PILOT PROJECTS.

SEC. 107. PILOT PROJECTS. Section 18 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (e)— (A) by striking “for the duration beginning July 1, 1987, and ending December 31, 1990” and inserting “beginning July 1, 1987, and ending September 30, 1992”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new sentence: “The Secretary, directly or through contract, shall administer the project under this subsection.”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(f) (1) The Secretary shall conduct demonstration projects designed to provide food service throughout the year to homeless children under the age of 6 in emergency shelters. “(2) (A) The Secretary shall enter into agreements with private nonprofit organizations to participate in the projects under this subsection. “(B) The Secretary shall establish eligibility requirements for private nonprofit organizations that desire to participate in the projects under this subsection. Such requirements shall include the following: “(i) Each such organization shall operate not more than 5 food service sites under the project and shall serve not more than 300 homeless children at each such site. “(ii) Each site operated by each such organization shall meet applicable State and local health, safety, and sanitation standards. “(3) (A) Projects under this subsection shall use the same meal patterns and shall receive reimbursement payments for meals and supplements at the same rates provided to child care centers partici-103 STAT. 887paring in the child care food program under section 17 for free meals and supplements. “(B) Homeless children under the age of 6 in emergency shelters shall be considered eligible for free meals without application. “(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘emergency shelter’ has the meaning given such term in section 321(2) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. “(5) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall expend to carry out this subsection from amounts appropriated for purposes of carrying out this Act not less than $50,000 in the fiscal year 1990 and not less than $350,000 in each of the fiscal years 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994, in addition to any amounts made available under section 7(a)(5)(B)(i)(I) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Any amounts expended under the preceding sentence shall be used solely to provide grants on an annual basis to private nonprofit organizations for the conduct of projects under this subsection. “(B) The Secretary may expend less than the amount required under subparagraph (A) if there is an insufficient number of suit? able applicants. “(6) At least 1 project under this subsection shall commence operations not later than September 30, 1990, and all such projects shall cease to operate not later than September 30, 1994.”.