- The document is the original enrolled bill for H.R. 3370, which became the National School Lunch Act of 1946.
- It was passed by the 79th Congress, 2nd Session, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on June 4, 1946.
- The bill’s purpose was to provide federal assistance to states for establishing, maintaining, operating, and expanding school lunch programs.
- The handwritten annotations detail the legislative process: the Senate insisted on its amendments (Feb 26, 1946), the House disagreed and appointed managers for a conference (Feb 27, 1946), the Senate agreed to the conference report (May 24, 1946), and the House agreed to the conference report (May 23, 1946).
- Signatures from congressional managers (e.g., Russell, Ellender, Bankhead, Capper, Aiken for the Senate; Flannagan, Cooley, Zimmerman, Pace, Hope, Kinger, Andersen for the House) confirm the resolution of differences.
- The document was attested by Secretary of the Senate Leslie L. Biffle and bears the official certification “In the Senate of the United States” with the date of final passage.
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