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PL 79-396 - Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act
[As Amended Through PL 116–94, Enacted Dec. 20, 2019]
It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress, as a measure of national security, to safeguard the health and well-being of the Nation’s children and to encourage the domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural commodities and other food, by assisting the states, through grants-in-aid and other means, in providing an adequate supply of foods and other facilities for the establishment, maintenance, operation, and expansion of nonprofit school lunch programs.
PL 116–94
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PL 111–296 - Child Nutrition Act of 1966
[As Amended Through PL 111–296, Effective Dec. 13, 2010]
To strengthen and expand food service programs for children.
PL 111–296