[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3705 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3705
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase the number of children eligible for
free school meals.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 1, 2009
Mr. Ellison (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Conyers, Mr.
Serrano, and Mr. Hastings of Florida) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
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A BILL
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase the number of children eligible for
free school meals.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Expand School Meals Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FREE LUNCH ELIGIBILITY.
(a) In General.--Section 9(b)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (D);
(2) by striking ``(b)(1)(A) Not'' and inserting the
following:
``(b) Income Eligibility Guidelines.--
``(1) Establishment.--
``(A) In general.--Not'';
(3) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ``and
reduced price'';
(B) by striking ``The income guidelines for
determining eligibility for free lunches shall be 130
percent'' and inserting the following:
``(B) Free lunches.--The income guidelines for
determining eligibility for free lunches shall be 185
percent.'';
(C) by striking the third sentence; and
(D) by striking ``The Office'' and inserting the
following:
``(C) Frequency of revisions.--The Office''; and
(4) in subparagraph (D) (as redesignated by paragraph
(1))--
(A) by striking ``(D) The'' and inserting the
following:
``(D) Amount of revisions.--The''; and
(B) by striking ``subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph'' and inserting ``subparagraph (C)''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758) is amended--
(A) in subsection (b)--
(i) by striking ``free and reduced price''
each place it appears (other than paragraph
(7)) and inserting ``free'';
(ii) by striking ``free or reduced price''
each place it appears and inserting ``free'';
(iii) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking
``, and shall contain'' and all that follows
through ``or reduced price lunches'';
(iv) in paragraph (3)--
(I) in subparagraph (E)(iii), by
striking ``free or reduced-price'' each
place it appears and inserting
``free''; and
(II) in subparagraph (F)--
(aa) in clause (i), by
striking ``Subject to clauses
(ii) and (iii)'' and inserting
``Subject to clause (ii),'';
(bb) in clause (ii)(II), by
striking ``133 percent'' both
places it appears in items (aa)
and (bb) and inserting ``185
percent'';
(cc) by striking clause
(iii); and
(dd) by redesignating
clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses
(iii) and (iv), respectively;
(v) in paragraph (7)--
(I) in the paragraph heading, by
striking ``and reduced price'' and
inserting ``meals'';
(II) by striking ``and reduced
price policy'' each place it appears
and inserting ``meals policy''; and
(III) in subparagraph (B), by
striking ``and reduced price meals''
and inserting ``meals'';
(vi) in paragraph (9)--
(I) in the paragraph heading, by
striking ``and reduced price'';
(II) by striking subparagraph (B);
and
(III) by redesignating subparagraph
(C) as subparagraph (B);
(vii) in paragraph (10), by striking ``or a
reduced price lunch''; and
(viii) in paragraph (11), in the first
sentence, by striking ``or reduced price
lunches'';
(B) in subsection (c), in the third sentence, by
striking ``or at a reduced cost'';
(C) in subsection (d), by striking ``or reduced
price'' each place it appears; and
(D) in subsection (e), by striking ``, reduced
price,''.
(2) Section 11 of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in paragraph (1)--
(I) in subparagraph (A), by
striking ``and the product obtained by
multiplying'' and all that follows
through ``for such fiscal year'';
(II) in subparagraph (B)--
(aa) by striking ``or
reduced price lunches'' the
first place it appears;
(bb) by striking ``or
reduced price lunches, as the
case may be''; and
(cc) by striking ``and
reduced price lunches'';
(III) in subparagraph (C)--
(aa) in clause (ii), by
striking ``or reduced price
lunches or breakfasts'' each
place it appears; and
(bb) in clause (iii), by
striking ``or reduced price'';
and
(IV) in subparagraph (D), by
striking ``and reduced price lunches''
each place it appears in clauses (iii)
and (iv);
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and
the special assistance factor for reduced
price'' and all that follows through ``free
lunches''; and
(iii) in paragraph (3)(B)(iii)(I), by
striking ``or reduced price'';
(B) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by
striking ``and reduced price'';
(C) in subsection (d), by striking ``and the
average number of children who received reduced price
lunches'' each place it appears paragraphs (1) and (2);
and
(D) in subsection (e)--
(i) in the second sentence, by striking ``,
and shall serve meals at a reduced price'' and
all that follows through ``such section''; and
(ii) in the third sentence, by striking
``or reduced priced''.
(3) Section 12(l)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(l)(4)) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and reduced
price'';
(B) by striking subparagraph (D);
(C) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``or reduced
price''; and
(D) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (M)
as subparagraphs (D) through (L).
(4) Section 13 of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in paragraph (1)(C)--
(I) by striking ``or reduced
price''; and
(II) by striking ``and reduced
price''; and
(ii) in paragraph (5), by striking ``or
reduced price''; and
(B) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ``or reduced
price''.
(5) Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(2)(B)(i), by striking ``or
reduced price'';
(B) in subsection (c)--
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``(as
calculated on the day before the date of
enactment of the Expand School Meals Act of
2009)'' after ``lunches, reduced price
lunches'';
(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``(as
calculated on the day before the date of
enactment of the Expand School Meals Act of
2009)'' after ``breakfasts, reduced price
breakfasts''; and
(iii) by striking paragraph (4) and
inserting the following:
``(4) Determinations.--
``(A) Free meals.--Determinations with regard to
eligibility for free meals and supplements shall be
made in accordance with the income eligibility
guidelines for free lunches under section 9.
``(B) Reduced price meals.--Determinations with
regard to eligibility for reduced price meals and
supplements shall be made in accordance with the income
eligibility guidelines for reduced price lunches under
section 9, as in effect on the day before the date of
enactment of the Expand School Meals Act of 2009.'';
(C) in subsection (f)(3)--
(i) by striking ``or reduced price'' each
place it appears; and
(ii) in subparagraph (A)(iii)(II)(aa), in
the item heading, by striking ``or reduced
price''; and
(D) in subsection (r)(1)(B), by striking ``or
reduced price''.
(6) Section 17A(c)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766a(c)(1)) is amended in the
matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking ``or reduced
price''.
(7) Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended by striking subsection
(i).
(8) Section 19 of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769a) is amended--
(A) by striking ``or reduced price'' each place it
appears; and
(B) by striking ``and reduced price'' each place it
appears.
(9) Section 20(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b(b)) is amended by striking ``and
reduced price''.
(10) Section 21(a)(1)(B) of the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b-1(a)(1)(B)) is amended--
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
``or reduced price''; and
(B) in clause (iii), by striking ``and reduced
price''.
(c) Transition Rules.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out
the amendments made by paragraphs (2) and (8) of subsection (b) in
accordance with transition rules established by the Secretary.
SEC. 3. FREE BREAKFAST ELIGIBILITY.
(a) In General.--Section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1733) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)(i)(II)--
(I) by striking ``, for reduced
price breakfasts,''; and
(II) by striking ``or reduced
price'';
(ii) in subparagraph (B)--
(I) in the third sentence, by
striking ``or reduced price''; and
(II) by striking the second
sentence;
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C);
(iv) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and
(E) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively;
and
(v) in subparagraph (D) (as so
redesignated)--
(I) in the subparagraph heading, by
striking ``and reduced price'' and
inserting ``meals'';
(II) by striking ``and reduced
price policy'' each place it appears
and inserting ``meals policy''; and
(III) by striking ``and reduced
price meals'' and inserting ``meals'';
and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or
reduced price''; and
(ii) by striking subparagraph (C); and
(2) in subsections (d)(1)(A) and (e)(1)(A), by striking
``or at a reduced price'' each place it appears.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
1776) is amended--
(A) in subsection (e)(2)(B)(ii), by striking ``or
reduced price''; and
(B) in subsection (i), by striking ``and reduced
price'' each place it appears in paragraphs (2)(B)(iii)
and (3)(B)(i).
(2) Section 17(d)(2)(A)(i) of the Child Nutrition Act of
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ``and
reduced price''.
(3) Section 20(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1789(b)) is amended by striking ``and reduced-price''.
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