112 STAT. 3150 PUBLIC LAW 105-336—OCT. 31, 1998 (b) AUTOMATIC ELioroiLiTY FOR EVEN START PROGRAM PARTICI- PANTS.Section 17(c)(6) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(c)(6)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking "(A)"; and (2) by striking subparagraph (B). (c) PERIODIC SITE VISITS. — - Section 17(d) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(d)) is amended— (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by inserting after "if it" the following: "has been visited by a State agency prior to approval and it"; and (2) in paragraph (2)(A)— (A) by striking "that allows" and inserting "that— "(i) allows"; (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and (C) by adding at the end the following: "(ii) requires periodic site visits to private institutions that the State agency determines have a hign probability of program abuse.". (d) TAX EXEMPT STATUS AND REMOVAL OF NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS.— Section 17(d)(1) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(d)(1)) is amended— (1) by inserting after the third sentence the following: "An institution moving toward compliance with the requirement for tax exempt status shall be allowed to participate in the child and adult care food program for a period of not more than 180 days, except that a State agency may grguit a single extension of not to exceed an additional 90 days if the institution demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the State agency, that the inability of the institution to obtain tax exempt status within the 180-day period is due to circumstances beyond the • control of the institution."; and (2) by striking the last sentence. (e) USE OF FUNDS FOR AUDITS. —Section 17(i) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(i)) is amended by striking "2 percent" and inserting "1.5 percent (except, in the case of each of fiscal years 2005 through 2007,1 percent)". (f) PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. — Section 17(p) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(p)) is amended by striking paragraphs (4) and (5). (g) MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.—Section 17 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(q) MANAGEMENT SUPPORT. — "(1) TECHNICAL AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE.— In addition to the training and technical assistance that is provided to State agencies under other provisions of this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), the Secretary shall provide training and technical assistance in order to assist the State agencies in improving their program management and oversight under this section, "(2) FUNDING. — For each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003, the Secretary shall reserve to carry out paragraph (1) $1,000,000 of the amounts made available to carry out this section.". (h) PARTICIPATION BY AT-RISK CHILD CARE PROGRAMS.— Section 17 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), as amended
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