S. 2559 119th Congress Senate

Summer Meals REACH Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to eliminate certain requirements under the summer food service program for children, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 30, 2025 Introduced by: Andy Kim Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov

Agriculture and Food

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Jul 30, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Jul 30, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Summer Meals Reaching Every Area's Child Hunger Act of 2025 or the Summer Meals REACH Act of 2025

This bill permanently makes all children eligible to participate in the Summer Food Service Program. This includes requiring reimbursement to camps for meals served to all children.

This Department of Agriculture program provides free meals to children in low-income areas through eligible organizations, primarily when school is not in session. Specifically, the bill extends certain program modifications, which generally expanded the program and were authorized and implemented to respond to COVID-19.

For example, the bill permanently authorizes non-congregate meal distribution, which is meal distribution outside of the typically required group, or congregate, setting (e.g., grab-and-go meal service).

Further, the bill expands eligible service institutions by permanently allowing for on-site or off-site (i.e., remote) food service monitoring.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2559: Summer Meals REACH Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2559/

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