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 108 STAT. 4708 PUBLIC LAW 103-448—NOV. 2, 1994 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)". 42 USC 1760 (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)(l) 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 clsiimed; and "(B) the final program operations report for the month is suljmitted 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)(l) 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 foodbased menu systems. Federal "(2) Notwithstanding chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, ^bl^**t' ^^^ later than 45 days after the publication of the proposed regulapu ica ion. tions permitting the use of food-based menu systems, the Secretary shall publish notice in the Federal Register of, and hold, a public meeting with—

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