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HR 5308 116th Congress House

Expanding Access to School Meals Act of 2019

Official title: To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to eliminate reduced price breakfasts and lunches and to require … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to eliminate reduced price breakfasts and lunches and to require that the income guidelines for determining eligibility for free breakfasts and free lunches be 200 percent of the poverty-level, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 30, 2020 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Child healthElementary and secondary educationFood assistance and reliefMedicaid
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Nutrition and dietPoverty and welfare assistance
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Dec 5, 2019
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 Latest action December 5, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expanding Access to School Meals Act of 2019

This bill revises program requirements under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Specifically, the bill

  • eliminates the reduced price school breakfast and lunch programs to include prohibiting USDA from providing reimbursements for such programs,
  • expands the income guidelines for purposes of determining eligibility for free school lunches and breakfasts to make families living at 200% of the poverty-level eligible (currently, families living at 130% or below are eligible),
  • allows states to use Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) participation data to directly certify students for free school lunches and breakfasts, and
  • increases the multiplier from 1.6% to 1.8% for purposes of determining reimbursement under the Community Eligibility Provision that permits schools in high poverty areas to serve all meals free of charge.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 10
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Khanna, Ro
California · Sep 29, 2020
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 30, 2020
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jun 24, 2020
 D
Levin, Mike
California · Mar 9, 2020
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Feb 5, 2020
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Feb 5, 2020
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Dec 5, 2019
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Dec 5, 2019
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Thompson, Mike
California · Dec 5, 2019
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Dec 5, 2019
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