S 550 · 93th Congress · Families
Comprehensive Child Nutrition Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.(1973-01-23)
Plain Language Summary
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Comprehensive Child Nutrition Act - Declares it to be the policy of Congress that every child in the United States be provided an adequate nutritional diet throughout the entire year, that such diet be provided under comprehensive child nutrition programs carried out by the Nation's schools, child development institutions, and other agencies and organizations concerned with the development of children, and that special emphasis under such programs be given to economically disadvantaged children. Provides that funds appropriate under this Act may be used for planning and developing, and surveying child nutrition programs. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, for each fiscal year, to be disbursed to each State, and amount equal to a sum determined by: (1) multiplying 10 cents by the number of children residing in each State, and multiplying the product thereof by 160; and (2) multiplying 50 cents by the number of children residing in each State who are members of households whose annual incomes are not above the applicable family size income level set forth in the income eligibility guidelines, and multiplying the product thereof by 160. A…
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Cosponsors (4)
2 Democrats2 Republicans