REQUIREMENT OF MINIMUM PERCENTAGE OF COMMODITY ASSISTANCE.

SEC. 103. REQUIREMENT OF MINIMUM PERCENTAGE OF COMMODITY ASSISTANCE. Section 6 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(g) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), in each school year the Secretary shall ensure that not less than 12 percent of the assistance provided under section 4, this section, and section 11 shall be in the form of commodity assistance provided under this section, including cash in lieu of commodities and administrative costs for procurement of commodities under this section. “(2) If amounts available to carry out the requirements of the sections described in paragraph (1) are insufficient to meet the requirement contained in paragraph (1) for a school year, the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary, use the authority provided under section 14(a) to meet the requirement for the school year.”.