Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 13A — Child Nutrition
§ 1789. Department of Defense overseas dependents’ schools
Statutory text
Purpose of program; availability of payments and commodities
For the purpose of obtaining Federal payments and commodities in conjunction with the provision of breakfasts 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 school breakfast program in the United States.
Administration of program; eligibility determinations and regulations
The Secretary of Defense shall administer breakfast programs authorized by this section and shall determine eligibility for free and reduced-price breakfasts 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 school breakfast program under this section.
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 highly impracticable.
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.
Technical assistance for administration of program
The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide the Secretary of Defense with technical assistance in the administration of the school breakfast programs authorized by this section.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Child Nutrition Act of 1966
Pub. L. 89–642 § 20 · 80 Stat. 885
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 1789
Pub. L. 89–642, § 20, as added Pub. L. 95–561, title XIV, § 1408(b)(2), Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2368
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 89–642, § 20, as added Pub. L. 95–561, title XIV, § 1408(b)(2), Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2368Pub. L. 99–500 title III § 328(b) · 100 Stat. 1783-362
Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 1789(d)
Pub. L. 99–500, Pub. L. 99–591, and Pub. L. 99–661 amended subsec. (d) identically
Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 1789(d)
Pub. L. 99–500, Pub. L. 99–591, and Pub. L. 99–661 striking out “and for payment of the difference between the value of commodities and payments received from the Secretary of Agriculture and (1) the full cost of each breakfast for each student eligible for a free breakfast, and (2) the full cost of each breakfast, less any amounts required by law or regulation to be paid by each student eligible for a reduced-price breakfast” after “this section”
Unresolved: Pub. L. 99–500 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99–500, Pub. L. 99–591, and Pub. L. 99–661 amended subsec. (d) identically, striking out “and for payment of the difference between the value of commodities and payments received from the Secretary of Agriculture and (1) the full cost of each breakfast for each student eligible for a free breakfast, and (2) the full cost of each breakfast, less any amounts required by law or regulation to be paid by each student eligible for a reduced-price breakfast” after “this section”.
0 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 2 unresolved
Editorial Notes
Codification
Pub. L. 99–591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99–500.
Amendments
1986—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99–500, Pub. L. 99–591, and Pub. L. 99–661 amended subsec. (d) identically, striking out “and for payment of the difference between the value of commodities and payments received from the Secretary of Agriculture and (1) the full cost of each breakfast for each student eligible for a free breakfast, and (2) the full cost of each breakfast, less any amounts required by law or regulation to be paid by each student eligible for a reduced-price breakfast” after “this section”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective , and no provisions to be construed to impair or to prevent the taking of effect of any other Act providing for the transfer of the described functions to an executive department having responsibility for education, see section 1415 of Pub. L. 95–561, set out as a note under section 921 of Title 20, Education.
Credits
1978–1986 · 3 acts
- 1978Pub. L. 89–642, § 20, as added Pub. L. 95–561, title XIV, § 1408(b)(2), , 92 Stat. 2368
- 1986amended Pub. L. 99–500, title III, § 328(b), , 100 Stat. 1783–362, and Pub. L. 99–591, title III, § 328(b), , 100 Stat. 3341–365
- 1986Pub. L. 99–661, div. D, title II, § 4208(b), , 100 Stat. 4073.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 89–642, § 20, as added Pub. L. 95–561, title XIV, § 1408(b)(2), , 92 Stat. 2368; amended Pub. L. 99–500, title III, § 328(b), , 100 Stat. 1783–362, and Pub. L. 99–591, title III, § 328(b), , 100 Stat. 3341–365; Pub. L. 99–661, div. D, title II, § 4208(b), , 100 Stat. 4073.)