Food and Nutrition Service

Food and Nutrition Service child nutrition programs For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National School Lunch Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1751–1761); Public Law 91–248 and the applicable provisions other than section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1773–1785); $2,751,032,900 of which $959,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That of the foregoing total amount there shall be available $28,000,000 for the nonfood assistance program, and $13,675,000 for the State, administrative expenses: Provided further, That funds provided herein shall remain available until expended in accordance with section 3 of the National School Lunch Act, as amended: Provided further, That an additional $80,000,000 shall be, transferred to (his appropriation from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), for purchase and distribution of agricultural commodities and other foods pursuant to section 6 of the National School Lunch Act, as amended: Presided further, That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act90 STAT. 866 of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. special milk program For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the special milk program, as authorized by section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1772), $155,000,000. special supplemental food program (wic) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the special supplemental food program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1786), $250,000,000: Provided, That funds provided herein shall remain available until expended in accordance with section 3 of the National School Lunch Act, as amended: Provided, further, That, this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall he available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. food stamp program For necessary expenses of the food stamp program pursuant to the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, $4,794,400,000: Provided, That funds provided herein shall remain available until expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended: Provided further, That this appropriation shall he available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225). and not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, to make food stamps available to any household, to the extent that the entitlement otherwise available tn such household is attributable to an individual who: (i) has reached his eighteenth birthday; (ii) is enrolled in an institution of higher education; and (iii) is properly claimed as a dependent child for Federal income tax purposes by a taxpayer who is not a member of an eligible household: Provided further, That funds provided herein shall he expended in accordance with section 15(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended. food donations program For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of faction 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)). $23,166,000, of which $17,000,000 shall be available for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program without regard to whether an area is under the Food Stamp Program. elderly feeding program For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of Section 707(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 3045f), $22,000,000.