87 STAT. 564 PAYMENTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES UNDER PUBLIC LAW 87-J, Sec. 11. Section 5(d) (2) of the Act of September 30,1950 (Public Law 874,81st Congress), shall not operate to deprive any local educa- 82 Stat. 1097. tional agency of payments under such Act during the fiscal year ending 20 use 240. June 30, 1974, it such local educational agency is in a State which after June 30,1972, has adopted a program of State aid for free public education which is designed to equalize expenditures for education among local educational agencies m that State. This section shall be Effective effective on and after July 1,1973, and shall be deemed to have been date. enacted on June 30,1973. Approved November 7, 1973. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY! HOUSE REPORTS No. 93-458 (Oomn. on Eduoation and Labor) and No. 93-540 (Canm. of Conference). Sept. 13, Oct. 12, 18, 24, considered and passed House. Sept. 24, Oot. 16, 23, considered and passed Senate. 93D CONGRESS 2D SESSION . 2871 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 21, 1974 Mr. McGOVERN (for himself, Mr. ABOUREZK, Mr. BROOKE, Mr. BURDICK, Mr. CASE, Mr. CLARK, Mr. Hart, Mr. HUMPHREY, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MANSFIELD, Mr. METCALF, Mr. MONDALE, and Mr. ScHWEIKER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry A BILL To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, and for other purposes. i Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the food program technical 4 amendments. 5 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 6 the Secretary of Agriculture shall (1) use funds available 7 under provisions of section 32 of Public Law 74-320, as 8 amended (7 U.S.C. 612c), to purchase, without regard to 9 the provisions of existing law governing the expenditure 1 of public funds, agricultural commodities, and their products 2 to maintain the traditional level of assistance for food assist 3 ance programs as are authorized by law, including but not 4 limited to school lunch, institutions, supplemental feeding, 5 and disaster relief, and (2) if the stocks of the Commodity 6 Credit Corporation are not available, use the funds of the 7 Corporation to purchase agricultural commodities and the g products thereof under section 416 of the Agricultural Act of g 1949 to meet such requirements. 10 Sec. 2. Section 3 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as 11 amended, is amended, by adding at the end thereof new 12 subsections as follows: 13 "(o) The term 'tribal government' shall refer to any 14 group of native Americans so recognized by the Department 15 of the Interior. 16 "(p) The term 'Indian reservation' shall refer to any 17 area so recognized by the Department of the Interior." 18 Sec. 3. Section 4 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as 19 amended, is amended by: (1) redesignating subsections (b) 20 and (c) as subsections (c) and (d) and (2) inserting a new 21 subsection (b) as follows: 22 "(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 23 Secretary is authorized to formulate and administer a food 24 stamp program at the request of any tribal government 25 under which eligible households shall be provided with an 1 opportunity to participate in the food stamp program under 2 the provisions of this Act, in which case the tribal govern 3 ment shall he considered a State for purposes of this Act. 4 Any tribal government requesting a food stamp program 5 may enter into an agreement with a State to have the State 6 administer such a program, or may delegate the administra 7 tion to the Secretary of the Interior, in which case such State 8 or Secretary shall be considered a State agency for purposes 9 of this Act. The Secretary may issue regulations as he deems 10 necessary or appropriate for the effective and efficient ad 11 ministration of the food stamp program on any Indian reser 12 vation requesting such a program." 13 Sec. 4. Section 15 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as 14 amended, is amended to read as follows: 15 "(a) Each State shall be responsible for financing, from 16 funds available to the State, or political subdivision thereof 17 the costs of carrying out the administrative responsibilities 18 assigned to it under the provisions of this Act. 19 "(b) The Secretary is authorized to pay to each State 20 agency an amount equal to 62.5' per centum of all such ad 21 ministrative costs including, but not limited to, certification 22 of households; the acceptance, storage, and protection of 23 coupons after their delivery to receiving points within the 24 States; the issuance of such coupons to eligible households; 25 outreach and fair hearing requirements of section 10 of this 1 Act; and the control and accounting of coupons: Provided, 2 That, the Secretary is authorized to pay to a tribal govern 3 ment or its agent, under section 4(b), an amount equal to 4 100 per centum of such administrative costs for that portion 5 attributable to the administration of the food stamp program 6 on any Indian reservation." 7 Sec. 5. Section 17 of the Food Stamp Act, as amended, 8 is amended by inserting after the words "State of Alaska", 9 the following: "or any Indian reservation". 10 Sec. 6. The following new section is added at the end of 11 the Food Stamp Act: 12 "sec. 18. (a) In the case of any experimental, pilot, or 13 demonstration project which the Secretary specifically deter 14 mines is likely to promote raising the levels of nutritional 15 adequacy among low-income households and alleviate hunger 16 and malnutrition, the Secretary may waive compliance with 17 any of the requirements of this Act, or regulations promul 18 gated thereunder, to the extent and for the period he finds 19 necessary to carry out such a project. 20 "(b) The Secretary is authorized to use funds appro 21 priated for this Act to implement any project he establishes 22 pursuant to subsection (a)," |