[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 160 (Thursday, November 13, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12600-S12603]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. LEAHY:
  S. 1556. A bill to improve child nutrition programs, and for other 
purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.


                  the child nutrition initiatives act

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, as the ranking member of the nutrition 
subcommittee, I want to make very clear that I am looking forward to 
working with the chairman of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry 
Committee, Senator Lugar, with the ranking member, Senator Harkin, and 
with the chairman of the nutrition subcommittee, Senator McConnell, on 
the child nutrition reauthorization bill next year.

  When I was chairman of that committee, and continuing under the helm 
of Senator Lugar, the Agriculture Committee worked together in a 
bipartisan fashion on nutrition legislation.
  I am proud of all the members of that committee who over the years 
worked together on improving nutrition programs for children. I also 
had the privilege of working with the former majority leader--Senator 
Bob Dole--on many child nutrition matters.
  The bill that I am introducing today does not represent my effort on 
a reauthorization bill--I will work on that bill with members of the 
committee, including the three leadership Members mentioned above.
  Rather, this bill indicates changes that should be enacted into law 
regardless of other actions the Congress might take regarding child 
nutrition reauthorization.
  It includes child nutrition provisions that were included, with some 
modifications, in the Senate-passed research bill--which passed the 
Senate by unanimous consent.
  Over the recess I intend to consult with nutrition leaders in 
Vermont, the Under Secretary for Food and Consumer Services, Shirley 
Watkins, Secretary Glickman, national nutrition advocates and local 
program directors to gather information for the reauthorization effort.
  Also, I urge the President to include sufficient funding in his 
budget proposals to fund this bill as well as other nutrition 
initiatives which the Secretary and the Under Secretary for Food and 
Consumer Services are working to develop.
  I must compliment Under Secretary Shirley Watkins for the great job 
she has done so far. She has taken strong command of an agency that was 
adrift. Also, I continue to appreciate Secretary Dan Glickman's 
leadership role in the administration regarding nutrition programs and 
the strong support of his chief of staff, Greg Frazier.
  I note also that Senator Tim Johnson has introduced a school lunch 
program bill. I will carefully study that bill over the recess. I will 
also look at the study conducted by the Minnesota Department of 
Children, Families and Learning called Energizing the Classroom.
  Over the years many Vermonters have provided me with outstanding 
advice and guidance on child nutrition issues.
  I intend to work with Jo Busha who heads the Child Nutrition Programs 
for the Vermont Department of Education. She has done a remarkable job 
in promoting school-based nutrition programs and was recently commended 
by the Food Research and Action Center for her accomplishments. I was 
very pleased to work with the committee on a bill that set up the 
school breakfast startup grant program which has worked extremely well 
in Vermont. It provided thousands of dollars to Vermont schools to 
cover the one-time costs of setting up a breakfast program.
  I look forward to receiving advice from Mary Carlson, president of 
the National Association of Farmers' Markets Nutrition Programs, on the 
WIC-Farmer's Market Program known as the Farm-to-Family program in 
Vermont.
  This program has helped in greatly expanding the number of 
farmers markets in Vermont and helped low-income families provide their 
children with healthy foods.

  My bill would assure funding for this program and permit other States 
to participate in the program, or to increase their participation 
levels.
  The bill provides assured funding for programs like the Vermont 
Common Roots program of Food Works, a nonprofit educational 
organization in Vermont which has been praised by educators and 
administrators as an effective educational tool.

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  Robert Dostis has done an outstanding job as the executive director 
of the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger. He also deserves a 
great deal of credit regarding the effort to get more schools on the 
school breakfast program. He has recently written a ``Report on 
Childhood Hunger in Vermont: A Handbook for Action.''
  He cites some startling statistics in this report. For example, he 
notes that about 8,000 Vermont children are receiving food from local 
Vermont food shelves--which is double the figure for 1990.
  In addition, nearly 222,000 meals are being served yearly at two 
dozen community kitchens in Vermont--that is 21 percent more than in 
1994.
  I will be also working with Donna Bister, as I have for years, on 
issues related to the WIC program and with Alison Gardner who is the 
Public Health Nutrition Chief, for the Vermont Department of Health.
  I want to extend a special thanks to Dr. Richard Narkewicz of Vermont 
who is a past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He 
recently visited me with his grandson Corey.
  Most of all I want to thank the hundreds of volunteers who run 
Vermont's Food Shelves and Community Kitchens, and all of those helping 
out at Vermont's Community Action Agencies.
  For many years I have watched the tremendous contributions made by 
the Vermont FoodBank in the fight against hunger. They have been a 
first line of defense against child hunger in Vermont and I look 
forward to working with their director, Deborah Flateman.
  All of these Vermonters, and hundreds more who I have not mentioned, 
carry out the true Vermont tradition of extending a helping hand to 
neighbors in need.
  My bill incorporates many ideas from Vermonters. I have often 
designed nutrition legislation based on ideas from State and local 
officials from around the Nation.
  Since this bill is not a full reauthorization bill--which I will 
cosponsor at a later date with other members of the Committee--I have 
not automatically extended each expiration date in current law. I will 
certainly support such extensions as appropriate at a later date and 
will support many other improvements to the bill.
  Section 101 is based on an idea provided to me by Joseph Keifer of 
the Vermont Food Works program. It provides modest Federal funding to 
help integrate food and nutrition projects with elementary school 
curricula for a few pilot tests of this provision.
  Section 102 increases the reimbursement rates for the summer food 
service program to a level that should encourage strong participation. 
At the recommendation of the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger 
the bill also provides special funding to help defray the costs of 
transporting children to the food service locations. This additional 
financial support--of 75 cents per day for each child transported to 
and from school--is only applicable in very rural areas, as defined by 
USDA.
  Vermont child care sponsors strongly recommended that I support 
funding for an additional meal supplement for children who are in 
a child care center for 8 hours or more. Section 103 of the bill does 
just that and thus helps working parents.

  The bill provides for the eligibility of additional schools for the 
after school care meals program and expands funding for a program that 
provides meals to homeless preschool children in emergency shelters.
  Title II of the bill creates a grant program to assist schools and 
others to establish or expand a school breakfast program, or a summer 
food service program. $5 million, per year, in mandatory funding would 
be made available for this effort.
  The school breakfast start up program in Vermont, before it was 
terminated by Congress, was a remarkable success in part due to the 
hard work of Jo Busha, Bob Dostis, the Vermont School Food Service 
Association, and many others.
  Also under Title II of the bill, the WIC Farmers' Market Program is 
provided guaranteed funding. I have worked on this program for a number 
of years with Mary Carlson of Vermont. Mary is now the president of the 
association that represents State farmers' market nutrition programs 
such as the WIC Farmers' Market Program. Making this tremendous program 
mandatory will assure funding and avoid any appearance of being in 
competition with the WIC program for appropriated funds.
  The bill also sets forth a sense of the Congress that the WIC program 
should be fully funded, now and forever, for all eligible applicants 
nationwide. I know that reaching this goal has taken a long time. I 
appreciate all the help that Donna Bister, the Vermont WIC Director, 
and many other Vermonters, as well as Bread for the World at the 
national level, have provided on the WIC program. David Beckmann and 
Barbara Howell of Bread for the World have worked for years toward this 
goal.
  Finally, I have heard from Alison Gardner about the problems she is 
having with funding for the Nutrition, Education and Training Program. 
Congress made that program mandatory but then changed its status back 
to a program subject to appropriations. My bill will provide $10 
million a year for that program and provide a State minimum grant of 
$85,000 per year.
  I want to emphasize again that my bill represents some important 
child nutrition initiatives. I hope they will all be included in the 
reauthorization bill. I look forward to working with Senators Lugar, 
Harkin, McConnell and all the other members of the Agriculture, 
Nutrition and Forestry Committee on this effort just as we worked 
together on the child nutrition provisions in the Senate-passed 
research bill.
  I also look forward to working with all the Members of the House of 
Representatives Education and the Workforce Committee. I know they have 
a keen interest in protecting children and I have enjoyed working in 
the past with Chairman Goodling and with the ranking minority member 
Mr. Bill Clay.
  The last reauthorization bill passed both the Senate and the House of 
Representatives by unanimous consent. This shows how well the Congress 
can work together when the interests of children are at stake.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be 
printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                 S. 1556

       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 ``Child 
     Nutrition Initiatives Act''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act 
     is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

                   TITLE I--NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT

Sec. 101. Grants to integrate food and nutrition projects with 
              elementary school curricula.
Sec. 102. Summer food service program for children.
Sec. 103. Child and adult care food program.
Sec. 104. Meal supplements for children in afterschool care.
Sec. 105. Homeless children nutrition program.
Sec. 106. Boarder baby and other pilot projects.
Sec. 107. Information clearinghouse.

                 TITLE II--CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966

Sec. 201. Area grant program.
Sec. 202. Special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, 
              and children.
Sec. 203. Nutrition education and training.
                   TITLE I--NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT

     SEC. 101. GRANTS TO INTEGRATE FOOD AND NUTRITION PROJECTS 
                   WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CURRICULA.

       Section 12(m) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1760(m)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(m)(1) The'' and inserting the following:
       ``(m) Grants to Integrate Food and Nutrition Projects With 
     Elementary School Curricula.--
       ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (5), the'';
       (2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
       ``(3) Amount of grants.--Subject to paragraph (5), the 
     Secretary shall make grants to each of the 3 private 
     organizations or institutions selected under this subsection 
     in amounts of not less than $60,000, nor more than $130,000, 
     for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2001.''; and
       (3) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:
       ``(5) Payments.--
       ``(A) In general.--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

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     $300,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2001.
       ``(B) Entitlement to funds.--The Secretary shall be 
     entitled to receive the funds made available under 
     subparagraph (A) and shall accept the funds.
       ``(C) Insufficient number of applicants.--The Secretary may 
     expend less than the amount described in subparagraph (A) for 
     a fiscal year to the extent that there is an insufficient 
     number of suitable applicants for grants under this 
     subsection for the fiscal year.
       ``(D) Unobligated funds.--Of any funds that are made 
     available, but not obligated, for a fiscal year under this 
     paragraph--
       ``(i) 25 percent shall remain available until expended; and
       ``(ii) the remainder shall be returned to the general fund 
     of the Treasury.''.

     SEC. 102. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN.

       (a) Purposes.--Section 13(a)(1) of the National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(1)) is amended in the first 
     sentence by striking ``initiate and maintain'' and inserting 
     ``initiate, maintain, and expand''.
       (b) Definition of Areas in Which Poor Economic Conditions 
     Exist.--Section 13(a)(1)(C) of the National School Lunch Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ``50 
     percent'' and inserting ``40 percent''.
       (c) Commercial Vendors.--Section 13(a)(2) of the National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(2)) is amended in the 
     first sentence--
       (1) by striking ``institution or'' and inserting 
     ``institution,''; and
       (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
     following: ``, or by commercial vendors''.
       (d) Number of Private Nonprofit Organizations in a Rural 
     Area.--Section 13(a)(7)(B)(i)(II) of the National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(7)(B)(i)(II)) is amended by 
     striking ``20 sites'' and inserting ``25 sites''.
       (e) Second Helpings.--Section 13(a) of the National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(8) Second helpings.--In carrying out this section, the 
     Secretary shall issue regulations that provide an allowance 
     for a second helping of up to 5 percent of the quantity of 
     the first helping served.''.
       (f) Payments.--Section 13(b)(1) of the National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)(1)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``$1.97'' and 
     inserting ``$2.23'';
       (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``subparagraph (B)'' 
     and inserting ``subparagraphs (B) and (D)''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) Reimbursement for transportation.--
       ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall provide an 
     additional reimbursement to each eligible service institution 
     located in a very rural area (as defined by the Secretary) 
     for the cost of transporting each child to and from a feeding 
     site for children who are brought to the site by the service 
     institution or for whom transportation is arranged by the 
     service institution.
       ``(ii) Amount.--Subject to clause (iii), the amount of 
     reimbursement provided to a service institution under this 
     subparagraph may not exceed the lesser of--

       ``(I) 75 cents per day for each child transported to and 
     from a feeding site; or
       ``(II) the actual cost of transporting children to, and 
     home from, a feeding site.

       ``(iii) Adjustments.--The amounts specified in clause (ii) 
     shall be adjusted in accordance with subparagraph (C).''.
       (g) Number of Meals and Supplements.--Section 13(b)(2) of 
     the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)(2)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
     (i) and (ii), respectively;
       (2) by striking ``(2) Any service'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(2) Meals and supplements.--
       ``(A) In general.--Any service'';
       (3) by striking ``3 meals, or 2 meals and 1 supplement,'' 
     and inserting ``4 meals''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Camps and migrant programs.--A camp or migrant 
     program may serve a breakfast, a lunch, a supper, and meal 
     supplements.''.
       (h) Extension.--Section 13(q) of the National School Lunch 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(q)) is amended by striking ``1998'' and 
     inserting ``2003''.

     SEC. 103. CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM.

       (a) Extensions.--Section 17 of the National School Lunch 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c)(6)(B), by striking ``1997'' and 
     inserting ``2003'';
       (2) in subsection (f)(3)(D), by striking ``fiscal year 
     1997'' each place it appears and inserting ``each of fiscal 
     years 1997 through 2003''; and
       (3) in subsection (p), by striking ``1998'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``2003''.
       (b) Number of Meals and Supplements.--Section 17(f)(2)(B) 
     of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(2)(B)) is 
     amended by striking ``2 meals and 1 supplement'' and 
     inserting ``2 meals and 2 supplements, or 3 meals and 1 
     supplement,''.''.
       (c) Grants to States to Provide Assistance to Family or 
     Group Day Care Homes.--Section 17(f)(3)(D)(ii)(I) of the 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)(D)(ii)(I)) is 
     amended by striking ``$30,000'' and inserting ``$45,000''.

     SEC. 104. MEAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR CHILDREN IN AFTERSCHOOL CARE.

       Section 17A(a)(2)(C) of the National School Lunch Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1766a(a)(2)(C))) is amended by striking ``on May 15, 
     1989''.

     SEC. 105. HOMELESS CHILDREN NUTRITION PROGRAM.

       Section 17B(g)(1) of the National School Lunch Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1766b(g)(1)) is amended in the first sentence by 
     striking ``and $3,700,000 for fiscal year 1999'' and 
     inserting ``$3,700,000 for fiscal year 1999, $4,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 2000, $4,100,000 for fiscal year 2001, and 
     $4,200,000 for fiscal year 2002''.

     SEC. 106. BOARDER BABY AND OTHER PILOT PROJECTS.

       Section 18 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1769) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by striking ``1998'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``2003''; and
       (B) in paragraph (3)(A)--
       (i) in clause (v), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
       (ii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(vii) salaries and expenses of support staff, including 
     management, medical, nursing, janitorial, and other support 
     staff; and'';
       (2) in subsection (e)(5), by striking ``and 1998'' and 
     inserting ``through 2003'';
       (3) in subsections (g)(5) and (h)(5), by striking ``1997'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``2003''; and
       (4) in subsection (i)(8), by striking ``1998'' and 
     inserting ``2003''.

     SEC. 107. INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.

       Section 26(d) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1769g(d)) is amended in the first sentence by striking 
     ``$100,000 for fiscal year 1998'' and inserting ``$185,000 
     for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003''.
                 TITLE II--CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966

     SEC. 201. AREA GRANT PROGRAM.

       Section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1773) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(f) Area Grant Program.--
       ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Eligible school.--The term `eligible school' means a 
     school--
       ``(i) attended by children, a significant percentage of 
     whom--

       ``(I) are members of low-income families, as determined by 
     the Secretary; or
       ``(II) live in rural areas and have unmet needs for 
     initiation or expansion of a school breakfast or summer food 
     service program for children; and

       ``(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) Service institution.--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)).
       ``(C) Summer food service program for children.--The term 
     `summer food service program for children' means a program 
     authorized by section 13 of the National School Lunch Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1761).
       ``(2) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a 
     program under this subsection to be known as the `Area Grant 
     Program' (referred to in this subsection as the `Program') to 
     assist eligible schools and service institutions through 
     grants to initiate or expand programs under the school 
     breakfast program and the summer food service program for 
     children.
       ``(3) Payments.--
       ``(A) In general.--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 
     $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and each fiscal year 
     thereafter.
       ``(B) Entitlement to funds.--The Secretary shall be 
     entitled to receive the funds made available under 
     subparagraph (A) and shall accept the funds.
       ``(C) Use of funds.--The Secretary shall use the funds made 
     available under subparagraph (A) to make payments under the 
     Program--
       ``(i) in the case of the school breakfast program, to 
     school food authorities for eligible schools; and
       ``(ii) in the case of the summer food service program for 
     children, to service institutions.
       ``(D) Insufficient number of applicants.--The Secretary may 
     expend less than the amount described in subparagraph (A) for 
     a fiscal year to the extent that there is an insufficient 
     number of suitable applicants to initiate or expand programs 
     under this subsection for the fiscal year.
       ``(4) Priority.--The Secretary shall make payments under 
     the Program on a competitive basis and in the following order 
     of priority (subject to the other provisions of this 
     subsection) to:
       ``(A) School food authorities for 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.
       ``(B) Service institutions to assist the institutions with 
     nonrecurring expenses incurred in--
       ``(i) initiating a summer food service program for 
     children; or

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       ``(ii) expanding a summer food service program for 
     children.
       ``(5) Additional payments.--Payments under the Program 
     shall be in addition to payments under subsection (b) of this 
     section and section 13 of the National School Lunch Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1761).
       ``(6) Preferences.--Consistent with paragraph (4), in 
     making payments under the Program for any fiscal year to 
     initiate or expand school breakfast programs or summer food 
     service programs for children, the Secretary shall provide a 
     preference to a school food authority for an eligible school 
     or service institution that--
       ``(A) in the case of a summer food service program for 
     children, is a public or private nonprofit school food 
     authority;
       ``(B) has significant public or private resources that will 
     be used to carry out the initiation or expansion of the 
     programs during the year;
       ``(C) serves an unmet need among low-income children, as 
     determined by the Secretary;
       ``(D) is not operating a school breakfast program or summer 
     food service program for children, as appropriate; or
       ``(E) is located in a rural area, as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       ``(7) Recovery and reallocation.--The Secretary shall act 
     in a timely manner to recover and reallocate to other school 
     food authorities for eligible schools or service institutions 
     any amounts under the Program that are not expended within a 
     reasonable period (as determined by the Secretary).
       ``(8) Maintenance of effort.--Expenditures of funds from 
     State, local, and private 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 the Program.''.

     SEC. 202. SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, 
                   INFANTS, AND CHILDREN.

       (a) Extensions.--Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
     1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) is amended in subsections (g)(1), 
     (h)(2)(A), and (h)(10)(A) by striking ``1998'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``2003''.
       (b) Sense of Congress on Full Funding for WIC.--It is the 
     sense of Congress that the special supplemental nutrition 
     program for women, infants, and children established under 
     section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1786) should be fully funded for fiscal year 1998 and each 
     subsequent fiscal year so that all eligible participants for 
     the program will be permitted to participate at the full 
     level of participation for individuals in their category, in 
     accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture.
       (c) Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.--Section 17(m) of 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(m)(1) Subject'' and 
     all that follows through ``the Secretary'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(m) Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary'';
       (2) in paragraph (6)(B)--
       (A) by striking ``(B)(i) Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations, if'' and inserting the following:
       ``(B) Minimum amount.--If''; and
       (B) by striking clause (ii); and
       (3) in paragraph (9), by striking ``(9)(A)'' and all that 
     follows through the end of subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(9) Funding.--
       ``(A) Payments.--
       ``(i) In general.--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 
     $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $19,000,000 for fiscal year 
     2000, and $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $30,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 2002 and $37,000,000 for fiscal year 2003. Such 
     funds shall remain available for this program until expended.
       ``(ii) Entitlement to funds.--The Secretary shall be 
     entitled to receive the funds made available under 
     subparagraph (A) and shall accept the funds.''.

     SEC. 203. NUTRITION EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

       Section 19(i) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1788(i)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in the first sentence of subparagraph (A), by inserting 
     ``and each succeeding fiscal year'' after ``1996''; and
       (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(B) Minimum amount.--The minimum amount of a grant 
     provided to a State for a fiscal year under this section 
     shall be $85,000.'';
       (2) by striking paragraph (3); and
       (3) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraph 
     (3) and (4), respectively.
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