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 108 STAT. 4700 PUBLIC LAW 103-448—NOV. 2, 1994 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. 42 USC 1751 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 lowincome 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—

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