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 124 STAT. 3245 PUBLIC LAW 111–296—DEC. 13, 2010 ‘‘(II) health and food safety standards and methodologies; and ‘‘(III) any other appropriate topics, as deter- mined by the Secretary. ‘‘(3) FUNDING.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this subsection, to remain available until expended— ‘‘(i) on October 1, 2010, $5,000,000; and ‘‘(ii) on each October 1 thereafter, $1,000,000. ‘‘(B) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out this subsection the funds transferred under subpara- graph (A), without further appropriation.’’. SEC. 307. INDIRECT COSTS. (a) GUIDANCE ON INDIRECT COSTS RULES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue guidance to school food authorities participating in the school lunch program established under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the school breakfast program established by section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) covering program rules pertaining to indirect costs, including allowable indirect costs that may be charged to the nonprofit school food service account. (b) INDIRECT COST STUDY.—The Secretary shall— (1) conduct a study to assess the extent to which school food authorities participating in the school lunch program estab- lished under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the school breakfast program established by section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) pay indirect costs, including assessments of— (A) the allocation of indirect costs to, and the meth- odologies used to establish indirect cost rates for, school food authorities participating in the school lunch program established under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the school breakfast program established by section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); (B) the impact of indirect costs charged to the nonprofit school food service account; (C) the types and amounts of indirect costs charged and recovered by school districts; (D) whether the indirect costs charged or recovered are consistent with requirements for the allocation of indirect costs and school food service operations; and (E) the types and amounts of indirect costs that could be charged or recovered under requirements for the alloca- tion of indirect costs and school food service operations but are not charged or recovered; and (2) after completing the study required under paragraph (1), issue additional guidance relating to the types of costs that are reasonable and necessary to provide meals under the Richard B. Russell 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.). Deadline. 42 USC 1751 note. Effective dates.