3.0.0 1577 2023-01-11T13:49:24Z 2023-01-11T13:49:24Z Senate S 2021-05-12 117 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-05-12T17:13:56Z 2021-05-12 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2021-05-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2021-05-12 True Agriculture and Food Child health Congressional oversight Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance Agriculture and Food 00 2021-05-12 Introduced in Senate 2022-07-07T13:04:20Z Summer Meals Alternative Relief and Transportation Act of 2021 or the SMART Act of 2021

This bill expands the Summer Food Service Program, which provides meals to children and teens in low-income areas during the summer months when school is not in session, to include a home-delivery option in certain states.

Qualifying states must have areas in which meals are inaccessible at program sites and in which electronic benefit transfer funds are not able to be fully used (e.g., due to the distance of eligible retailers). The Department of Agriculture must borrow from similar demonstration projects in its administration of the expanded program (e.g., the Meals-To-You Demonstration Project).

]]> SMART Act of 2021 Display Title SMART Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to ensure equity for America's children by providing access to summer meals. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced SMART Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Summer Meals Alternative Relief and Transportation Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1577is/xml/BILLS-117s1577is.xml 2021-05-12 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.