PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 675 SEC. 674. OVERSEAS SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM. (a) PROGRAM AND BENEFITS.— Subsection (a) of section 1060a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "AUTHORITY.— The Secretary of Defense may carry out a program to provide special supplemental food benefits" and inserting "PRO- GRAM REQUIRED. —The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program to provide supplemental foods and nutrition education". (b) FUNDING SOURCE. — Subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows: "(b) FUNDING MECHANISM.— The Secretary of Defense shall use funds available for the Department of Defense to carry out the program under subsection (a).". (c) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.— Subsection (c) of such section is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by adding at the end the following new sentence: "In determining eligibility for benefits, a person already certified for participation in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children under such section 17 shall be considered eligible for the duration of the certification period under that special supplemental nutrition program. "; (2) by striking paragraph (1)(B) and inserting the following: "(B) In determining eligibility for families of individuals participating in the program under this section, the Secretary of Defense shall, to the extent practicable, use the criterion described in subparagraph (A), including nutritional risk standards. The Secretary shall also consider the value of housing in kind provided to the individual when determining program eligibility."; (3) in paragraph (2), by adding before the period at the end the following: ", particularly with respect to nutrition education"; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide technical assistance to the Secretary of Defense, if so requested by the Secretary of Defense, for the purpose of carrying out the program under subsection (a).". (d) DEFINITIONS. —Subsection (f) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(4) The terms 'nutrition education' and 'supplemental foods' have the meanings given the terms in section 17(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)).". (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(q) The Secretary of x\griculture shall provide technical assistance to the Secretary of Defense, if so requested by the Secretary of Defense, for the purpose of carrying out the overseas special supplemental food program established under section 1060a(a) of title 10, United States Code.". SEC. 675. TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS DEPLOYED IN A CONTINGENCY OPERATION. Section 2007(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking "and"; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
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