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, and 1766), and the applicable provisions other than section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1773–1785, and 1787); $2,782,300,000, of which $85,190,000 shall be derived from prior-year unobligated balances and $1,411,575,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), including $80,000,000 for purchase and distribution of agricultural commodities and other foods pursuant to section 6 of the National School Lunch Act, as amended: Provided, That of the foregoing total amount there shall be available $24,000,000 for the food service equipment assistance program, $1,000,000 for nutrition education projects pursuant to section 18 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1787), and $25,000,000 for the State administrative expenses: Provided further, That funds provided herein shall remain available until September 30, 1981, in accordance with section 3 of the National School Lunch Act, as amended. 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 Act92 STAT. 1090 of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1772), $142,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1980. special supplemental food programs (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) and the commodity supplemental food program as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), $569,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 1981. food stamp program For necessary expenses of the food stamp program pursuant to the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, $5,779,200,000: Provided, That funds provided herein shall remain available until September 30, 1981, in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended: Provided further, That no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, to make food stamps available to any household, to the extent that the entitlement otherwise available to 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 be 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 section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), $12,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 1980. food program administration For necessary administrative expenses of the Domestic Food Programs funded under this Act, $74,275,000: Provided, 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 $150,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.