119 HR 5128 IH: Feed Hungry Kids Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-09-04 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5128IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 4, 2025Ms. Gillen (for herself and Mr. Valadao) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and WorkforceA BILLTo amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to lower the minimum identified student percentage for universal meal service in high poverty areas to 25 percent, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Feed Hungry Kids Act.

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Identified student percentage

Section 11(a)(1)(F)(viii) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)(F)(viii)) is amended— (1)in subclause (II), by striking For and inserting In accordance with subclause (III), for; and (2)by adding at the end the following: (III)

Full implementation after July 1, 2025

For each school year beginning on or after July 1, 2025, the threshold shall be 25 percent..