FAMILY OR GROUP DAY CARE HOME DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

SEC. 503. FAMILY OR GROUP DAY CARE HOME DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. (a) In General.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a demonstration project to begin 30 days after enactment of this Act, but in no event earlier than October 1, 1988, in one State regarding the Child Care Food Program authorized under section 17 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) in which day care institutions and family or group day care sponsoring organizations shall receive a reimbursement (in addition to that received under subsections (d) and (f) of section 17 for providing one additional meal or supplement for children that are maintained in a day care institution or in a family or group day care home setting for eight or more hours per day. (b) Location.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall select one State in which to conduct the demonstration project established under subsection (a). The State shall have a large number of children served by family or group day care homes and shall have a large proportion of its Child Care Food Program meals served under such program in homes rather than in day care centers. (c) Purpose of Demonstration.—The demonstration project established under subsection (a) shall be structured in a manner that will enable the Secretary of Agriculture to determine— (1) if the additional meal or supplement for children staying in day care homes longer than eight hours would increase participation in the Child Care Food Program by family and group day care homes; (2) the extent to which meal service increases at such homes; and 102 STAT. 1673 (3) the nutritional impact of the additional meal or supplement. (d) Report.—Not later than August 1, 1989, the Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare and submit, to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, a preliminary report that describes the results of the project conducted under this section. As expeditiously as possible after the conclusion of such project, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to such Committees a final report concerning the project. (e) Termination.—The demonstration project required by this section shall terminate not later than 12 months after the date on which the project was fully initiated.