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60 Stat. 232; ^^42 USC ^1756. 60 Stat. 233;

PUBLIC LAW 93-150-NOV. 7, 1973

[87 STAT.

assistance. Such maximum per lunch amount established by the Secretary shall not be less than 60 cents. "(c) Special assistance payments to any State under this section shall bc made as provided in the last sentence of section 7 of this Act." (b) The proviso of section 10 of the National School Lunch Act is amended by inserting "and section 11" after section 4".

86 Stat. 726. SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAMS

80 Stat. 866; 86 Stat! 725. 42 USC 177 3.

86 Stat. 724.

SEC. 4. (a) The first sentence of section 4(c) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 is amended to read as follows: "Funds apportioned and paid to any State for the purpose of this section shall be disbursed by the State educational agency to schools selected by the State educational agency to assist such schools in financing the costs of operating a breakfast "program and for the purpose of subsection (d). " (b) The second sentence of section 4(c) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 is deleted. (c) Section 4(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 is amended by adding the following sentences at the end of such section: "The national average payment established by the Secretary for all breakfasts served to eligible children shall not be less than 8 cents; an amount of not less than 15 cents shall be added for each reduced-price breakfast; and an amount of not less than 20 cents shall be added for each free breakfast. In cases of severe need, a payment of up to 45 cents may be made for each breakfast served to children qualifying for a free breakfast." CASH I N L I E U OF COMMODITIES

Ante, p. 10.

68 Stat. 458. 7 USC 1431. 49 Stat. 774. 7 USC 612c.

60 Stat. 2 33; ^^42 USC^^m8. 86 Stat. 725. N^omj^ofit^^rlvate schools.

gj,(.^ 5^ ^^^ Section 6 of the National School Lunch Act is amended by striking the present subsections (b), (c), and (d) and by substituting in lieu thereof the following new subsections; " (b) As of February 15 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall make an estimate of the value of agricultural commodities and other foods that will be delivered during that fiscal year to States for school food service programs under the provisions of this section, section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, and section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935. If such estiniated value is less than 90 per centum of the value of such deliveries initially programed for that fiscal year, the Secretary shall pay to State educational agencies, by not later than March 15 of that fiscal year, an amount of funds that is equal to the difference between the value of such deliveries initially programed for such fiscal year and the estimated value as of February 15 of such fiscal year of the commodities and other foods to be delivered in such fiscal year. The share of such funds to be paid to each State educational agency shall bear the same ratio to the total of such payment to all such agencies as the number of meals served under the provisions of section 9(a) of this Act and section 4(e) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 during the preceding fiscal year bears to the total of all such meals servcd in all the States during such fiscal year: Provided, That in any State in which the Secretary directly administers school food service programs in the nonprofit private schools of such State, the Secretary shall withhold from the funds to be paid to any such State under the provisions of this subsection an amount that bears the same ratio to the total of such payment as the number of meals served in nonprofit private schools under the provisions of section 9(a) of this Act and section 4(e) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 during that fiscal year bears to the total of such meals served in all the schools in such State in such fiscal year. Each State educational agency, and the Secretary in the case of nonprofit private schools in which he directly administers

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