118 STAT. 782 PUBLIC LAW 108–265—JUNE 30, 2004 SEC. 205. TEAM NUTRITION NETWORK. (a) TEAM NUTRITION NETWORK.—Section 19 of the Child Nutri tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1788) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘SEC. 19. TEAM NUTRITION NETWORK. ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the team nutrition network are— ‘‘(1) to establish State systems to promote the nutritional health of school children of the United States through nutrition education and the use of team nutrition messages and material developed by the Secretary, and to encourage regular physical activity and other activities that support healthy lifestyles for children, including those based on the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans published under section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341); ‘‘(2) to provide assistance to States for the development of comprehensive and integrated nutrition education and active living programs in schools and facilities that participate in child nutrition programs; ‘‘(3) to provide training and technical assistance and disseminate team nutrition messages to States, school and community nutrition programs, and child nutrition food service professionals; ‘‘(4) to coordinate and collaborate with other nutrition edu cation and active living programs that share similar goals and purposes; and ‘‘(5) to identify and share innovative programs with dem onstrated effectiveness in helping children to maintain a healthy weight by enhancing student understanding of health ful eating patterns and the importance of regular physical activity. ‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF TEAM NUTRITION NETWORK.—In this section, the term ‘team nutrition network’ means a statewide multidisci plinary program for children to promote healthy eating and physical activity based on scientifically valid information and sound edu cational, social, and marketing principles. ‘‘(c) GRANTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of funds for use in carrying out this section, in addition to any other funds made available to the Secretary for team nutrition purposes, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, may make grants to State agencies for each fiscal year, in accordance with this section, to establish team nutrition net works to promote nutrition education through— ‘‘(A) the use of team nutrition network messages and other scientifically based information; and ‘‘(B) the promotion of active lifestyles. ‘‘(2) FORM.—A portion of the grants provided under this subsection may be in the form of competitive grants. ‘‘(3) FUNDS FROM NONGOVERNMENTAL SOURCES.—In car rying out this subsection, the Secretary may accept cash con tributions from nongovernmental organizations made expressly to further the purposes of this section, to be managed by the Food and Nutrition Service, for use by the Secretary and the States in carrying out this section.
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