Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 3.djvu/442

 101 STAT. 1740

PUBLIC LAW 100-237—JAN. 8, 1988

SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL DONATED COMMODITY PROCESSING PROGRAMS.

Section 1114(a)(2)(A) of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (7 U.S.C. 1431e(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking out "June 30, 1987," and inserting in lieu thereof "September 30, 1990,". 7 USC 612c note

SEC 7. ASSESSMENT AND REPORT TO CONGRESS.

(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall monitor and assess the implementation by the Secretary of the provisions of this Act. Qo) REPORT.—Before the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 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 of the findings of the assessment conducted as required by subsection (a). Children and youth. State and local governments.

SEC. 8. FUNDS FOR NUTRITION SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 17(h) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(5)(A) In addition to the amounts otherwise made available under paragraphs (1) and (2), each State agency may convert funds initially allocated to the State agency for program food purchases to nutrition services and administration funds for the cost of the State agency and local agencies associated with increases in the number of persons served, if the State agency has implemented a competitive bidding, rebate, direct distribution, or home delivery system as described in its approved Plan of Operation and Administration. "(B) The Secretary shall— "(i) project each such State agency's level of participation for the fiscal year, excluding anticipated increases due to use during the fiscal year of any of the cost-saving strategies identified in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph; and "(ii) compute, with an adjustment for the anticipated effects of inflation, each such State agency's average administrative grant per participant for the preceding fiscal year. "(C) Each such State agency may convert funds at a rate equal to the amount established by the Secretary under subparagraph (B)(ii) of this paragraph for each food package distributed to each additional participant above the participation level projected by the Secretary under subparagraph (B)(i) of this paragraph, up to the level of increased participation estimated in its approved Plan of Operation and Administration". (b) STATE PLAN OR PLAN AMENDMENT.—Section 17(f) of the Child

Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)) is amended by, in paragraph (1)(C)— (1) striking out "and" at the end of clause (vii); (2) redesignating clause (viii) as clause (ix); and (3) adding the following new clause: "(viii) if the State agency chooses to request the funds conversion authority established in clause (h)(5) of this section, an estimate of the increased participation which will result from its cost-saving initiative, including an explanation of how the estimate was developed; and".

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