HR 6613
117th Congress
House
Keeping School Meals Flexible Act
Official title: To extend certain national school lunch program requirement waivers addressing COVID-19, and for other purposes.
Agriculture and Food
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthChild healthElementary and secondary educationEmergency medical services and trauma care
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Food assistance and reliefInfectious and parasitic diseasesNutrition and dietPoverty and welfare assistanceState and local government operations
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Feb 4, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 4, 2022
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Keeping School Meals Flexible Act
This bill extends authority through June 30, 2023, for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to waive certain requirements for the school meal programs to address COVID-19.
The bill extends the authority for USDA to
- issue a single waiver of child nutrition program requirements to all states under the National School Lunch Program for purposes of providing meals and snacks with appropriate safety measures with respect to COVID-19;
- grant waivers of requirements to allow non-congregate feeding in the Child and Adult Care Food Program for purposes of providing meals and snacks with appropriate safety measures with respect to COVID-19; and
- grant waivers related to the nutritional content of meals served in child nutrition programs if it determines the waiver is necessary to provide meals and snacks, and there is a food supply chain disruption due to COVID-19.
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
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Aguilar, Pete
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Sherman, Brad
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
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Strickland, Marilyn
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Smith, Adam
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Tonko, Paul
Cicilline, David
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Stansbury, Melanie A.
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Takano, Mark
Wexton, Jennifer
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Beatty, Joyce
Jones, Mondaire
Kildee, Daniel
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Trahan, Lori
Bowman, Jamaal
McNerney, Jerry
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Ruiz, Raul
Levin, Andy
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Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
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Underwood, Lauren
Allred, Colin
Cárdenas, Tony
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Matsui, Doris O.
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Davids, Sharice
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Castro, Joaquin
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Craig, Angie
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
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Foster, Bill
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Lieu, Ted
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
O'Halleran, Tom
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Slotkin, Elissa
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Adams, Alma S.
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Krishnamoorthi, Raja
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Hayes, Jahana
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Levin, Mike
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Pappas, Chris
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Torres, Norma J.
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Golden, Jared F.
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Houlahan, Chrissy
Axne, Cynthia
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Carson, André
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Harder, Josh
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Jacobs, Sara
Kilmer, Derek
LANGEVIN, JAMES
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Larsen, Rick
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Malinowski, Tom
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Pallone, Frank
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6613: Keeping School Meals Flexible Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6613/
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