To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program.

May 6, 2003

Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. LEAHY, and Ms. STABENOW) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Commodity Distribution Act of 2003'.

SEC. 2. COMMODITY PURCHASES UNDER SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.

Section 6(e) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(e)) is amended--

(1) in paragraph (1)--

(A) by striking `in the form of' and all that follows through `(A) commodity assistance' and inserting `in the form of commodity assistance';

(B) by striking `; or' and inserting a period; and

(C) by striking subparagraph (B); and

(2) in paragraph (2)--

(A) by striking `the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary,' and inserting `the Secretary--

`(A) shall, to the extent necessary,';

(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting `; and'; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

`(B) shall not use commodities provided under the authority of any other Act to meet the requirement for the school year.'.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect on October 1, 2003.

END