sale of competitive foods of 
     minimal nutritional value in schools in the State.''.

     SEC. 204. SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM.

       (a) Definition of Nutritional Risk.--Section 17(b)(8) of 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)(8)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E);
       (2) by inserting after ``health,'' at the end of 
     subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph: ``(D) 
     conditions that directly affect the nutritional health of a 
     person, such as alcoholism or drug abuse,''; and
       (3) in subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), 
     by striking ``alcoholism and drug addiction, homelessness, 
     and'' and inserting ``homelessness and''.
       (b) Promotion of Program.--Section 17(c) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1786(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(5) The Secretary shall promote the special supplemental 
     nutrition program by producing and distributing materials, 
     including television and radio public service announcements 
     in English and other appropriate languages, that inform 
     potentially eligible individuals of the benefits and services 
     under the program.''.
       (c) Eligibility for Certain Pregnant Women.--Section 17(d) 
     of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following 
     new subparagraph:
       ``(C) In the case of a pregnant woman who is otherwise 
     ineligible for participation in the program because the 
     family of the woman is of insufficient size to meet the 
     income eligibility standards of the program, the pregnant 
     woman shall be considered to have satisfied the income 
     eligibility standards if, by increasing the number of 
     individuals in the family of the woman by 1 individual, the 
     income eligibility standards would be met.''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(3)''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(B) A State may consider pregnant women who meet the 
     income eligibility standards to be presumptively eligible to 
     participate in the program and may certify the women for 
     participation immediately, without delaying certification 
     until an evaluation is made concerning nutritional risk. A 
     nutritional risk evaluation of such a woman shall be 
     completed not later than 60 days after the woman is certified 
     for participation. If it is subsequently determined that the 
     woman does not meet nutritional risk criteria, the 
     certification of the woman shall terminate on the date of the 
     determination.''.
       (d) Technical Corrections.--Section 17(e) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1786(e)) is amended by redesignating paragraph (3) (as 
     added by section 123(a)(3)(D) of the Child Nutrition and WIC 
     Reauthorization Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-147; 103 Stat. 
     895)) and paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and 
     (6), respectively.
       (e) Coordination of WIC and Medicaid Programs Using 
     Coordinated Care Providers.--Section 17(f)(1)(C)(iii) of such 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(1)(C)(iii)) is amended by inserting 
     before the semicolon at the end the following: ``, including 
     medicaid programs that use coordinated care providers under a 
     contract entered into under section 1903(m), or a waiver 
     granted under section 1915(b), of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1396b(m) or 1396n(b)) (including coordination through 
     the referral of potentially eligible women, infants, and 
     children between the program authorized under this section 
     and the medicaid program)''.
       (f) Priority Consideration for Certain Migrant 
     Populations.--The first sentence of section 17(f)(3) of such 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(3)) is amended by inserting before the 
     period at the end the following: ``and shall ensure that 
     local programs provide priority consideration to serving 
     migrant participants who are residing in the State for a 
     limited period of time''.
       (g) Income Eligibility Guidelines.--Paragraph (18) of 
     section 17(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(18)) is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(18) Notwithstanding subsection (d)(2)(A)(i), not later 
     than July 1 of each year, a State agency may implement income 
     eligibility guidelines under this section concurrently with 
     the implementation of income eligibility guidelines under the 
     medicaid program established under title XIX of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.).''.
       (h) Use of Recovered Program Funds in Year Collected.--
     Section 17(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(23) A State agency may use funds recovered as a result 
     of violations in the food delivery system of the program in 
     the year in which the funds are collected for the purpose of 
     carrying out the program.''.
       (i) Coordination Initiative for WIC and Medicaid 
     Programs.--Section 17(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)) (as 
     amended by subsection (h)) is further amended by adding at 
     the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(24) The Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall carry out an initiative to assure that, in a 
     case in which a State medicaid program uses coordinated care 
     providers under a contract entered into under section 
     1903(m), or a waiver granted under section 1915(b), of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C 1396b(m) or 1396n(b)), 
     coordination between the program authorized by this section 
     and the medicaid program is continued, including--
       ``(A) the referral of potentially eligible women, infants, 
     and children between the 2 programs; and
       ``(B) the timely provision of medical information related 
     to the program authorized by this section to agencies 
     carrying out the program.''.
       (j) Extension of Program.--Section 17 of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1786) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence of subsection (g)(1), by striking 
     ``1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994'' and inserting ``1995 through 
     1998''; and
       (2) in the first sentence of subsection (h)(2)(A), by 
     striking ``1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994'' and inserting 
     ``1995 through 1998''.
       (k) Use of Funds for Technical Assistance and Research 
     Evaluation Projects.--Section 17(g)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1786(g)(5)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and administration of pilot projects'' 
     and inserting ``administration of pilot projects''; and
       (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
     following:``, and carrying out technical assistance and 
     research evaluation projects of the programs under this 
     section''.
       (l) Breastfeeding Promotion and Support Activities.--
     Section 17(h)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(3)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A)(i)(II)--
       (A) by striking ``an amount'' and inserting ``except as 
     otherwise provided in subparagraphs (F) and (G), an amount''; 
     and
       (B) by striking ``$8,000,000,'' and inserting ``the 
     national minimum breastfeeding promotion expenditure, as 
     described in subparagraph (E),''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(E) In the case of fiscal year 1996 (except as provided 
     in subparagraph (G)) and each subsequent fiscal year, the 
     national minimum breastfeeding promotion expenditure means an 
     amount that is--
       ``(i) equal to $21 multiplied by the number of pregnant 
     women and breastfeeding women participating in the program 
     nationwide, based on the average number of pregnant women and 
     breastfeeding women so participating during the last 3 months 
     for which the Secretary has final data; and
       ``(ii) adjusted for inflation on October 1, 1996, and each 
     October 1 thereafter, in accordance with paragraph 
     (1)(B)(ii).
       ``(F) In the case of fiscal year 1995, a State shall pay, 
     in lieu of the expenditure required under subparagraph 
     (A)(i)(II), an amount that is equal to the lesser of--
       ``(i) an amount that is more than the expenditure of the 
     State for fiscal year 1994 on the activities described in 
     subparagraph (A)(i); or
       ``(ii) an amount that is equal to $21 multiplied by the 
     number of pregnant women and breastfeeding women 
     participating in the program in the State, based on the 
     average number of pregnant women and breastfeeding women so 
     participating during the last 3 months for which the 
     Secretary has final data.
       ``(G)(i) If the Secretary determines that a State agency is 
     unable, for reasons the Secretary considers to be 
     appropriate, to make the expenditure required under 
     subparagraph (A)(i)(II) for fiscal year 1996, the Secretary 
     may permit the State to make the required level of 
     expenditure not later than October 1, 1996.
       ``(ii) In the case of fiscal year 1996, if the Secretary 
     makes a determination described in clause (i), a State shall 
     pay, in lieu of the expenditure required under subparagraph 
     (A)(i)(II), an amount that is equal to the lesser of--
       ``(I) an amount that is more than the expenditure of the 
     State for fiscal year 1995 on the activities described in 
     subparagraph (A)(i); and
       ``(II) an amount that is equal to $21 multiplied by the 
     number of pregnant women and breastfeeding women 
     participating in the program in the State, based on the 
     average number of pregnant women and breastfeeding women so 
     participating during the last 3 months for which the 
     Secretary has final data.''.
       (m) Development of Standards for the Collection of 
     Breastfeeding Data.--Section 17(h)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1786(h)(4)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(E) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     this subparagraph, develop uniform requirements for the 
     collection of data regarding the incidence and duration of 
     breastfeeding among participants in the program and, on 
     development of the uniform requirements, require each State 
     agency to report the data for inclusion in the report to 
     Congress described in subsection (d)(4).''.
       (n) Submission of Information to Congress on Waivers With 
     Respect to Procurement of Infant Formula.--Section 
     17(h)(8)(D)(iii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(8)(D)(iii)) 
     is amended by striking ``at 6-month intervals'' and inserting 
     ``on a timely basis''.
       (o) Cost Containment.--
       (1) In general.--Section 17(h)(8)(G) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1786(h)(8)(G)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new clause:
       ``(ix) Not later than September 30, 1996, the Secretary 
     shall offer to solicit bids on behalf of State agencies 
     regarding cost containment contracts to be entered into by 
     infant cereal manufacturers and State agencies. In carrying 
     out this clause, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent 
     feasible, follow the procedures prescribed in this 
     subparagraph regarding offers made by the Secretary with 
     regard to soliciting bids regarding infant formula cost 
     containment contracts. The Secretary may carry out this 
     clause without issuing regulations.''.
       (2) Repeal of termination of authority.--Section 209 of the 
     WIC Infant Formula Procurement Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-
     512; 42 U.S.C. 1786 note) is repealed.
       (p) Prohibition on Interest Liability to Federal Government 
     on Rebate Funds.--Section 17(h)(8) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1786(h)(8)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(L) A State shall not incur any interest liability to the 
     Federal Government on rebate funds for infant formula and 
     other foods if all interest earned by the State on the funds 
     is used for program purposes.''.
       (q) Use of Universal Product Codes.--Section 17(h)(8) of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(8)) (as amended by subsection 
     (p)) is further amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subparagraph:
       ``(M)(i) The Secretary shall establish pilot projects in at 
     least 1 State, with the consent of the State, to determine 
     the feasibility and cost of requiring States to carry out a 
     system for using universal product codes to assist retail 
     food stores that are vendors under the program in providing 
     the type of infant formula that the participants in the 
     program are authorized to obtain. In carrying out the 
     projects, the Secretary shall determine whether the system 
     reduces the incidence of incorrect redemptions of low-iron 
     formula or brands of infant formula not authorized to be 
     redeemed through the program, or both.
       ``(ii) The Secretary shall provide a notification to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry of the Senate regarding whether the system is 
     feasible, is cost-effective, reduces the incidence of 
     incorrect redemptions described in clause (i), and results in 
     any additional costs to States.
       ``(iii) The system shall not require a vendor under the 
     program to obtain special equipment and shall not be 
     applicable to a vendor that does not have equipment that can 
     use universal product codes.''.
       (r) Use of Unspent Nutrition Services and Administration 
     Funds.--Section 17(h) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(10)(A) For each of fiscal years 1995 through 1998, the 
     Secretary shall use for the purposes specified in 
     subparagraph (B), $10,000,000 or the amount of nutrition 
     services and administration funds for the prior fiscal year 
     that has not been obligated, whichever is less.
       ``(B) Funds under subparagraph (A) shall be used for--
       ``(i) development of infrastructure for the program under 
     this section, including management information systems;
       ``(ii) special State projects of regional or national 
     significance to improve the services of the program under 
     this section; and
       ``(iii) special breastfeeding support and promotion 
     projects, including projects to assess the effectiveness of 
     particular breastfeeding promotion strategies and to develop 
     State or local agency capacity or facilities to provide 
     quality breastfeeding services.''.
       (s) Spendback Funds.--Section 17(i)(3) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1786(i)(3)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting ``(except as 
     provided in subparagraph (H))'' after ``1 percent''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(H) The Secretary may authorize a State agency to expend 
     not more than 3 percent of the amount of funds allocated to a 
     State under this section for supplemental foods for a fiscal 
     year for expenses incurred under this section for 
     supplemental foods during the preceding fiscal year, if the 
     Secretary determines that there has been a significant 
     reduction in infant formula cost containment savings provided 
     to the State agency that would affect the ability of the 
     State agency to at least maintain the level of participation 
     by eligible participants served by the State agency.''.
       (t) Elimination of Duplicative Migrant Reports.--Section 17 
     of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (d)(4), by inserting after ``Congress'' 
     the following: ``and the National Advisory Council on 
     Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition established under 
     subsection (k)''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (j).
       (u) Initiative To Provide Program Services at Community and 
     Migrant Health Centers.--Section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1786) (as amended by subsection (t)(2)) is further amended by 
     inserting after subsection (i) the following new subsection:
       ``(j)(1) The Secretary and the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services (referred to in this subsection as the 
     `Secretaries') shall jointly establish and carry out an 
     initiative for the purpose of providing both supplemental 
     foods and nutrition education under the special supplemental 
     nutrition program and health care services to low-income 
     pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and 
     children at substantially more community health centers and 
     migrant health centers.
       ``(2) The initiative shall also include--
       ``(A) activities to improve the coordination of the 
     provision of supplemental foods and nutrition education under 
     the special supplemental nutrition program and health care 
     services at facilities funded by the Indian Health Service; 
     and
       ``(B) the development and implementation of strategies to 
     ensure that, to the maximum extent feasible, new community 
     health centers, migrant health centers, and other federally 
     supported health care facilities established in medically 
     underserved areas provide supplemental foods and nutrition 
     education under the special supplemental nutrition program.
       ``(3) The initiative may include--
       ``(A) outreach and technical assistance for State and local 
     agencies and the facilities described in paragraph (2)(A) and 
     the health centers and facilities described in paragraph 
     (2)(B);
       ``(B) demonstration projects in selected State or local 
     areas; and
       ``(C) such other activities as the Secretaries find are 
     appropriate.
       ``(4)(A) Not later than April 1, 1995, the Secretaries 
     shall provide to Congress a notification concerning the 
     actions the Secretaries intend to take to carry out the 
     initiative.
       ``(B) Not later than July 1, 1996, the Secretaries shall 
     provide to Congress a notification concerning the actions the 
     Secretaries are taking under the initiative or actions the 
     Secretaries intend to take under the initiative as a result 
     of their experience in implementing the initiative.
       ``(C) On completion of the initiative, the Secretaries 
     shall provide to Congress a notification concerning an 
     evaluation of the initiative by the Secretaries and a plan of 
     the Secretaries to further the goals of the initiative.
       ``(5) As used in this subsection:
       ``(A) The term `community health center' has the meaning 
     given the term in section 330(a) of the Public Health Service 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 254c(a)).
       ``(B) The term `migrant health center' has the meaning 
     given the term in section 329(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     254b(a)(1)).''.
       (v) Expansion of Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.--
       (1) Matching requirement for indian state agencies.--
     Section 17(m)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)(3)) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
     ``The Secretary may negotiate with an Indian State agency a 
     lower percentage of matching funds than is required under the 
     preceding sentence, but not lower than 10 percent of the 
     total cost of the program, if the Indian State agency 
     demonstrates to the Secretary financial hardship for the 
     affected Indian tribe, band, group, or council.''.
       (2) Expansion.--Section 17(m)(5)(F) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1786(m)(5)(F)) is amended--
       (A) in clause (i), by striking ``15 percent'' and inserting 
     ``17 percent'';
       (B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following new 
     clause:
       ``(ii) During any fiscal year for which a State receives 
     assistance under this subsection, the Secretary shall permit 
     the State to use not more than 2 percent of total program 
     funds for market development or technical assistance to 
     farmers' markets if the Secretary determines that the State 
     intends to promote the development of farmers' markets in 
     socially or economically disadvantaged areas, or remote rural 
     areas, where individuals eligible for participation in the 
     program have limited access to locally grown fruits and 
     vegetables.''; and
       (C) in clause (iii), strike ``for the administration of the 
     program''.
       (3) Continued funding for certain states under farmers' 
     market nutrition program.--Subparagraph (A) of section 
     17(m)(6) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)(6)(A)) is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(A) The Secretary shall give the same preference for 
     funding under this subsection to eligible States that 
     participated in the program under this subsection in a prior 
     fiscal year as to States that participated in the program in 
     the most recent fiscal year. The Secretary shall inform each 
     State of the award of funds as prescribed by subparagraph (G) 
     by February 15 of each year.''.
       (4) Funding reduction floor.--Section 17(m)(6)(B)(ii) of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)(6)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking 
     ``$50,000'' each place it appears and inserting ``$75,000''.
       (5) State plan submission date.--Section 17(m)(6)(D)(i) of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)(6)(D)(i)) is amended by striking 
     ``at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may 
     reasonably require'' and inserting ``by November 15 of each 
     year''.
       (6) Percentage of annual appropriations available to states 
     under farmers' market nutrition program.--Section 17(m)(6)(G) 
     of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)(6)(G)) is amended--
       (A) in the first sentence of clause (i), by striking ``45 
     to 55 percent'' and inserting ``75 percent''; and
       (B) in the first sentence of clause (ii), by striking ``45 
     to 55 percent'' and inserting ``25 percent''.
       (7) Data collection requirements.--Section 17(m)(8) of such 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)(8)) is amended by striking 
     subparagraphs (D) and (E) and inserting the following new 
     subparagraphs:
       ``(D) the change in consumption of fresh fruits and 
     vegetables by recipients, if the information is available;
       ``(E) the effects of the program on farmers' markets, if 
     the information is available; and''.
       (8) Extension of coupon program.--Section 17(m)(10)(A) of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)(10)(A))) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``$3,000,000 for fiscal year 1992, 
     $6,500,000 for fiscal year 1993, and''; and
       (B) by inserting before the period at the end ``, 
     $10,500,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be 
     necessary for each of fiscal years 1996 through 1998''.
       (9) Elimination of funding carryover provision under 
     farmers' market nutrition program.--Section 17(m)(10)(B)(i) 
     of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)(10)(B)(i)) is amended--
       (A) in subclause (I), by striking ``Except as provided in 
     subclause (II), each'' and inserting ``Each''; and
       (B) in subclause (II), by striking ``or may be retained'' 
     and all that follows and inserting a period.
       (10) Elimination of reallocation of unexpended funds with 
     respect to demonstration projects under farmers' market 
     nutrition program.--Section 17(m)(10)(B)(ii) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1786(m)(10)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking the second 
     sentence.
       (11) Definition.--Section 17(m)(11)(D) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1786(m)(11)(D)) is amended by inserting before the 
     period at the end the following: ``and any other agency 
     approved by the chief executive officer of the State''.
       (12) Promotion by the secretary.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall promote the use of farmers' markets by 
     recipients of Federal nutrition programs administered by the 
     Secretary.
       (w) Change in Name of Program.--
       (1) In general.--Section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786) is 
     amended--
       (A) by striking the section heading and inserting the 
     following new section heading:


   ``special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and 
                              children'';

       (B) in the first sentence of subsection (c)(1), by striking 
     ``special supplemental food program'' and inserting ``special 
     supplemental nutrition program'';
       (C) in the second sentence of subsection (k)(1), by 
     striking ``special supplemental food program'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``special supplemental nutrition 
     program''; and
       (D) in subsection (o)(1)(B), by striking ``special 
     supplemental food program'' and inserting ``special 
     supplemental nutrition program''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--
       (A) The second sentence of section 9(c) of the Food Stamp 
     Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2018(c)) is amended by striking 
     ``special supplemental food program'' and inserting ``special 
     supplemental nutrition program''.
       (B) Section 685(b)(8) of the Individuals with Disabilities 
     Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1484a(b)(8)) is amended by striking 
     ``Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and 
     Children'' and inserting ``special supplemental nutrition 
     program for women, infants, and children''.
       (C) Section 3803(c)(2)(C)(x) of title 31, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``special supplemental food 
     program'' and inserting ``special supplemental nutrition 
     program''.
       (D) Section 399(b)(6) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 280c-6(b)(6)) is amended by striking ``special 
     supplemental food program'' and inserting ``special 
     supplemental nutrition program''.
       (E) Paragraphs (11)(C) and (53)(A) of section 1902(a) of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) are each amended 
     by striking ``special supplemental food program'' and 
     inserting ``special supplemental nutrition program''.
       (F) Section 202(b) of the WIC Infant Formula Procurement 
     Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-512; 42 U.S.C. 1786 note) is 
     amended by striking ``special supplemental food program'' and 
     inserting ``special supplemental nutrition program''.
       (3) References.--Any reference to the special supplemental 
     food program established under section 17 of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) in any provision of 
     law, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the 
     United States shall be considered to be a reference to the 
     special supplemental nutrition program established under such 
     section.

     SEC. 205. NUTRITION EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM.

       (a) Name of Program.--Section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act 
     of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1788) is amended by striking ``information 
     and education'' each place it appears in subsections (b), 
     (c), (d)(1), (f)(1)(G), and (j)(1) and inserting ``education 
     and training''.
       (b) Nutrition Education Programs.--The second sentence of 
     section 19(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1788(c)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``school food 
     service'' and inserting ``child nutrition program'';
       (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C); and
       (3) by inserting before the period at the end the 
     following: ``; and (E) providing information to parents and 
     caregivers regarding the nutritional value of food and the 
     relationship between food and health''.
       (c) Nutrition Education and Training.--Section 19(d) of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 1788(d)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting before the period at 
     the end the following: ``, and the provision of nutrition 
     education to parents and caregivers'';
       (2) in the first sentence of paragraph (4), by striking 
     ``educational and school food service personnel'' and 
     inserting ``educational, school food service, child care, and 
     summer food service personnel''; and
       (3) in the first sentence of paragraph (5), by inserting 
     after ``schools'' the following: ``, and in child care 
     institutions and summer food service institutions,''.
       (d) Use of Funds.--Section 19(f)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1788(f)(1)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(f)(1) The funds'' and inserting 
     ``(f)(1)(A) The funds'';
       (2) by striking ``for (A) employing'' and inserting ``for--
       ``(i) employing'';
       (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (I) as 
     clauses (ii) through (ix), respectively;
       (4) by indenting the margins of each of clauses (ii) 
     through (ix) (as redesignated by paragraph (3)) so as to 
     align with the margins of clause (i) (as amended by paragraph 
     (2));
       (5) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (viii);
       (6) by redesignating clause (ix) as clause (xx);
       (7) by inserting after clause (viii) the following new 
     clauses:
       ``(ix) providing funding for a nutrition component that can 
     be offered in consumer and homemaking education programs as 
     well as in the health education curriculum offered to 
     children in kindergarten through grade 12;
       ``(x) instructing teachers, school administrators, or other 
     school staff on how to promote better nutritional health and 
     to motivate children from a variety of linguistic and 
     cultural backgrounds to practice sound eating habits;
       ``(xi) developing means of providing nutrition education in 
     language appropriate materials to children and families of 
     children through after-school programs;
       ``(xii) training in relation to healthy and nutritious 
     meals;
       ``(xiii) creating instructional programming, including 
     language appropriate materials and programming, for teachers, 
     school food service personnel, and parents on the 
     relationships between nutrition and health and the role of 
     the Food Guide Pyramid established by the Secretary;
       ``(xiv) funding aspects of the Strategic Plan for Nutrition 
     and Education issued by the Secretary;
       ``(xv) encouraging public service advertisements, including 
     language appropriate materials and advertisements, to promote 
     healthy eating habits for children;
       ``(xvi) coordinating and promoting nutrition education and 
     training activities in local school districts (incorporating, 
     to the maximum extent practicable, as a learning laboratory, 
     child nutrition programs);
       ``(xvii) contracting with public and private nonprofit 
     educational institutions for the conduct of nutrition 
     education instruction and programs relating to the purpose of 
     this section;
       ``(xviii) increasing public awareness of the importance of 
     breakfasts for providing the energy necessary for the 
     cognitive development of school-age children;
       ``(xix) coordinating and promoting nutrition education and 
     training activities carried out under child nutrition 
     programs, including the summer food service program for 
     children established under section 13 of the National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) and the child and adult care food 
     program established under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1766); and''; and
       (8) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(B) As used in this paragraph, the term `language 
     appropriate' used with respect to materials, programming, or 
     advertisements means materials, programming, or 
     advertisements, respectively, using a language other than the 
     English language in a case in which the language is dominant 
     for a large percentage of individuals participating in the 
     program.''.
       (e) Administrative Purposes.--Section 19(f) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1788(f)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and 
     inserting the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) A State agency may use an amount equal to not more 
     than 15 percent of the funds made available through a grant 
     under this section for expenditures for administrative 
     purposes in connection with the program authorized under this 
     section if the State makes available at least an equal amount 
     for administrative or program purposes in connection with the 
     program.''.
       (f) State Coordinators for Nutrition; State Plan.--Section 
     19(h) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1788(h)) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (2), by inserting 
     ``and training'' after ``education''; and
       (2) in the third sentence of paragraph (3)--
       (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D); and
       (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
     following: ``; and (F) a comprehensive plan for providing 
     nutrition education during the first fiscal year beginning 
     after the submission of the plan and the succeeding 4 fiscal 
     years''.
       (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 19(i)(2)(A) 
     of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1788(i)(2)(A)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(A) Out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, and in addition to any amounts otherwise made 
     available for fiscal year 1995, the Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall provide to the Secretary $1,000 for fiscal year 1995 
     and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and each succeeding 
     fiscal year for making grants under this section to each 
     State for the conduct of nutrition education and training 
     programs. The Secretary shall be entitled to receive the 
     funds and shall accept the funds.''.
       (h) Availability of Funds.--Section 19(i) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1788(i)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(3) Funds made available to any State under this section 
     shall remain available to the State for obligation in the 
     fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year in which the funds 
     were received by the State.''.
                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SEC. 301. CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM AND SCHOOL 
                   BREAKFAST PROGRAM INTO COMPREHENSIVE MEAL 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except as 
     otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall, not later than 18 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, develop and implement regulations to 
     consolidate the school lunch program under the National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the school 
     breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act 
     of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) into a comprehensive meal program.
       (b) Requirements.--In establishing the comprehensive meal 
     program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall meet the 
     following requirements:
       (1) The Secretary shall ensure that the program continues 
     to serve children who are eligible for free and reduced price 
     meals. The meals shall meet the nutritional requirements of 
     section 9(a)(1) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1758(a)(1)) and section 4(e)(1) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
     1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773(e)(1)).
       (2) The Secretary shall continue to make breakfast 
     assistance payments in accordance with section 4 of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) and food assistance 
     payments in accordance with the National School Lunch Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).
       (3) The Secretary may not consolidate any aspect of the 
     school lunch program or the school breakfast program with 
     respect to any matter described in any of subparagraphs (A) 
     through (N) of section 12(k)(4) of the National School Lunch 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(k)(4)).
       (c) Plan and Recommendations.--
       (1) Plan for consolidation and simplification.--Not later 
     than 180 days prior to implementing the regulations described 
     in subsection (a), the Secretary shall prepare and submit to 
     the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry of the Senate a plan for the consolidation and 
     simplification of the school lunch program and the school 
     breakfast program.
       (2) Recommendations with respect to change in payment 
     amounts.--If the Secretary proposes to change the amount of 
     the breakfast assistance payment or the food assistance 
     payment under the comprehensive meal program, the Secretary 
     shall not include the change in the consolidation and shall 
     prepare and submit to the Committee on Education and Labor, 
     and the Committee on Agriculture, of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry of the Senate recommendations for legislation to 
     effect the change.

     SEC. 302. STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO USE OF PRIVATE FOOD 
                   ESTABLISHMENTS AND CATERERS UNDER SCHOOL LUNCH 
                   PROGRAM AND SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM.

       (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States, 
     in conjunction with the Director of the Office of Technology 
     Assessment, shall conduct a study on the use of private food 
     establishments and caterers by schools that participate in 
     the school lunch program under the National School Lunch Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or the school breakfast program 
     under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1773). In conducting the study, the Comptroller General of 
     the United States shall--
       (1) examine the extent to which, manner in which, and terms 
     under which the private food establishments and caterers 
     supply meals and food to students and schools that 
     participate in the school lunch program or the school 
     breakfast program;
       (2) determine the nutritional profile of all foods provided 
     to students during school hours;
       (3) evaluate the impact that the services provided by the 
     establishments and caterers have on local child nutrition 
     programs and the ability of the establishments and caterers 
     to utilize the commodities under section 14 of the National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1762a); and
       (4) examine the impact that private food establishments and 
     caterers have on--
       (A) student participation in the national school lunch 
     program;
       (B) school food service employment;
       (C) generation of revenues through school lunch sales and a 
     la carte sales of food in schools; and
       (D) the number of students leaving schools during lunch 
     periods.
       (b) Report.--Not later than September 1, 1996, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor, and the Committee on 
     Agriculture, of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
     Senate a report that contains the findings, determinations, 
     and evaluations of the study conducted pursuant to subsection 
     (a).

     SEC. 303. AMENDMENT TO COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION REFORM ACT AND 
                   WIC AMENDMENTS OF 1987.

       Section 3(h)(3) of the Commodity Distribution Reform Act 
     and WIC Amendments of 1987 (Public Law 100-237; 7 U.S.C. 612c 
     note) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Hawaii,''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The 
     requirement established in paragraph (1) shall apply to 
     recipient agencies in Hawaii only with respect to the 
     purchase of pineapples.''.

     SEC. 304. STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF COMBINING FEDERALLY DONATED 
                   AND FEDERALLY INSPECTED MEAT OR POULTRY.

       (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall conduct a study on the incidence and the effect of 
     States restricting or prohibiting a legally contracted 
     commercial entity from physically combining federally donated 
     and inspected meat or poultry from another State.
       (b) Report.--Not later than September 1, 1996, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on 
     Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a 
     report that describes the findings, determinations, and 
     evaluations of the study conducted pursuant to subsection 
     (a).
                        TITLE IV--EFFECTIVE DATE

     SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act shall become effective on October 
     1, 1994.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore [Mr. Poshard]. Pursuant to the rule, the 
gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Kildee] will be recognized for 20 minutes, 
and the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling] will be recognized 
for 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Kildee].
  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, S. 1614, the Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 
1994, provides for the reauthorization of expiring programs authorized 
by the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
  S. 1614 represents a strong bipartisan effort, and the cooperation of 
the House Education and Labor Committee, the Senate Agriculture 
Committee, and the House Agriculture Committee, to more effectively 
provide nutritious meals to America's youth.
  I am very pleased with the results we have achieved and believe that 
the changes proposed in this bill reflect what we all know to be true--
that if we are to attain this country's educational, economic, and 
social goals--we must feed our children.
  To help ensure that our children are well fed, this bill:
  Reauthorizes the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, 
Infants, and Children [WIC], one of the most cost-effective Federal 
programs in operation, for 4 additional years;
  Extends the Summer Food Service Program;
  Permanently authorizes the Homeless Preschoolers Nutrition Program, 
the Breakfast Start-Up Program, and the Nutrition Education and 
Training Program;
  Provides the Secretary broad waiver authority to improve program 
administration;
  Authorizes pilots designed to examine more effective ways of feeding 
children;
  Provides for strong debarment requirements in the case of fraud; and
  Makes Head Start children automatically eligible for participation in 
the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
  The bill also includes provisions designed to reduce paperwork, 
encourage continued improvement of the nutritional quality of the 
meals, and provide local flexibility.
  Mr. Speaker, at this time I would like to insert this document in the 
Record that reflects the special concerns and clarifications of the 
committees involved in drafting the child nutrition reauthorization 
bill.

       Statement for the Record: Child Nutrition Reauthorization


                                Title I

       Section 101. Purchase of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables.
       The Committees expect that this provision will address 
     current problems with the provision of fresh fruits and 
     vegetables through the Commodity Distribution system, so as 
     to reduce spoilage and waste by improving the quality of 
     products received by schools, ensuring more timely delivery 
     of fresh fruits and vegetables, and providing fresh fruits 
     and vegetables in appropriate and usable quantities.
       Section 103. Requirement of Minimum Percentage of Commodity 
     Assistance.
       The commodities purchased under section 104 of the bill 
     (concerning combined Federal and State commodity purchases), 
     and the costs of procuring commodities under section 104, are 
     not to be considered when calculating the 12% commodity 
     assistance under section 103.
       Section 105. Technical Assistance to Ensure Compliance with 
     Nutritional Requirements.
       The Secretary shall encourage the coordination of technical 
     assistance and training activities under this provision with 
     activities already underway in States and schools to develop 
     nutrition education curricula and with related Extension home 
     economics programs in local communities. The Secretary shall 
     encourage identification of these teaching and Extension 
     professionals within the local schools and communities to 
     assist in the implementation of these activities.
       The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry 
     and the House Committee on Education and Labor support the 
     Department's proposal to use a significant portion of funds 
     appropriated for technical assistance to meet the dietary 
     guidelines for funding through States to train food service 
     staff, help school districts implement new menu systems and 
     provide nutrition training for classroom and food service 
     staff. The Committees encourage the Secretary to follow 
     through on providing this funding through States.
       Section 106. Nutritional and Other Program Requirements.
       Regarding the requirement that the Secretary, State 
     educational agencies and school food service authorities 
     inform students, parents and guardians of the nutritional 
     content of school meals, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition and Forestry and the House Committee on Education 
     and Labor do not expect that such information will be 
     provided in other than the usual mailings and methods.
       Regarding waivers to implementing the Guidelines, the 
     Committees wish to clarify that individual schools do not 
     necessarily need to apply for waivers--States have authority 
     to determine the waiver guidelines, and may choose to require 
     individual applications from schools for waivers or may 
     choose to waive the requirement for categories of schools or 
     even all schools in the State.
       The Committees also want to make clear that while all 
     schools will need to serve meals that meet the Dietary 
     Guidelines, there should be flexibility in how they do so. In 
     particular, schools should not be required to do nutrient 
     analysis in cases where a food-based menu system is used. 
     However, nutrient analysis may be used by schools, State 
     agencies or the Secretary as part of audit and compliance 
     activities.
       The Committees also suggest that the Secretary may look to 
     the Food Pyramid as a basis for developing a food-based menu 
     system.
       Furthermore, the committees instruct the Secretary to 
     develop regulations taking into account that meals should be 
     comprised of a variety of conventional foods, as recommended 
     in the dietary guidelines, rather than depending on highly 
     fortified foods to meet nutritional standards. Preferred 
     sources of adequate nutrition are meals and snacks which 
     provide a variety of conventional foods rather than 
     formulated, fortified foods. Moreover, foods that are 
     fortified may not supply other essential micronutrients which 
     conventional foods supply.
       Section 107. Elimination of Whole Milk Requirement.
       The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and 
     Forestry, the House Committee on Education and labor and the 
     House Committee on Agriculture note that a significant number 
     of children participating in the school lunch and breakfast 
     program have an intolerance to lactose in milk. Schools 
     are encouraged to provide lactose-reduced or lactose-free 
     milk so those students demonstrating such an intolerance 
     can receive the nutritional benefits of milk without 
     experiencing the digestive complications they normally 
     associate with the digestion of lactose.
       Section 112. Miscellaneous Provisions and Definitions.
       This section concerns regulations on nutritional 
     requirements for school meals. The Senate Committee on 
     Agriculture. Nutrition and Forestry and the House Committee 
     on Education and Labor want to emphasize their commitment to 
     ensuring that meals served by schools meet the Dietary 
     Guidelines. This provision is intended to ensure that the 
     regulations facilitate this goal, without delaying compliance 
     with the Guidelines.
       Section 113. Food and Nutrition Projects.
       The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry 
     and the House Committee on Education and Labor encourage 
     projects funded under this section to, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, coordinate their activities with activities 
     under the Nutrition Education and Training program, and other 
     related activities already underway in schools.
       Section 116. Child and Adult Care Food Program.
       The bill as passed does not include a provision from the 
     House reported bill (H.R. 8) regarding automatic eligibility 
     for Even Start participants due to budget constraints. 
     However, automatic eligibility for Even Start participants is 
     a worthy goal and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition and Forestry and the House Committee on Education 
     and Labor hope to be able to accomplish it in the future.
       Section 117. Homeless Children Nutrition Program.
       The pilot project for the prevention of boarder babies 
     established under this section includes, as a requirement for 
     receiving funding, coordination of the projects with other 
     programs that may assist recipients. The Senate Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, the House Committee on 
     Education and Labor and the House Committee on Agriculture 
     also want to emphasize that referrals to the Food Stamp 
     program should be a part of these activities.
       The intended benefits of these projects were discussed in 
     the Senate Committee Report on S. 1614 (S. Rpt. 103-300). It 
     is hoped that the Department of Agriculture will work to 
     distribute these funds as soon as practicable.
       Section 118. Pilot Projects.
       This section authorizes pilots for increased choices of 
     fruits, vegetables, legumes, cereals and grain-based 
     products, as well as pilots for increased choices of lowfat 
     dairy products and lean meat and poultry products. The Senate 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, the House 
     Committee on Education and Labor and the House Committee on 
     Agriculture note that some ways the Secretary may implement 
     these provisions are by giving incentive awards to schools 
     that agree to increase the choices of these products, or by 
     distributing to schools qualified products.
       This section also authorizes pilot programs on reduced 
     paperwork and application requirements and increased 
     participation. The goals of these pilots are three-fold: (1) 
     to aid schools in the reduction of paperwork in their 
     breakfast and lunch programs by providing waiver authority; 
     (2) to relieve schools of the requirement to collect 
     applications by allowing Federal reimbursement for meals to 
     be based on prior year data adjusted for changes in 
     enrollment and inflation; and (3) to increase participation 
     in the pilot schools' breakfast and lunch programs. Schools 
     are encouraged to be innovative in their approach, and to 
     reduce paperwork and increase participation to the greatest 
     extent possible.
       In approving applications for participation in the pilot, 
     the Secretary is encouraged to choose programs that eliminate 
     varying rates of payment for students.
       Hunger is a significant barrier to learning. This program 
     builds upon efforts to make school meals more nutritious; the 
     success of increasing the nutritional quality of school meals 
     in inherently dependent on the students eating those meals.


                                title ii

       Section 201. School Breakfast Program.
       In making permanent the school breakfast start-up grant 
     program and expanding it to include start-up and expansion of 
     school breakfast and summer food programs, this section 
     established priority levels for the funding of projects. The 
     Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and 
     the House Committee on Education and Labor want to emphasize 
     that the Secretary should approve worthy and needy projects 
     in each of the four priority categories established. In 
     addition, special consideration should be given to funding 
     expansion of school breakfast.
       Section 203. Competitive foods of minimal nutritional 
     value.
       In preparing the letters and other materials required by 
     this provision, the Secretary and State agencies shall follow 
     the wording and directions specified in the Senate 
     Agriculture Committee Report on S. 1614 (S. Rpt. 103-300).
       Section 204. Special supplemental nutrition program.
       Regarding the provision concerning presumptive eligibility 
     for pregnant women, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition and Forestry and the House Committee on Education 
     and Labor expect that, in States adopting this option, the 
     timetable for conducting nutritional risk assessment shall be 
     no shorter under presumptive eligibility than is otherwise 
     the case.
       States electing to implement presumptive eligibility should 
     inform their WIC providers of the importance of performing 
     dietary risk assessments before--or as soon as possible 
     after--the presumptively eligible pregnant woman begins 
     receiving WIC benefits. The Committees are concerned that 
     under presumptive eligibility, states might take longer to 
     conduct the dietary assessment, since it would not delay 
     receipt of benefits by the woman. However, the longer it 
     takes to do the assessment, the more likely it is that a 
     woman who would not have been eligible for WIC due to 
     inadequate diet will not be eligible because dietary 
     inadequacies were eliminated through the woman's 
     participation in the WIC program. The Committees do not 
     intend for any woman who would have been able to receive 
     benefits without presumptive eligibility to be taken off the 
     program because the benefits of WIC eliminated the 
     nutritional risk of the woman before her assessment was 
     complete.
       Regarding the pilot projects required under this section to 
     test the use of universal product codes in the WIC program, 
     the Committees believe that pilots in one State would be 
     sufficient to carry out this provision.
       Regarding the use of unspent administrative funds, the 
     Secretary, in implementing the provision, shall not delay 
     allocating funds until the total amount of unspent nutrition 
     services and administration funds from the prior fiscal year 
     is determined, if the Secretary estimates that more than 
     $10,000,000 will be available.
       Regarding the elimination of migrant reports, the purpose 
     of this provision is to eliminate a duplicative report. The 
     remaining report shall continue to address the issue of 
     migrants to the same extent as previously addressed in the 
     separate migrant report.
       Regarding Indian State agencies, the Committees expect that 
     in negotiating lower matches with those agencies, the 
     Secretary shall consider their ability to pay. Decisions 
     regarding whether to fund such programs shall be based on the 
     agency's capacity to operate a program.
       The Committees expect the Secretary to provide technical 
     assistance to Indian Tribal Organizations in meeting the 
     application requirements for the Farmers' Market Nutrition 
     Program. Such technical assistance may include sharing 
     approved State plans which have been submitted by Indian 
     Tribal Organizations in prior years, providing information of 
     sources of funding which could be used to meet the required 
     match, facilitating the development of farmers' markets, and 
     lending additional assistance as necessary.
       Regarding the use of funds for market development, the 
     Committees want to clarify that the goals of such development 
     should be to increase access among WIC participants to 
     farmers' markets and to encourage the use of farmers' markets 
     by WIC participants.
       Regarding the funding reduction floor for the farmers' 
     market nutrition program, the Committee is concerned that the 
     Department of Agriculture has interpreted language pertaining 
     to pro rata reductions to apply to requests for new or 
     expanded funding by States. This was not the intent of the 
     law. The threshold of $75,000 is not meant to serve as a 
     minimum grant level for first-year requests from States, nor 
     is it intended to be a factor for evaluating expansion 
     requests from States which participated in the program in the 
     prior fiscal year. This provision is intended to apply only 
     to the situation in which the Secretary is unable to provide 
     a continued level of funding to States which participated in 
     the program in the prior fiscal year due to a reduction, or 
     an insufficient increase, in the annual appropriation for the 
     program.
       In making grants to States already participating in the 
     farmers' market nutrition program, the Secretary should take 
     into account the difference between the number of WIC 
     recipients in a State and the number participating in the 
     program. The Committees are concerned that the Department of 
     Agriculture has been distributing additional funds to States 
     which participated in the program in the prior fiscal year on 
     the basis of the size of the State's grant in the prior 
     fiscal year. As a result, each State is awarded a pro-rata 
     share of additional funds based upon the percentage of the 
     annual appropriation which it received in the prior fiscal 
     year. Thus, if a State's program started out on a small 
     scale, its growth would be permanently limited to a very slow 
     rate of expansion.
       In addition, the Committees instruct the Secretary to 
     examine additional methods to reduce the cost of infant 
     formula for the WIC program and provide information to the 
     Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry 
     and the House Committee on Education and Labor on 
     effective means to reduce formula costs to the program. 
     One of the methods that the Secretary shall review is the 
     effectiveness of purchasing infant formula at lower costs 
     by soliciting bids for rebates or discounts for milk-based 
     and soy-based infant formula separately.
       Section 205. Nutrition Education and Training Program.
       Developing means of providing nutrition education in 
     language appropriate materials to children and families of 
     children through after-school programs, could be offered 
     collaboratively among consumer and homemaking teachers in 
     schools and non-school-district professionals in the 
     community who are qualified to teach nutrition, such as 
     Cooperative Extension home economists.

  This document is intended to address the issues usually found in a 
conference report.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the Healthy Meals for 
Healthy Americans Act of 1994.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to at this point indicate that we have had 
in effect a conference committee, Susan Wilhelm, Lynn Selmser, Jack 
Jennings, Vic Klatt, and Jay Eagen doing tremendous work back and forth 
between the House and the Senate. They have been tireless, they have 
been expert, and have done a very fine job.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the 
Healthy Meals for Americans Act of 1994.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  (Mr. GOODLING asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the package of 
amendments to S. 1614, the Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act. The 
agreement reflects the results of negotiations to work out the 
differences between H.R. 8, the Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans 
Act, and S. 1614, the Better Nutrition and Health for Children Act of 
1994.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like, first of all, to begin by thanking the 
gentleman from Michigan, Chairman Ford, and the gentleman from Michigan 
[Mr. Kildee] chairman of the subcommittee, and their staffs for working 
with us to retain many of the provisions contained in the bipartisan 
agreement which passed the House on July 19, 1994.
  I would particularly like to thank John ``Jack'' Jennings for his 
many years of work to help ensure all children have access to the 
nutrition they require to do well in school. He began his long service 
at the feet of the pappy from Kentucky, who we also referred to as the 
father of school lunch an child nutrition, former Congressman Perkins.
  Many of the ideas set forth by Republican members of the Committee on 
Education and Labor have been retained. In addition, the compromise 
stays within the spending limits established in the 1995 budget.
  Let me begin by pointing out some of the major provisions of the 
bill. I am particularly pleased that S. 1614 includes language making 
permanent the current cash/CLOC demonstration sites. The gentleman from 
Michigan, Chairman Ford, and I have worked I guess for 15 years trying 
to bring this about, and I think it is very fitting during his last 
session in the Congress of the United States that we have finally been 
successful.
  Mr. Speaker, there has been a lot of discussion about reducing fat 
and sodium in the child nutrition programs. In fact, I think we are 
running overboard. One recess and they burn off all those kings of 
things. For those of us who are older, this is important, but for these 
kids it is really not. But, nevertheless, since we hear a lot about 
reducing fat and sodium in the child nutrition programs and increasing 
the number of fresh fruits and vegetables consumed by students, I am 
happy to say that we have worked all of that out.
  This legislation contains a provision which allows schools to refuse 
to accept fresh fruits and vegetables which are spoiled or unusable by 
the school and to receive substitute fresh fruits and vegetables.
  I am extremely pleased that we were able to extend automatic 
eligibility for the Child and Adult Care Food Program to children 
participating in the Even Start Program.
  One issue of concern to Members of Congress was the implementation of 
the dietary guidelines, and I think we went far, far, far to far. We 
did not, the administration did. I do not think there is one Member who 
believes that school luncheon and breakfast programs should not meet 
dietary guidelines for Americans. However, I do have serious concern 
about their implementation. In my view, it is not at all clear schools 
have the financial resources necessary to adapt their menus to meet the 
dietary guidelines, particularly using nutrient-based menu plan and 
nutrient analysis. Put that on my head cooks back home and see what you 
get out of that, and still produce meals which are appealing to 
students.
  A compromise language allows the implementation of the guidelines in 
1996. However, we also allow schools which believe they cannot meet the 
deadline to obtain a waiver with respect to the implementation date, 
provided that all schools meet them by 1998.
  Finally, the compromise allows schools to use food-based menu systems 
instead of nutrient analysis, as long as such meals continue to meet 
the requirements set forth in the dietary guidelines.
  I am also very pleased that this particular legislation includes the 
main provisions of my bill dealing with the problem of fraud, bid 
rigging, and other anticompetitive practices in the procurement 
program.
  This bill also reauthorizes the WIC Program. In addition, we have 
made improvements to the WIC Farmers's Market Program, which benefits 
both WIC participants and the agriculture community. It has been shown 
that individuals who receive coupons through the WIC Program to use at 
farmers' markets increase their overall purchase of fruits and 
vegetables and return to acquire additional items with their own 
dollars.
  Again, Mr. Speaker, I am happy to stand and support this conference 
report, and yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I first of all want to commend the gentleman 
from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling]. It was a pleasure working with him on 
this bill. I think he certainly illustrates that hunger in America is a 
bipartisan concern. There is much of the gentleman in this bill, and he 
is to be commended for it.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman 
from Missouri [Mr. Clay].
  (Mr. CLAY asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding time to me.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the bill, and commend the chairman 
of the subcommittee, the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Kildee] and the 
ranking member of the Committee on Education and Labor, the gentleman 
from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling] for bringing this bill to the floor.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 1614, the ``Healthy Meals for 
Healthy Americans Act of 1994''.
  This legislation reauthorizes and improves programs in both the 
National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act. These programs 
include: the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, 
and Children [WIC]; the Summer Food Service Program, the Nutrition 
Education and Training [NET] Program, the School Breakfast Start-up 
Grant Program; the authorization of funding for the Food Service 
Management Institute, and the Nutrition Education and Training Program 
[NET].
  The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 
Children [WIC] provides nutritious supplemental food to pregnant and 
postpartum women, infants and children through age 4. In current law, 
eligible recipients must be at nutritional risk because of inadequate 
nutrition and inadequate income. This legislation improves upon the 
current program by permitting a pregnant women to participate in the 
program immediately if she meets the income eligibility standards 
instead of having to wait on a nutritional risk evaluation. A 
nutritional risk evaluation has to be completed no later than 60 days 
however.
  The Summer Food Service Program for children provides food for 
children in low-income areas during the summer months. In effect, it is 
an extension of the School Lunch Program for poor children during the 
time that school is out of session. The Committee is concerned that the 
program is under utilized. Over 12 million low-income children receive 
free and reduced price lunches every day during the school year. In 
1992, only 1.9 million children ate a meal at a summer food service 
site. This legislation will eliminate the 1-year waiting period for 
private nonprofit organizations that want to operate programs so that 
more children can be fed during the summer months.
  The Nutrition Education and Training Program [NET] provides grants to 
instruct students on the nutritional value of food and to train school 
food personnel in improving their management of these programs. 
Considering the current emphasis on nutritional requirements and 
complying with the dietary guidelines, extending this program will help 
students and school food service personnel better understand the value 
of certain foods.
  This legislation makes permanent the School Breakfast Start-up Grant 
Program. Congress approved a new School Breakfast Start-up Program in 
1989. The success of the Breakfast Start-up Program has convinced the 
committee that it is an important tool in meeting the committee's goal 
of providing breakfast to children by increasing the number of schools 
participating in the breakfast program. One of the findings in the 
recent Child Nutrition Committee print reports that the School 
Breakfast program is important for children because breakfast 
consumption is related to improved academic performance of children.
  The Food Service Management Institute is also reauthorized. The 
Institute was established by Congress to conduct activities to help 
improve the quality and operation of child nutrition programs. The Food 
Service Management Institute has been in the forefront in conducting 
research, education, and training, and provides much needed technical 
assistance to school food service authorities. Programs and activities 
developed by the Institute have been accessible to all States.
  Each of these programs has been successful in achieving its 
objectives. For example, the WIC Program has been deemed by experts to 
be ``one of the most cost-effective Federal programs in existence.'' 
Numerous studies show that the WIC Program is a sound investment of 
Federal funds that saves billions of dollars in health expenditures 
through preventive intervention.
  Included in this legislation is also the authority of the Secretary 
to waive statutory and regulatory requirements. The committee believes 
that Federal assistance for child nutrition programs should be provided 
in a way which eliminates unnecessary administrative burdens, 
paperwork, overly prescriptive regulations, and permits flexibility in 
the implementation of these programs.
  Mr. Speaker, there is nothing more urgent and crucial in the 
development and forward movement of our country than to make sure that 
our young are provided with proper nutrition. We can play a major role 
in resolving the issue of hungry and malnourished children in our 
schools. I believe that we must move promptly to ensure that not one of 
our young people is obstructed or impeded because he or she is hungry.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in voting for S. 1614.
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to my 
good friend, the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Ford], chairman of the 
committee.
  Mr. FORD of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to join this discussion, 
because the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling], and the 
gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Kildee], have no idea how happy it makes 
me feel as I am leaving this chairmanship to see the two of them 
working so well together, because I am leaving you behind.
  This will be the last major legislation out of the committee that I 
now have the honor to chair. We have another piece of legislation on a 
suspension that will be disposed of this week, but this will be the 
last major effort that takes the amount of work that you have put in on 
this,
  I want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling], for 
his comments. It really has been about 15 years since we tried to get 
the local school districts the privilege of buying at the best price 
available, the best quality food available to give to their children.

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  We thought that we had proven years ago that it was wise to trust 
local people to do simple things like buying groceries for the kids, 
and we have run into well-organized special interests over the years.
  The gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling], has been steadfast 
and unswervable in his determination that the experiments we were able 
to put into law would stay as an example, because it is still my 
conviction, along with the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling], 
that eventually we will come to our senses and let the school people 
utilize their money and their resources as efficiently as possible, 
thereby saving an awful lot of money to the taxpayers and assuring a 
better quality of food going to our children.
  I want to thank him for sticking with it. I have been very busy this 
year with a lot of things. He has carried my share of the load all 
during this Congress on this issue. I will remember him very fondly for 
having done that and for being gracious enough to give me credit for 
his hard work.
  The gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Kildee], I must say, I leave the 
chairmanship with full confidence that this and the other children's 
programs that will be under his jurisdiction in the subcommittee are 
going to be in the best hands ever since I have been on the committee. 
It reconfirms my belief that I finally reached in a very difficult 
process earlier this year, when I announced that I would not run for 
reelection, that the world will go on. I am very pleased to see that it 
is going to go on with the Members that will carry it on.
  The gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Clay], he is going to have an easy 
time on issues like this with these two gentlemen. It is pretty hard to 
get an argument started between them, when they get to feeding children 
and programs like Even Start.
  The gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Clay], who is going to have the 
glorious experience of trying to lead these gentlemen in the next 
Congress, I am sure will have their cooperation as I have had it and as 
Gus Hawkins and Carl Perkins had it before.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 1614, the ``Healthy Meals for 
Healthy Americans Act of 1994''.
  S. 1614 contains the reauthorization of programs and projects 
included in the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966.
  The legislation reauthorizes several child nutrition programs or 
projects which will expire at the end of Fiscal Year 1994. These 
expiring programs include the summer food service program, the 
commodity distribution program, nutrition education and training, State 
administrative expenses, the school breakfast start-up grant program; 
the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 
Children [WIC]; the authority for the continuation of alternative cash/
CLOC commodities, and the authorization of funding for the Food Service 
Management Institute. The school lunch, school breakfast, child and 
adult care food, and special milk programs are permanently authorized.
  In addition to the expiring programs, included in this legislation 
are: First, ``waivers'' provisions to provide Federal assistance in a 
way which eliminates unnecessary administrative burdens, paperwork, and 
overly prescriptive regulations; second, participatory involvement in 
the proposed rulemaking process; and third, special assistance provided 
to schools electing to serve all children free lunches or breakfasts.
  S. 1614 gives the Secretary of Agriculture authority to waive 
statutory and regulatory requirements under the National School Lunch 
Act and the Child Nutrition Act. Waivers may be granted if the 
Secretary determines that the waiver, among other things, would 
facilitate the ability of the State or service provider to carry out 
the purpose of the programs and would not increase the overall cost of 
the program to the Federal Government.
  The legislation also contains a provision which will permit greater 
participation in the rulemaking process of individuals who have 
responsibility for the implementation of the program. Not later than 45 
days after the publication of the proposed regulations permitting the 
use of food-based menu systems, the Secretary shall publish notice in 
the Federal Register and hold a meeting to discuss and obtain public 
comments on the proposed rule. Included in the process must be 
representatives of affected parties, such as Federal, State, and local 
administrators, school food service administrators, other school food 
service personnel, parents, and teachers and other organizations 
representing affected parties. The purpose of this provision is to 
permit individuals who have the responsibility for the implementation 
of the program to have input prior to the issuance of the final rule.
  Included in the legislation is also a provision which provides 
special assistance to schools that make an effort to serve all children 
free lunches or breakfasts. The committee believes that such an effort 
will help fight childhood hunger, help schools reallocate resources 
from paperwork to implementing the dietary guidelines, and provide an 
incentive for students to stay in school by eliminating the stigma 
based on income identification for poor students who participate in the 
child feeding programs.
  S. 1614 also makes permanent several Cash/CLOC pilot projects. For 
the past several years, school districts throughout the Nation have 
participated in a demonstration of an alternative to the existing 
commodity donation component of the National School Lunch Program. 
Under the Cash/CLOC program, school districts are authorized through 
letters of credit to make their own purchases of specified foods in 
place of receiving donated commodities purchased by the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture. The commodity letters of credit [CLOC's] are used to 
purchase foods from local commercial sources.
  Mr. Speaker, the programs and projects contained in this legislation 
are all vital programs for there is no place in our Nation for hunger. 
It is particularly debilitating when hunger affects us, and even more 
so when it affects our children. As a means of providing some much 
needed relief, S. 1614 does the job.
  I urge my colleagues to support this legislation.
  Mr. de la GARZA. Mr. Speaker, I support S. 1614, the Healthy Meals 
for Healthy Americans Act of 1994, which was referred to the Committee 
on Agriculture.
  I am pleased that the Committee on Education and Labor, the Committee 
on Agriculture, and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry were able to compromise on the provisions of this legislation 
without a formal House-Senate conference.
  Because there will be no conference report, Subcommittee Chairman 
Dale Kildee is submitting for the record a statement which addresses 
several issues on which the three committees have agreed.
  Mr. Speaker, there is a provision in S. 1614 which is of concern to 
the Committee on Agriculture. Section 123 amends the National School 
Lunch Act to require that the Secretary of Agriculture enter into a 
contract with a nongovernmental organization to establish and maintain 
a clearinghouse to provide information to low-income groups to combat 
hunger and poverty. Because the Committee on Agriculture has clear 
jurisdiction over food assistance and hunger issues, this is an issue 
which the committee feels should be explored in the food and nutrition 
assistance hearings the committee is conducting in the context of the 
1995 farm bill.
  While I have serious questions about this provision and the fact that 
it is included in this bill, I do not wish to hold up House action on 
the legislation and, therefore, will not object to consideration of the 
bill. There are other provisions which I strongly support.
  I wish to thank Subcommittee Chairman Kildee and other members of the 
Education and Labor Committee for their cooperation in working with the 
Committee on Agriculture on this legislation.
  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, as a cosponsor of H.R. 8, I would like 
to rise in support of the conference report to Healthy Meals, for 
Healthy Americans Act.
  The reauthorization of H.R. 8 in the Education and Labor Committee, 
made great strides in improving flexibility, increasing program access, 
and recognizing the importance of healthy children.
  These programs are vital to our children, if we want and expect 
children to perform better in school then we must make sure children 
have the capacity to fully benefit from their education by being well 
nourished.
  Proper nutrition of our children is key to raising student 
achievement.
  In H.R. 8, I am particularly please to see increased flexibility in 
provision 3, allowing schools the option to provide school lunches to 
all students while working within their previous year's reimbursement.
  This reduction of paperwork will be very beneficial to high poverty 
schools because it will allow them to put more focus and resources 
towards serving the nutritional needs of these children.
  Four schools that have participated in paperwork reduction pilots 
under the National School Lunch Act have experienced a high rate of 
success in reducing stigma, serving nutritious meals to more children 
while reducing the paperwork associated with the School Lunch Program.
  One of these pilot programs is in the National School District in San 
Diego, CA. I invited Helen Kerrian, director of child nutrition to 
testify before the committee on her program. The National School 
District is one of the poorest in the Nation. Approximately 75 percent 
of the students are eligible for free or reduced priced meals.
  Through this program students receive nutrition education and it is 
made sure that no child goes hungry. For schools with high poverty 
rates this type of program is vital to addressing the needs of these 
children.
  These programs have made great achievements and I am pleased that 
after conversations with USDA we have been assured of the continuation 
of these pilot programs.
  Also included in this legislation is the reauthorization of the 
Women, Infants and Children Program [WIC]. This nutritional program is 
targeted to low-income pregnant women, infants, and children under the 
age of 5 who are at nutritional risk.
  Numerous studies have demonstrated that WIC is cost beneficial. The 
GAO reports that up to $3.50 in medicaid funds are saved for each $1.00 
spent on WIC due to reduced infant care and associated costs.
  Programs like WIC are essential in helping prevent health problems 
and improving the health of program participants during the critical 
time of growth and development.
  The nutritional programs contained in H.R. 8, will help us to reach 
the goal of our children coming to school ``ready to learn.''
  This investment is essential in insuring the hope that all children 
will grow up to be vital members of our society.
  I ask my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support H.R. 8. Put 
an economic model to this bill and, its positive. Put children's and 
family values forward and vote for the bill.
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Poshard). The question is on the motion 
offered by the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Kildee] that the House 
suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill, S. 1614, as amended.
  The question was taken.
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a 
quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not 
present.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 5, rule 
I, and the Chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this 
motion will be postponed.
  The point of no quorum is considered withdrawn.

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