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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 · Sec. 706

Sec. 706. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN

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## SEC. 706 SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN ###
(a)Establishment of Program Section 13(a) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)) is amended— ####
(1)in paragraph (1)— #####
(A)in the first sentence, by striking “initiate, maintain, and expand” and inserting “initiate and maintain”; and #####
(B)in subparagraph
(E)of the second sentence, by striking “the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,”; and ####
(2)in paragraph (7)(A), by striking “Except as provided in subparagraph (C), private” and inserting “Private”. ###
(b)Service Institutions Section 13(b) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)) is amended by striking “ (b)(1) ” and all that follows through the end of paragraph
(1)and inserting the following: > > ### “(b) Service Institutions > > > #### “(1) Payments > > > ##### “(A) In general > > Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, payments to service institutions shall equal the full cost of food service operations (which cost shall include the costs of obtaining, preparing, and serving food, but shall not include administrative costs). > > > ##### “(B) Maximum amounts > > Subject to subparagraph (C), payments to any institution under subparagraph
(A)shall not exceed— > > > ###### “(i) > > $1.97 for each lunch and supper served; > > > ###### “(ii) > > $1.13 for each breakfast served; and > > > ###### “(iii) > > 46 cents for each meal supplement served. > > > ##### “(C) Adjustments > > Amounts specified in subparagraph
(B)shall be adjusted on January 1, 1997, and each January 1 thereafter, to the nearest lower cent increment to reflect changes for the 12-month period ending the preceding November 30 in the series for food away from home of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Con-sumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. Each adjustment shall be based on the unrounded adjustment for the prior 12-month period.” > . ###
(c)Administration of Service Institutions Section 13(b)(2) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)(2)) is amended— ####
(1)in the first sentence, by striking “four meals” and inserting “3 meals, or 2 meals and 1 supplement,”; and ####
(2)by striking the second sentence. ###
(d)Reimbursements Section 13(c)(2) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(c)(2)) is amended— ####
(1)by striking subparagraphs (A), (C), (D), and (E); ####
(2)by striking “(B)”; ####
(3)by striking “, and such higher education institu-tions,”; and ####
(4)by striking “without application” and inserting “on showing residence in areas in which poor economic conditions exist or on the basis of income eligibility statements for children enrolled in the program”. ###
(e)Advance Program Payments Section 13(e)(1) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(e)(1)) is amended— ####
(1)by striking “institution: *Provided,* That
(A)the” and inserting “institution. The”; ####
(2)by inserting “(excluding a school)” after “any service institution”; and ####
(3)by striking “responsibilities, and
(B)no” and inserting “responsibilities. No”. ###
(f)Food Requirements Section 13(f) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(f)) is amended— ####
(1)by redesignating the first through seventh sentences as paragraphs
(1)through (7), respectively; ####
(2)by striking paragraph (3), as redesignated by para-graph (1); ####
(3)in paragraph (4), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking “the first sentence” and inserting “paragraph (1)”; ####
(4)in subparagraph
(B)of paragraph (6), as re-designated by paragraph (1), by striking “that bacteria levels” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting “conformance with standards set by local health authorities.”; and ####
(5)by redesignating paragraphs
(4)through (7), as redesignated by paragraph (1), as paragraphs
(3)through (6), respectively. ###
(g)Permitting Offer Versus Serve Section 13(f) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(f)), as amended by subsection (f), is amended by adding at the end the following: > > #### “(7) Offer versus serve > > A school food authority participating as a service institution may permit a child attending a site on school premises operated directly by the authority to refuse one or more items of a meal that the child does not intend to consume, under rules that the school uses for school meals programs. A refusal of an offered food item shall not affect the amount of payments made under this section to a school for the meal.” > . ###
(h)Records The second sentence of section 13(m) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(m)) is amended by striking “at all times be available” and inserting “be available at any reasonable time”. ###
(i)Removing Mandatory Notice to Institutions Section 13(n)(2) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(n)(2)) is amended by striking “, and its plans and schedule for informing service institutions of the availability of the program”. ###
(j)Plan Section 13(n) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(n)), as amended by subsection (i), is amended— ####
(1)in paragraph (2), by striking “, including the State's methods of assessing need”; ####
(2)by striking paragraph (3); ####
(3)in paragraph (4), by striking “and schedule”; and ####
(4)by redesignating paragraphs
(4)through
(7)as paragraphs
(3)through (6), respectively. ###
(k)Monitoring and Training Section 13(q) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(q)) is amended— ####
(1)by striking paragraphs
(2)and (4); ####
(2)in paragraph (3), by striking “paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of this subsection” and inserting “paragraph (1)”; and ####
(3)by redesignating paragraph
(3)as paragraph (2). ###
(l)Expired Program Section 13 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) is amended— ####
(1)by striking subsection (p); and ####
(2)by redesignating subsections
(q)and
(r)as subsections
(p)and (q), respectively. ###
(m)Effective Date **[**[42 U.S.C. 1761 note](/us/usc/t42/s1761)**]** The amendments made by subsection
(b)shall become effective on January 1, 1997.
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