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A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and…

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A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts.

Introduced: July 31, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 12, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2669)
Jul 31, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jul 31, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in increases in income eligibility for free lunches and breakfasts by specified increments from 130 percent of the Office of Management and Budget nonfarm income poverty guidelines for July 1, 2003, to 185 percent of such guidelines for July 1, 2008, and every subsequent school year.

What's happening now March 12, 2004

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2669)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3441 Related bill School Nutrition Enhancement Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Sep 20, 2004
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Apr 20, 2004
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 25, 2004
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Nov 22, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1549: A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1549/
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"S. 1549: A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1549/.
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S. 1549, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1549/.
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