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42 U.S.C. § 1790 — Breastfeeding promotion program
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**(a) In general** The Secretary, from amounts received under subsection (d), shall establish a breastfeeding promotion program to promote breastfeeding as the best method of infant nutrition, foster wider public acceptance of breastfeeding in the United States, and assist in the distribution of breastfeeding equipment to breastfeeding women.
**(b) Conduct of program** In carrying out the program described in subsection (a), the Secretary may—
(1) develop or assist others to develop appropriate educational materials, including public service announcements, promotional publications, and press kits for the purpose of promoting breastfeeding;
(2) distribute or assist others to distribute such materials to appropriate public and private individuals and entities; and
(3) provide funds to public and private individuals and entities, including physicians, health professional organizations, hospitals, community based health organizations, and employers, for the purpose of assisting such entities in the distribution of breastpumps and similar equipment to breastfeeding women.
**(c) Cooperative agreements** The Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with Federal agencies, State and local governments, and other entities to carry out the program described in subsection (a).
**(d) Gifts, bequests, and devises**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary is authorized to solicit, accept, use, and dispose of gifts, bequests, or devises of services or property, both real and personal, for the purpose of establishing and carrying out the program described in subsection (a). Gifts, bequests, or devises of money and proceeds from the sales of other property received as gifts, bequests, or devises shall be deposited in the Treasury and shall be available for disburseme
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**(a) In general** The Secretary, from amounts received under subsection (d), shall establish a breastfeeding promotion program to promote breastfeeding as the best method of infant nutrition, foster wider public acceptance of breastfeeding in the United States, and assist in the distribution of breastfeeding equipment to breastfeeding women.
**(b) Conduct of program** In carrying out the program described in subsection (a), the Secretary may—
(1) develop or assist others to develop appropriate educational materials, including public service announcements, promotional publications, and press kits for the purpose of promoting breastfeeding;
(2) distribute or assist others to distribute such materials to appropriate public and private individuals and entities; and
(3) provide funds to public and private individuals and entities, including physicians, health professional organizations, hospitals, community based health organizations, and employers, for the purpose of assisting such entities in the distribution of breastpumps and similar equipment to breastfeeding women.
**(c) Cooperative agreements** The Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with Federal agencies, State and local governments, and other entities to carry out the program described in subsection (a).
**(d) Gifts, bequests, and devises**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary is authorized to solicit, accept, use, and dispose of gifts, bequests, or devises of services or property, both real and personal, for the purpose of establishing and carrying out the program described in subsection (a). Gifts, bequests, or devises of money and proceeds from the sales of other property received as gifts, bequests, or devises shall be deposited in the Treasury and shall be available for disbursement upon order of the Secretary.
(2) **Criteria for acceptance** — The Secretary shall establish criteria for determining whether to solicit and accept gifts, bequests, or devises under paragraph (1), including criteria that ensure that the acceptance of any gifts, bequests, or devises would not—
(A) reflect unfavorably on the ability of the Secretary to carry out the Secretary’s responsibilities in a fair and objective manner; or
(B) compromise, or appear to compromise, the integrity of any governmental program or any officer or employee involved in the program.
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It is declared to be the policy of Congress, as a measure of national security, to safeguard the health and well-being of the Nation’s children and to encourage the domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural commodities and other food, by assisting the States, through grants-in-aid and other means, in providing an adequate supply of foods and other facilities for the establishment, maintenance, operation, and expansion of nonprofit school lunch programs.
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 1790
in the administration of the school breakfast
programs authorized by this section.
(Pub. L. 89–642, § 20, as added Pub. L. 95–561, title
XIV, § 1408(b)(2), Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2368;
amended Pub. L. 99–500, title III, § 328(b), Oct. 18,
1986, 100 Stat. 1783–362, and Pub. L. 99–591, title
III, § 328(b), Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–365; Pub.
L. 99–661, div. D, title II, § 4208(b), Nov. 14, 1986,
100 Stat. 4073.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Pub. L. 99–591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99–500.
AMENDMENTS
1986—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99–500, Pub. L. 99–591, and
Pub. L. 99–661 amended subsec. (d) identically, striking
out ‘‘and for payment of the difference between the
value of commodities and payments received from the
Secretary of Agriculture and (1) the full cost of each
breakfast for each student eligible for a free breakfast,
and (2) the full cost of each breakfast, less any amounts
required by law or regulation to be paid by each stu-
dent eligible for a reduced-price breakfast’’ after ‘‘this
section’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Oct. 1, 1978, and no provisions to be
construed to impair or to prevent the taking of effect
of any other Act providing for the transfer of the de-
scribed functions to an executive department having
responsibility for education, see section 1415 of Pub. L.
95–561, set out as a note under section 921 of Title 20,
Education.
§ 1790. Breastfeeding promotion program
(a) In general
The Secretary, from amounts received under
subsection (d), shall establish a breastfeeding
promotion program to promote breastfeeding as
the best method of infant nutrition, foster wider
public acceptance of breastfeeding in the U
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