42 U.S.C. § 1771 : US Code - Section 1771: Congressional declaration of purpose

Search 42 U.S.C. § 1771 : US Code - Section 1771: Congressional declaration of purpose

In recognition of the demonstrated relationship between food and
good nutrition and the capacity of children to develop and learn,
based on the years of cumulative successful experience under the
national school lunch program with its significant contributions in
the field of applied nutrition research, it is hereby declared to
be the policy of Congress that these efforts shall be extended,
expanded, and strengthened under the authority of the Secretary of
Agriculture as a measure to safeguard the health and well-being of
the Nation's children, and to encourage the domestic consumption of
agricultural and other foods, by assisting States, through grants-
in-aid and other means, to meet more effectively the nutritional
needs of our children.