Healthy Start Act

Healthy Start Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to deliver commodity assistance to states for their school breakfast programs. (Currently, commodity assistance is delivered to states for their school lunch programs.)

Sets forth the formula for determining the amount of such assistance to be provided to each state for its school breakfast program.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4638 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4638

 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide 
 commodity assistance to States participating in the school breakfast 
       program established under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 22, 2010

    Ms. Herseth Sandlin (for herself, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Shuler, Mr. 
Thompson of Mississippi, and Mr. Himes) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide 
 commodity assistance to States participating in the school breakfast 
       program established under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. HEALTHY START ACT.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Start Act''.

SEC. 2. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE FOR THE SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM.

    Section 6 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1755) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Commodity Assistance for the School Lunch and Breakfast 
Programs.--Not later than September 30 of the following school year, 
the Secretary shall deliver to each State participating in--
            ``(1) the school lunch program established under this Act, 
        commodities valued at the total level of assistance authorized 
        under subsection (c) for each school year for the school lunch 
        program in the State; and
            ``(2) the school breakfast program established under 
        section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), 
        commodities valued at the total level of assistance authorized 
        under subsection (d) for each school year for the school 
        breakfast program in the State.''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
    ``(d) Value of Donated Foods for the School Breakfast Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), in the case of 
        the school breakfast program established under the Child 
        Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), the value of 
        donated foods shall be 5 cents.
            ``(2) Adjustment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The value of donated foods under 
                paragraph (1) shall be adjusted on July 1, 2011, and 
                each July 1 thereafter, to reflect changes in the Price 
                Index for Food Used in Schools and Institutions.
                    ``(B) Food components.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Index shall be 
                        computed using 5 major food components of the 
                        Producer Price Index of the Bureau of Labor 
                        Statistics (cereal and bakery products, meats, 
                        poultry and fish, dairy products, processed 
                        fruits and vegetables, and fats and oils).
                            ``(ii) Weighting.--Each component shall be 
                        weighed using the same relative weight as 
                        determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
                    ``(C) Time period.--The value of food assistance 
                for each meal shall be adjusted each July 1 by the 
                annual percentage change in a 3-month average value of 
                the Price Index for Foods Used in Schools and 
                Institutions for March, April, and May each year.
                    ``(D) Rounding.--The adjustment shall be computed 
                to the nearest \1/4\ cent.
            ``(3) Calculation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), for 
                each school year, the total amount of commodity 
                assistance, or cash in lieu of commodity assistance, 
                available to a State for the school breakfast program 
                shall be the product obtained by multiplying--
                            ``(i) the number of breakfasts served in 
                        the preceding school year; by
                            ``(ii) the rate established under paragraph 
                        (2).
                    ``(B) Reconciliation.--After the end of each school 
                year, the Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) reconcile the number of breakfasts 
                        served by schools in each State with the number 
                        of breakfasts served by schools in each State 
                        during the preceding school year; and
                            ``(ii) increase or reduce subsequent 
                        commodity assistance, or cash in lieu of 
                        commodity assistance, provided to each State 
                        based on the reconciliation.''.
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