Feeding Hungry Students in Schools Act of 2021
Official title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to clarify that charitable organization officials may receive food donations from schools under the f… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to clarify that charitable organization officials may receive food donations from schools under the food donation program, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feeding Hungry Students in Schools Act of 2021
This bill revises program requirements under the National School Lunch Program regarding food donations to allow schools participating in the program to donate food through a charitable organization official who is directly affiliated with the school food authority serving such school.
A charitable organization official may not receive donated food unless they have received a food safety certification, or other applicable certification, from the state health department or other responsible authority in the state such food is donated in.
The food donated by a school may be received, stored, and distributed on the campus of such school.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4802: Feeding Hungry Students in Schools Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4802/
"H.R. 4802: Feeding Hungry Students in Schools Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4802/.
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