42 U.S.C. § 1769b : US Code - Section 1769B: Department of Defense overseas dependents' schools

Search 42 U.S.C. § 1769b : US Code - Section 1769B: Department of Defense overseas dependents' schools

(a) Purpose of program; availability of payments and commodities
For the purpose of obtaining Federal payments and commodities in
conjunction with the provision of lunches to students attending
Department of Defense dependents' schools which are located outside
the United States, its territories or possessions, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall make available to the Department of Defense, from
funds appropriated for such purpose, the same payments and
commodities as are provided to States for schools participating in
the National School Lunch Program in the United States.
(b) Administration of program; eligibility determinations and
regulations
The Secretary of Defense shall administer lunch programs
authorized by this section and shall determine eligibility for free
and reduced price lunches under the criteria published by the
Secretary of Agriculture, except that the Secretary of Defense
shall prescribe regulations governing computation of income
eligibility standards for families of students participating in the
National School Lunch Program under this section.
(c) Nutritional standards for meals; noncompliance with standards
The Secretary of Defense shall be required to offer meals meeting
nutritional standards prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture;
however, the Secretary of Defense may authorize deviations from
Department of Agriculture prescribed meal patterns and fluid milk
requirements when local conditions preclude strict compliance or
when such compliance is impracticable.
(d) Authorization of appropriations
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal
year in such amounts as may be necessary for the administrative
expenses of the Department of Defense under this section.
(e) Technical assistance for administration of program
The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide the Secretary of
Defense with the technical assistance in the administration of the
school lunch programs authorized by this section.