108 STAT. 4728 PUBLIC LAW 103-448—NOV. 2, 1994 "(A) the school lunch program established under this Act; "(B) the summer food service program for children established under section 13; "(C) the child and adult care food program established under section 17; "(D) the homeless children nutrition program established under section 17B; "(E) the special milk program established under section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772); "(F) the school breakfast program established under section 4 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1773); and "(G) the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children authorized under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786). "(2) CONTRACTOR.— The term 'contractor' means a person that contracts with a State, an agency of a State, or a local agency to provide goods or services in relation to the participation of a local agency in a child nutrition program. "(3) LOCAL AGENCY.—The term 'local agency* means a school, school food authority, child care center, sponsoring organization, or other entity authorized to operate a child nutrition program at the local level.
- (4) NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT. —The term 'nonprocurement debarment' means an action to bar a person from
programs and activities involving Federal financial and nonfinancial assistance, but not including Federal procurement programs and activities. "(5) PERSON. —The term 'person' means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, or other legal entity, however organized. "(c) ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY AND PREVENT FRAUD AND ANTI- COMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES. —The Secretary shall— "(1) in cooperation with any other appropriate individual, organization, or agency, provide advice, training, technical assistance, and guidance (which may include awareness training, training films, and troubleshooting advice) to representatives of States and local agencies regarding means of identifying and preventing fraud and anticompetitive activities relating to the provision of goods or services in conjunction with the participation of a local agency in a child nutrition program; and "(2) provide information to, and fully cooperate with, the Attorney General and State attorneys general regarding investigations of fraud and anticompetitive activities relating to the provision of goods or services in conjunction with the participation of a local agency in a child nutrition program. "(d) NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in paragraph (3) . and subsection (e), not later than 180 days after notification of the occurrence of a cause for debarment described in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall initiate nonprocurement debarment proceedings against the contractor who has committed the cause for debarment. "(2) CAUSES FOR DEBARMENT. —Actions requiring initiation of nonprocurement debarment pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include a situation in which a contractor is found guilty in
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