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42 U.S.C. § 1769b — Department of Defense overseas dependents’ schools
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**(a) Purpose of program; availability of payments and commodities** For the purpose of obtaining Federal payments and commodities in conjunction with the provision of lunches to students attending Department of Defense dependents’ schools which are located outside the United States, its territories or possessions, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make available to the Department of Defense, from funds appropriated for such purpose, the same payments and commodities as are provided to States for schools participating in the National School Lunch Program in the United States.
**(b) Administration of program; eligibility determinations and regulations** The Secretary of Defense shall administer lunch programs authorized by this section and shall determine eligibility for free and reduced price lunches under the criteria published by the Secretary of Agriculture, except that the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations governing computation of income eligibility standards for families of students participating in the National School Lunch Program under this section.
**(c) Nutritional standards for meals; noncompliance with standards** The Secretary of Defense shall be required to offer meals meeting nutritional standards prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture; however, the Secretary of Defense may authorize deviations from Department of Agriculture prescribed meal patterns, fluid milk requirements, and nutritional standards for nondairy beverages when local conditions preclude strict compliance or when such compliance is impracticable.
**(d) Authorization of appropriations** Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year in such amounts as may be necessary for the administrative expenses of the Department of Defense under this section.
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**(a) Purpose of program; availability of payments and commodities** For the purpose of obtaining Federal payments and commodities in conjunction with the provision of lunches to students attending Department of Defense dependents’ schools which are located outside the United States, its territories or possessions, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make available to the Department of Defense, from funds appropriated for such purpose, the same payments and commodities as are provided to States for schools participating in the National School Lunch Program in the United States.
**(b) Administration of program; eligibility determinations and regulations** The Secretary of Defense shall administer lunch programs authorized by this section and shall determine eligibility for free and reduced price lunches under the criteria published by the Secretary of Agriculture, except that the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations governing computation of income eligibility standards for families of students participating in the National School Lunch Program under this section.
**(c) Nutritional standards for meals; noncompliance with standards** The Secretary of Defense shall be required to offer meals meeting nutritional standards prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture; however, the Secretary of Defense may authorize deviations from Department of Agriculture prescribed meal patterns, fluid milk requirements, and nutritional standards for nondairy beverages when local conditions preclude strict compliance or when such compliance is impracticable.
**(d) Authorization of appropriations** Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year in such amounts as may be necessary for the administrative expenses of the Department of Defense under this section.
**(e) Technical assistance for administration of program** The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide the Secretary of Defense with the technical assistance in the administration of the school lunch programs authorized by this section.
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**(a) Repealed. Pub. L. 111–296, title IV, § 441(a)(9), Dec. 13, 2010, 124 Stat. 3264**
**(b) Extension of eligibility of certain school districts to receive cash or commodity letters of credit assistance for school lunch programs**
(1) Upon request to the Secretary, any school district that on January 1, 1987, was receiving all cash payments or all commodity letters of credit in lieu of entitlement commodities for its school lunch program shall receive all cash payments or all commodity letters of credit in lieu of entitlement commodities for its school lunch program beginning July 1, 1987. The Secretary, directly or through contract, shall administer the project under this subsection.
(2) Any school district that elects under paragraph (1) to receive all cash payments or all commodity letters of credit in lieu of entitlement commodities for its school lunch program shall receive bonus commodities in the same manner as if such school district was receiving all entitlement commodities for its school lunch program.
**(c) Alternative counting and claiming procedures**
(1) The Secretary may conduct pilot projects to test alternative counting and claiming procedures.
(2) Each pilot program carried out under this subsection shall be evaluated by the Secretary after it has been in operation for 3 years.
**(d) to (f) Repealed. Pub. L. 111–296, title IV, § 441(a)(11)–(13), Dec. 13, 2010, 124 Stat. 3264**
**(g) Access to local foods: Patrick Leahy Farm to School Program**
(1) **Definition of eligible school** — In this subsection, the term “eligible school” means a school or institution that participates in a program under this chapter or the school breakfast program established under [section 1773 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-pre
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**(a) Establishment** The Secretary of Defense shall establish and operate a program (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “defense dependents’ education system”) to provide a free public education through secondary school for dependents in overseas areas.
**(b) Program purposes and activities**
(1) The Secretary shall ensure that individuals eligible to receive a free public education under subsection (a) receive an education of high quality.
(2) In establishing the defense dependents’ education system under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide programs designed to meet the special needs of—
(A) the handicapped,
(B) individuals in need of compensatory education,
(C) individuals with an interest in vocational education,
(D) gifted and talented individuals, and
(E) individuals of limited English-speaking ability.
(3) The Secretary shall provide a developmental preschool program to individuals eligible to receive a free public education under subsection (a) who are of preschool age if a preschool program is not otherwise available for such individuals and if funds for such a program are available.
**(c) Consultation requirements** The Secretary of Defense shall consult with the Secretary of Education on the educational programs and practices of the defense dependents’ education system.
**(d) Optional summer school programs**
(1) The Secretary of Defense may provide optional summer school programs in the defense dependents’ education system.
(2) The Secretary shall provide any summer school program under this subsection on the same financial basis as programs offered during the regular school year, except that the Secretary may charge reasonable fees for all or portions of such summer school programs to the extent that the Secretary
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**(a) Authority.—** Subject to subsection (b), amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense for the operation of overseas defense dependents’ schools may be used by the Secretary of Defense to enable an overseas meal program to provide students enrolled in such a school with meals at a price equal to the average price paid by students for equivalent meals under a comparable public school meal program in the United States.
**(b) Limitation.—** The authority provided by subsection (a) may be used only if the Secretary of Defense determines that Federal payments and commodities provided under section 20 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ([42 U.S.C. 1769b](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1769b&num=0&edition=prelim)) and section 20 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ([42 U.S.C. 1789](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1789&num=0&edition=prelim)) to support an overseas meal program are insufficient to provide meals under that program at a price for students equal to the average price paid by students for equivalent meals under a comparable public school meal program in the United States.
**(c) Determining Average Price.—** In determining the average price paid by students in the United States for meals under a school meal program, the Secretary of Defense shall exclude free and reduced price meals provided pursuant to income guidelines.
**(d) Overseas Meal Program Defined.—** In this section, the term “overseas meal program” means a program administered by the Secretary of Defense to provide breakfasts or lunches to students attending overseas defense dependents’ schools.
**(e) Overseas Defense Dependents’ School Defined.—** In this section, the term “overseas defen
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 1769b
shall carry out a pilot project in schools participating
in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program under sec-
tion 19 of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769a) (referred to in this section
as the ‘‘Program’’), in not less than 5 States, to evalu-
ate the impact of allowing schools to offer canned, fro-
zen, or dried fruits and vegetables as part of the Pro-
gram.
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 60 days after the
date of enactment of this Act [Feb. 14, 2014], the Sec-
retary shall establish criteria for the conditions under
which canned, frozen, or dried fruits and vegetables
may be offered, which shall be in accordance with the
most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans pub-
lished under section 301 of the National Nutrition Mon-
itoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341).
‘‘(c) EVALUATION.—With respect to the pilot project,
the Secretary shall evaluate—
‘‘(1) the impacts on fruit and vegetable consump-
tion at the schools participating in the pilot project;
‘‘(2) the impacts of the pilot project on school par-
ticipation in the Program and operation of the Pro-
gram;
‘‘(3) the implementation strategies used by the
schools participating in the pilot project;
‘‘(4) the acceptance of the pilot project by key
stakeholders; and
‘‘(5) such other outcomes as are determined by the
Secretary.
‘‘(d) REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) INTERIM
REPORT.—Not later than January 1,
2015, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Education and [the] Workforce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-
trition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that de-
scribes the results of the evaluation under subsection
(c).
‘‘(2) FINAL
REPORT.—On completion o
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