It is 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.
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It is 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.
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§ 1751. Congressional declaration of policy
It is 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 estab-
lishment, maintenance, operation, and expan-
sion of nonprofit school lunch programs.
(June 4, 1946, ch. 281, § 2, 60 Stat. 230; Pub. L.
101–147, title III, § 312(1), Nov. 10, 1989, 103 Stat.
916.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1989—Pub. L. 101–147 substituted ‘‘school lunch’’ for
‘‘school-lunch’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2010 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 111–296, title IV, § 445, Dec. 13, 2010, 124 Stat.
3266, provided that: ‘‘Except as otherwise specifically
provided in this Act [see Short Title of 2010 Amend-
ment note below] or any of the amendments made by
this Act, this Act and the amendments made by this
Act take effect on October 1, 2010.’’
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1989 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 101–147, § 2, Nov. 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 878, pro-
vided that: ‘‘Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
the amendments made by this Act [see Short Title of
1989 Amendment note below] shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 10, 1989].’’
SHORT TITLE OF 2022 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 117–158, § 1, June 25, 2022, 136 Stat. 1309, pro-
vided that: ‘‘This Act [amending section 2254c of Title
7, Agriculture, enacting provisions set out as notes
under sections 1753, 1760, and 1766 of this title, and
amending provisions set out as a note under section
1760 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Keep Kids Fed
Act