The Assistant Secretary shall carry out a program for making grants to States under State plans approved under section 3027 of this title for the establishment and operation of nutrition projects that—
(1) 5 or more days a week (except in a rural area where such frequency is not feasible (as defined by the Assistant Secretary by regulation) and a lesser frequency is approved by the State agency), provide at least one hot or other appropriate meal per day and any additional meals which the recipient of a grant or contract under this subpart may elect to provide;
(2) shall be provided in congregate settings, including adult day care facilities and multigenerational meal sites; and
(3) provide nutrition education, nutrition counseling, and other nutrition services, as appropriate, based on the needs of meal participants.
(Pub. L. 89–73, title III, § 331, as added Pub. L. 95–478, title I, § 103(b), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1536; amended Pub. L. 102–375, title III, § 313, Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1238; Pub. L. 103–171, § 3(a)(13), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1990; Pub. L. 106–501, title III, § 312(c), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2252; Pub. L. 109–365, title III, § 313, Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2548.)