3.0.0 2409 2023-01-11T13:40:25Z 2023-01-11T13:40:25Z Senate S 2018-02-08 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-02-08T20:13:47Z Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2018 115 4967 HR 2018-04-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Identical bill CRS 2018-02-08 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2018-02-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM N C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2018-02-08 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2018-02-08 True Agriculture and Food Adult day care Child care and development Elementary and secondary education Federal-Indian relations Food assistance and relief Indian social and development programs Intergovernmental relations Nutrition and diet State and local government operations Agriculture and Food 00 2018-02-08 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-20T21:38:02Z Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2018

This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Act to allow an Indian tribe to assume, from a nearby local educational agency (LEA) and in lieu of a state, responsibility for administration of the school breakfast program, the school lunch program, the child and adult care food program, or the summer food service program for children. 

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must identify, for optional use in LEAs on or near Indian reservations, alternatives to current program requirements related to the daily counting of meals by category, the use of annual applications to determine program eligibility, and the use of universal meal service. USDA may implement such alternatives, as limited by the bill, as well as further test them in demonstration projects.

The bill also amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require USDA to increase the amount of administrative funds paid to an Indian tribe that agrees to assume responsibility for the administration of one of the aforementioned food programs.

]]> Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2018 Display Title Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve nutrition in tribal areas, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2409is/xml/BILLS-115s2409is.xml 2018-02-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.