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PUBLIC LAW 91-248-MAY 14, 1970

the following: "and the National School Lunch Act, including regulations relating to the service of food in participating schools and service institutions in competition with the programs authorized under this Act and the National School Lunch Act. In such regulations the Secretary may provide for the transfer of funds by any State between the programs authorized under this Act and the National School Lunch Act on the basis of an approved State plan of operation for the use of the funds and may provide for the reserve of up to 1 per centum of the funds available for apportionment to any State to carry out special developmental projects."

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Transfer and
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NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

SEC. 9. The National School Lunch Act is amended by adding at the ^o Stat. 230; end thereof the following new section: ^42^'usc^i75i "NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

"SEC. 14. (a) There is hereby established a council to be known as the National Advisory Council on Child Nutrition (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 'Council') which shall be composed of thirteen members appointed by the Secretary. One member shall be a school administrator, one member shall be a person engaged in child welfare work, one member shall be a person engaged in vocational education work, one member shall be a nutrition expert, one member shall be a school food service management expert, one member shall be a State superintendent of schools (or the equivalent thereof), one member shall be a State school lunch director (or the equivalent thereof), one member shall be a person serving on a school board, one member shall be a classroom teacher, and four members shall be officers or employees of the Department of Agriculture specially qualified to serve on the Council because of their education, training, experience, and knowledge in matters relating to child food programs. "(b) The nine members of the Council appointed from outside the Department of Agriculture shall be appointed for terms of three years, except that such members first appointed to the Council shall be appointed as follows: Three members shall be appointed for terms of three years, three members shall be appointed for terms of two years, and three members shall be appointed for terms of one year. Thereafter all appointments shall be for a term of three years, except that a person appointed to fill an unexpired term shall serve only for the remainder of such term. Members appointed from the Department of Agriculture shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary. "(c) The Secretary shall designate one of the members to serve as Chairman and one to serve as Vice Chairman of the Council. " (d) The Council shall meet at the call of the Chairman but shall meet at least once a year. " (e) Seven members shall constitute a quorum and a vacancy on the Council shall not affect its powers. "(f) It shall be the function of the Council to make a continuing study of the operation of programs carried out under the NationgQ School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, and any related Act under which meals are provided for children, with a view to determining how such programs may be improved. The Council shall submit to the President and the Congress annually a written report of the results of its study together with such recommendations for administrative and legislative changes as it deems appropriate.

Membership.

Terms of office.

Quorum. Study. 42 USC 1771 note. Report to P r e s i d e n t and Congress.

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