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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , IST SESS. - CH. 109-MAY 5, 1945 LAND UTILIZATION AND RETIREMENT OF SUBMARGINAL LAND To enable the Secretary to carry out the provisions of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937 (7 U. S. C. 1010-1013), including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $1,087,300. SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM Not exceeding $50,000,000 of the funds appropriated by and pur- suant to section 32, as amended, of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U. S . C . 612 (c)), may also be used during the current fiscal year to provide food for consumption by children in nonprofit schools of high-school grade or under and for child-care centers through (a) the purchase, processing, and exchange, and the distribution of agri- cultural commodities and products thereof; or (b) the making of payments to such schools and centers or agencies having control thereof in connection with the purchase and distribution of agricul- tural commodities in fresh or processed form and, when desirable, for the processing and exchange of such commodities and their prod- ucts; or (c) by such other means as the Secretary may determine: Provided, That funds made available hereunder for a school lunch program shall be apportioned for expenditure in the States, Terri- tories, possessions, and the District of Columbia in accordance with school enrollment and need, as determined by the Secretary, except that if program participation in any State, Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia does not require all funds so apportioned, the Secretary may reapportion such excess funds to such other States, Territories, possessions, or the District of Columbia in consideration of need, as he may determine: Provided further, That benefits under (b) of this paragraph to schools or child-care centers or other spon- soring agencies shall in no case exceed the cost of the agricultural commodities or products thereof purchased by the school or child- care center or other sponsoring agencies as established by certificates executed by the authorized representative of the sponsoring agency: Provided further, That such sponsoring agency shall maintain accounts and records clearly establishing costs of agricultural com- modities or products furnished in the program and that such accounts and records shall be available for audit by representatives of the Department of Agriculture: Provided further, That these funds may be used for, or to make payments in connection with, the purchase of such agricultural commodities and for exchanging, distributing, dis- posing, transporting, storing, processing, inspection, commission, and other incidental costs and expenses without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes and without regard to the 25 per centum limitation contained in said section 32: Provided further, That not more than 2 per centum of the funds made available hereunder for a school lunch program shall be used to provide food for children in child-care centers. The amount of funds available hereunder for a school lunch program used in any State, Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia during any fiscal year shall not exceed the total amount otherwise furnished for the same purpose by or on behalf of the school authorities and other sponsoring agencies in such State, Territory, possession, or District of Columbia including the value of donated services and supplies, as certified by the respective schools, care centers, or agencies having control thereof. 157 50 Stat. 525. 7U.S., Supp. IV, 1011l (e). Post, p. 645. 49 Stat. 774. 7U.S.C.§612c. Apportionment of funds. Limitation. Accounts and rec- ords. Use of funds. 41 U. S.C. 5. Child-care centers. Funds not to exceed State, etc., amount.

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