HR 8534
116th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Military Dependents School Meal Eligibility Act of 2020
Introduced: October 6, 2020
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Oct 6, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 6, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Military Dependents School Meal Eligibility Act of 2020
This bill revises requirements for the food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture to allow direct certification of dependent children in households of active duty members of the Armed Forces for the school meal programs.
State agencies must establish procedures to certify child dependents of active duty members whose income does not exceed 185% of the federal poverty line for the school meal programs.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1