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PUBLIC LAW 91-248~MAY 14, 1970
[84 STAT.
A U T H O R I Z A ' n O N FOR ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS; CARRYOVER AUTHORIZATION 76 Stat. 944;
82 Stat. 117. 42 USC 1752 8 0 Stat. 885. 42 USC 1771
note.
76 Stat. 945. 42 USC 1759,
1760.
1. (a) Section 3 of the National School Lunch Act is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: "Appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act and of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 for any fiscal year are authorized to be made a year in advance of the beginning of the fiscal year in which the funds will become available for disbursement to the States. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of such Acts shall remain available for the purposes of the Act for which appropriated until expended." (b) The first sentence of section 10 of the National School Lunch Act and the first sentence of section 12(d)(5) of such Act are each amended by striking the words "preceding fiscal year" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "fiscal year beginning two years immediately prior to the fiscal year for which the Federal funds are appropriated". SECTION
NONFOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
sos'tauls?"."" 42 USC' 17 74.
Apportionment to states. 76 Stat. 944. 42 USC 1753.
AUTHORIZATION
^^^- ^- Sections 5(a) and 5(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 are amended to read as follows: " (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, not to exceed $38,000,000, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, not to exceed $33,000,000, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, not to exceed $15,000,000, and for each succeeding fiscal year, not to exceed $10,000,000, to enable the Secretary to formulate and carry out a program to assist the States through grantsin-aid and other means to supply schools drawing attendance from areas in which poor economic conditions exist with equipment, other than land or buildings, for the storage, preparation, transportation, and serving of food to enable such schools to establish, maintain, and expand school food service programs. In the case of a nonprofit private school, such equipment shall be for use of such school principally in connection with child feeding programs authorized in this Act and in the National School Lunch Act, as amended, and in the event such equipment is no longer so used, it may be transferred to another nonprofit private school participating in any of such programs or to a public school participating fn any of such programs, or, failing either of these dispositions, that part of such equipment financed with Federal funds, or the residual value thereof, shall revert to the United StateSi " (b) The Secretary shall apportion 50 per centum of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this section among the States during each fiscal year on the same basis as apportionments are made under section 4 of the National School Lunch Act, as amended, for supplying agricultural and other foods. The remaining funds appropriated for
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