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 95 STAT. 532

42 USC 1761. 42 USC 1766.

42 USC 1773

PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981 If the Secretary is administering (in whole or in part) any program authorized under this Act, the State in which the Secretary is administering the program may, upon request to the Secretary, assume administration of that program. "(b) If a State educational agency is not permitted by law to disburse the funds paid to it under this Act to any of the nonpublic schools in the State, the Secretary shall disburse the funds directly to such schools within the State for the same purposes and subject to the same conditions as are authorized or required with respect to the disbursements to public schools within the State by the State educational agency.". (b) Section 18 of the National School Lunch Act is further amended by striking out subsection (i). (c) Section 17 of the National School Lunch Act is further amended— (1) by striking out subsection (m); and (2) by redesignating subsections (j)> (k), (1), (o), (p), (q), aivd (r), as suljsections (i), 0'), (k), (1), (m), (n), and (o), respectively. (d) Section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 is further amended by striking out subsection (f) and redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f). (e) The Child Nutrition Act of 1966 is further amended by inserting after section 4 the following new section: "DISBURSEMENT TO SCHOOLS BY THE SECRETARY

Ante, p. 527. 42 USC 1774.

42 USC 1788.

"SEC. 5, (a) The Secretary shall withhold funds payable to a State under this Act and disburse the funds directly to schools or institutions within the State for the purposes authorized by this Act to the extent that the Secretary has so withheld and disbursed such funds continuously since October 1, 1980, but only to such extent (except as otherwise required by subsection (b)). Any funds so withheld and disbursed by the Secretary shall be used for the same purposes, and shall be subject to the same conditions, as applicable to a State disbursing funds made available under this Act. If the Secretary is administering (in whole or in part) any program authorized under this Act, the State in which the Secretary is administering the program may, upon request to the Secretary, assume administration of that program. "(b) If a State educational agency is not permitted by law to disburse the funds paid to it under this Act to any of the nonpublic schools in the State, the Secretary shall disburse the funds directly to such schools within the State for the same purposes and subject to the same conditions as are authorized or required with respect to the disbursements to public schools within the State by the State educational agency.". (f) Section 19(d) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 is amended by striking out paragraph (6). COST SAVINGS REVISIONS BY THE SECRETARY

42 USC 1779. 42 USC 1751 note, 1771 note.

SEC. 818. As soon as possible after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall review regulations promulgated under section 10 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (including regulations pertaining to nutritional requirements for meals) for the purposes of determining ways in which cost savings might be accomplished at the local level in the operation of meal programs under the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966

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