H.R. 4777 — A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to provide that in certain years purchases of foodstuffs for commodity distribution must reflect a certain proportion of rice purchases.

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Amends the National School Lunch Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to determine the percentage of expenditures on rice for distribution under such Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 for any fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to make such determination based upon the Department of Agriculture's rice outlook and situation report for each rice marketing year.

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1981-10-20
Introduced in House
1981-10-20
Introduced in House
1981-10-20
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to provide that in certain years purchases of foodstuffs for commodity distribution must reflect a certain proportion of rice purchases.

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