S 2501
116th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adult day care
Advisory bodies
Child care and development
Child health
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Nutrition and diet
Access to Healthy Food for Young Children Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 18, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sep 18, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Access to Healthy Food for Young Children Act of 2019
This bill revises several provisions related to the child and adult care food program.
Among other things, the bill
- requires reimbursements to be adjusted annually to reflect the Consumer Price Index for food away from home, rather than the Consumer Price Index for food at home used under current law;
- provides for an additional meal service to be served in child care settings with eight or more hours between the first meal service and the beginning of the fourth meal service;
- expands geographical eligibility for tier I family or group day care homes; and
- requires the Department of Agriculture to establish an advisory committee to examine the feasibility of reducing unnecessary or duplicative paperwork for those participating or seeking to participate in the program.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2501: Access to Healthy Food for Young Children Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2501/
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