USE OF FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEAL ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION.

SEC. 108. USE OF FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEAL ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION. Section 9(b)(2)(C) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(2)(C)) is amended by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following new clauses: “(iii) The use or disclosure of any information obtained from an application for free or reduced price meals, or from a State or local agency referred to in clause (ii), shall be limited to— “(I) a person directly connected with the administration or enforcement of this Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), or a regulation issued pursuant to either Act; “(II) a person directly connected with the administration or enforcement of— “(aa) a Federal education program; “(bb) a State health or education program administered by the State or local educational agency (other than a program carried out under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.)); or “(cc) a Federal, State, or local means-tested nutrition program with eligibility standards comparable to the program under this section; and “(III) (aa) the Comptroller General of the United States for audit and examination authorized by any other provision of law; and “(bb) notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Federal, State, or local law enforcement official for the purpose of investigating an alleged violation of any program covered by paragraph (1) or this paragraph. 108 STAT. 4705 “(iv) Information provided under clause (iii)(II) shall be limited to the income eligibility status of the child for whom application for free or reduced price meal benefits was made or for whom eligibility information was provided under clause (ii), unless the consent of the parent or guardian of the child for whom application for benefits was made is obtained. “(v) A person described in clause (iii) who publishes, divulges, discloses, or makes known in any manner, or to any extent not authorized by Federal law (including a regulation), any information obtained under this subsection shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.”.