3.0.0 1622 2026-01-22T19:45:23Z 2026-01-22T19:45:23Z Senate S S 2025-05-06 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1622 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-05-06T19:22:39Z 119 3217 HR 2025-05-06 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Identical bill CRS 2025-05-06 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2025-05-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2025-06-05T13:01:34Z

00 2025-05-06 Introduced in Senate 2026-01-22T19:37:45Z <p><strong>Stop Child Hunger Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill expands the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's)&nbsp;Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children (Summer EBT) to include coverage during a school closure period. (Summer EBT provides grocery-buying benefits to low-income families with school-aged children when schools are closed for the summer.)</p><p>Under the bill, a&nbsp;<em>school closure period</em> means a period in which an elementary school or secondary school is closed, operating remotely, or operating in a hybrid manner for five or more consecutive weekdays during a calendar year.</p><p>The bill also increases the daily value of the benefit to cover the cost of breakfast, lunch, and a snack for every day school is closed.</p><p>For FY2026, USDA must pay each state agency and covered tribal organization 100% of the administrative expenses (currently 50%) incurred in operating the program. The&nbsp;rate that USDA must pay for administrative expenses decreases each fiscal year until it reaches 50% of the expenses for FY2031 and each fiscal year thereafter.</p><p>USDA must also provide grants to states to support the development or upgrading of data systems that are necessary to implement Summer EBT.</p>

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