PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981
95 STAT. 529
tions under paragraph (3) of this subsection, for more than two meals and one supplement per day per child."; (2) by striking out paragraph (3) and by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) (and any references thereto) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and (3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— (A) by redesignating the fourth sentence and all that follows through the end of the paragraph as subparagraph (C); and (B) by amending all that precedes subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated) to read as follows: "(3)(A) Institutions that participate in the program under this section as family or group day care home sponsoring organizations shall be provided, for payment to such homes, a reimbursement factor set by the Secretary for the cost of obtaining and preparing food and prescribed labor costs, involved in providing meals under this section, without a requirement for documentation of such costs, except that reimbursement shall not be provided under this subparagraph for meals or supplements served to the children of a person acting as a family or group day care home provider unless such children meet the eligiblity standards for free or reduced-price meals under section 9 of this Act. The reimbursement factor in effect as of the date of the enactment of this sentence shall be reduced by 10 percent. The reimbursement factor under this subparagraph shall be adjusted on July 1 of each year to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for food away from home for the most recent 12-month period for which such data are available. The reimbursement factor under this subparagraph shall be rounded to the nearest one-fourth cent. "(B) Family or group day care home sponsoring organizations shall also receive reimbursement for their administrative expenses in amounts not exceeding the maximum allowable levels prescribed by the Secretary. Such levels shall be adjusted July 1 of each year to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for all items for the most recent 12-month period for which such data are available. The maximum allowable levels for administrative expense payments, as in effect as of the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, shall be adjusted by the Secretary so as to achieve a 10 percent reduction in the total amount of reimbursement provided to institutions for such administrative expenses. In making the reduction required by the preceding sentence, the Secretary shall increase the economy of scale factors used to distinguish institutions that sponsor a greater number of family or group day care homes from those that sponsor a lesser number of such homes.". (e) Section 17(g) of the National School Lunch Act is amended by 42 USC 1766. striking out paragraph (2) and by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) (and any references thereto) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively. (f) Section 17 of the National School Lunch Act is further amended by striking out subsections (i) and (n). (g) Section 17(o) of the National School Lunch Act is amended in the second sentence by striking out "the availability of food service equipment funds under the program,". FOOD NOT INTENDED TO BE CONSUMED
SEC. 811. The third sentence of section 9(a) of the National School Lunch Act is amended by striking out "in any junior high school or 42 USC 1758. middle school".
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