AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY OF HEAD START PARTICIPANTS.

SEC. 109. AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY OF HEAD START PARTICIPANTS. (a) In General.— Section 9(b)(6) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(6)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “a member of”; (B) in clause (i)— (i) by inserting “a member of’ after “(i)”; and (ii) by striking “or” at the end; (C) in clause (ii)— (i) by inserting “a member of” after “(ii)”; and (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and (D) by adding at the end the following new clause: “(iii) enrolled as a participant in a Head Start program authorized under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), on the basis of a determination that the child is a member of a family that meets the low-income criteria prescribed under section 645(a)(1)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9840(a)(1)A)).”; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking “food stamps or aid to families with dependent children” and inserting “food stamps or aid to families with dependent children, or of enrollment or participation in a Head Start program on the basis described in subparagraph (A)(iii),”. (b) Child and Adult Care Food Program.— Section 17(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(5) A child shall be considered automatically eligible for benefits under this section without further application or eligibility determination, if the child is enrolled as a participant in a Head Start program authorized under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), on the basis of a determination that the child is a member of a family that meets the low-income criteria prescribed under section 645(a)(1)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9840(a)(1)(A)).”. (c) Effective Date.— The amendments made by this section shall become effective on September 25, 1995.