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S 1499 111th Congress Senate Education Education of the disadvantaged Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Housing supply and affordability Poverty and welfare assistance

A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand eligibility for free school meals to certain families in areas with greater than fair market rent.

Introduced: July 22, 2009 Introduced by: Gillibrand, Kirsten E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jul 22, 2009
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Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand eligibility for free school lunches to children who are from areas with greater than fair market rent, if their family income does not exceed 185% of the poverty level. (Currently, children are eligible for free school lunches if their family income does not exceed 130% of the poverty level.)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1499: A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand eligibility for free school meals to certain families in areas with greater than fair market rent.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1499/
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"S. 1499: A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand eligibility for free school meals to certain families in areas with greater than fair market rent.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1499/.
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S. 1499, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1499/.
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[S. 1499: A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand eligibility for free school meals to certain families in areas with greater than fair market rent.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1499/)
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