S.Amdt. 308

SA 308. Mr. BOND (for himself and Mr. Coburn) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 98 proposed by Mr. Inouye (for
himself and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 1, making supplemental
appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure
investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the
unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year
ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

On page 36, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

SEC. __. NUTRITION ENHANCEMENT FOR SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, of the funds made available by this Act for the
supplemental nutrition assistance program established under
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.),
the Secretary of Agriculture shall use not more than
$5,000,000 to develop, after notice and opportunity for
public comment, guidelines to ensure, to the maximum extent
practicable, that Federal expenditures under the program are
used to purchase food that is nutritious consistent with 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), by establishing an
approved list of Universal Product Codes for products that
can be purchased under the program.
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