3.0.0 5308 2022-10-28T01:46:04Z 2022-10-28T01:46:04Z House HR 2019-12-05 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 194 (Thursday, December 5, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. RYAN:H.R. 5308.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8: ``To make all laws which shall benecessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Officer thereof.''[Page H9294]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-12-05T15:01:15Z 2019-12-05 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2019-12-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-12-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] TIM RYAN D OH 13 N T000460 Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] MIKE THOMPSON D CA 5 2019-12-05 True D000624 Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12] Debbie Dingell D MI 12 2019-12-05 True H000324 Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] ALCEE HASTINGS D FL L. 20 2019-12-05 True T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2019-12-05 True J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 2019-12-05 True H001081 Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] Jahana Hayes D CT 5 2019-12-05 True G000587 Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] Sylvia Garcia D TX R. 29 2020-02-05 False M001196 Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] Seth Moulton D MA 6 2020-02-05 False L000593 Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] Mike Levin D CA 49 2020-03-09 False C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2020-06-24 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2020-06-30 False K000389 Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] Ro Khanna D CA 17 2020-09-29 False Agriculture and Food Child health Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Medicaid Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance Agriculture and Food 00 2019-12-05 Introduced in House 2022-03-17T19:46:08Z Expanding Access to School Meals Act of 2019

This bill revises program requirements under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Specifically, the bill

  • eliminates the reduced price school breakfast and lunch programs to include prohibiting USDA from providing reimbursements for such programs,
  • expands the income guidelines for purposes of determining eligibility for free school lunches and breakfasts to make families living at 200% of the poverty-level eligible (currently, families living at 130% or below are eligible),
  • allows states to use Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) participation data to directly certify students for free school lunches and breakfasts, and
  • increases the multiplier from 1.6% to 1.8% for purposes of determining reimbursement under the Community Eligibility Provision that permits schools in high poverty areas to serve all meals free of charge.
]]> Expanding Access to School Meals Act of 2019 Display Title Expanding Access to School Meals Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to eliminate reduced price breakfasts and lunches and to require that the income guidelines for determining eligibility for free breakfasts and free lunches be 200 percent of the poverty-level, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Expanding Access to School Meals Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr5308ih/xml/BILLS-116hr5308ih.xml 2019-12-05 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.