H.R. 2968

Summer Food Service Rural Expansion Act

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110th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2968

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 10, 2007

Mr. Platts introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make permanent the summer food service pilot project for rural areas of Pennsylvania and apply it to rural areas of every State.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Summer Food Service Rural Expansion Act.

2.

Summer food service pilot program for rural areas of Pennsylvania made permanent and applied to rural areas of every State

Section 13(a)(9) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(9)) is amended—

(1)

in the paragraph heading by striking Exemption and inserting Applicability to rural areas; and

(2)

in subparagraph (A) by striking For each of calendar years 2005 and 2006 in rural areas of the State of Pennsylvania and inserting For calendar year 2007 and each calendar year thereafter, in rural areas of a State.