3.0.0 2609 2022-11-01T13:49:38Z 2022-11-01T14:29:42Z Senate S 2019-10-16 116 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-10-16T19:13:37Z Universal School Meals Program Act of 2019 116 4684 HR 2019-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations. Related bill CRS 2019-10-16 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2019-10-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N Agriculture and Food Adoption and foster care Census and government statistics Child care and development Child health Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Debt collection Detention of persons Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Food assistance and relief Food supply, safety, and labeling Fruit and vegetables Homelessness and emergency shelter Inflation and prices Juvenile crime and gang violence Military personnel and dependents Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance Right of privacy State and local finance State and local government operations Agriculture and Food 00 2019-10-16 Introduced in Senate 2022-02-02T22:19:15Z Universal School Meals Program Act of 2019

This bill revises requirements under the food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture, such as the school lunch and breakfast programs.

For example, the bill provides free meals to all school children regardless of income.

The bill increases the reimbursement rate for school food authorities participating in the food and nutrition programs.

The bill also prohibits school food authorities from (1) physically segregating or otherwise discriminating against any child participating in the free breakfast program, or (2) overtly identifying a child participating in the program with a special token or announcement.

Additionally, the bill expands the summer food service program by making all children eligible for participation in the program.

Further, the bill revises eligibility determinations for measuring poverty to include runaway or homeless youth, foster children, migratory children, and children participating in specified programs (e.g., Head Start).

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Universal School Meals Program Act of 2019 Display Title Universal School Meals Program Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Universal School Meals Program Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make breakfasts and lunches free for all children, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2609is/xml/BILLS-116s2609is.xml 2019-10-16 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.