NUTRITIONAL AND OTHER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

SEC. 102. NUTRITIONAL AND OTHER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. (a) Technical Amendments.— Section 9(f) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(f)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking “subparagraph (A)” and inserting “paragraph (1)”; and (2) in paragraphs (3) and (4), by striking “this paragraph” each place it appears and inserting “this subsection”. (b) Waiver of Requirement for Weighted Averages for Nutrient Analysis.— Section 9(f) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(5) Waiver of requirement for weighted averages for nutrient analysis.— During the period ending on September 30, 2003, the Secretary shall not require the use of weighted averages for nutrient analysis of menu items and foods offered or served as part of a meal offered or served under the school lunch program under this Act or the school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773).”. (c) Requirement for Food Safety Inspections.— Section 9 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(h) Food Safety Inspections.— “(1) In general.— Except as provided in paragraph (2), a school participating in the school lunch program under this Act or the school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) shall, at least once during each school year, obtain a food safety inspection conducted by a State or local governmental agency responsible for food safety inspections. “(2) Exception.— Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a school if a food safety inspection of the school is required by a State or local governmental agency responsible for food safety inspections.”. (d) Single Permanent Agreement Between State Agency and School Food Authority; Common Claims Form.— Section 9 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758), as amended by subsection (c), is further amended by adding at the end the following: “(i) Single Permanent Agreement Between State Agency and School Food Authority; Common Claims Form.— 112 STAT. 3145 “(1) In general.— If a single State agency administers any combination of the school lunch program under this Act, the school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), the summer food service program for children under section 13 of this Act, or the child and adult care food program under section 17 of this Act, the agency shall— “(A) require each school food authority to submit to the State agency a single agreement with respect to the operation by the authority of the programs administered by the State agency; and “(B) use a common claims form with respect to meals and supplements served under the programs administered by the State agency. “(2) Additional requirement.— The agreement described in paragraph (1)(A) shall be a permanent agreement that may be amended as necessary.”.