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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-435—SEPT. 19, 1988

102 STAT. 1659

"(iii) operate in areas where a school food authority or the local, municipal, or county government has not indicated by March 1 of any year that such authority or unit of local government will operate a program under this section in such year; "(iv) exercise full control and authority over the operation of the program at all sites under their sponsorship; "(v) provide ongoing year-around activities for children; "(vi) demonstrate that such organizations have adequate management and the fiscal capacity to operate a program under this section; and "(vii) meet applicable State and local health, safety, and sanitation standards.".

Safety.

SEC. 214. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CHILD CARE FEEDING PROGRAM. Section 17(h) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(h)) is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after the subsection designation; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide agricultural commodities obtained by the Secretary under the provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) and donated under the provisions of section 416 of such Act, to the Department of Defense for use by its institutions providing child care services, when such commodities are in excess of the quantities needed to meet the needs of all other child nutrition programs, domestic and foreign food assistance and export enhancement programs. The Secretary shall require reimbursement from the Department of Defense for the costs, or some portion thereof, of delivering such commodities to overseas locations, unless the Secretary determines that it is in the best interest of the program that the Department of Agriculture shall assume such costs.".

Subtitle C—Food Processing and Distribution SEC. 220. ENCOURAGEMENT OF FOOD PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION BY ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT AGENCIES. (a) SOUCITATION OF APPLICATIONS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the extent that the Commodity Credit Corporation's inventory levels permit, solicit applications, in accordance with paragraph (2), for surplus commodities available for distribution under section 202 of the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note). (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The solicitation by the Secretary of Agriculture under paragraph (1) shall be in the form of a request that any eligible recipient agency (as defined in section 201A of the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983) submit an application to the Secretary that shall include an assurance that such agency will— (A) process any agricultural commodity received in response to such application into end-use products suitable for distribution through the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program;

7 USC 612c note.