<enum>I</enum><header>Increasing access to nutritious meals</header> <section id="HE198735EF5444D8B820A7F658912543C"><enum>101.</enum><header>Child and adult care food program</header> <subsection id="H140CDD5F263A470B8B09FB2D574043BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National average payment</header> <paragraph id="H1552872377D8454EB36B59A9D82AD8F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Lunches and suppers</header><text>Section 17(c) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(c)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HF7287C8E28EF4878AE0D6FDE04DEF430"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>the same as the national average payment rates for free lunches, reduced price lunches, and paid lunches, respectively, under sections 4 and 11 of this Act as appropriate</quote> and inserting <quote>$2.88 for free lunches and suppers, $2.48 for reduced price lunches and suppers, and 45 cents for paid lunches and suppers</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D40968F96DD4368A5CAD1697E42A4B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>the same as the national average payment rates for free breakfasts, reduced price breakfasts, and paid breakfasts, respectively, under section 4(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966</quote> and inserting <quote>$1.66 for free breakfasts, $1.36 for reduced price breakfasts, and 46 cents for paid breakfasts</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD3F6CC5D266403FA1388DA27E4EAEF7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="H13F44AA69B784DDB8DDE5D3A88AB5439"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>30 cents</quote> and inserting <quote>84 cents</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="HC1586FD08762429692440ABA7C721C07"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>one-half the rate for free supplements</quote> and inserting <quote>47 cents</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HED2A6E29DB194B18B138BB8F6300DF7F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2.75 cents</quote> and inserting <quote>16 cents</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFC5F536730D94B43ACAC1E9E882208E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>A third meal option</header><text>Section 17(f)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Russell School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(2)(B)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2741620C01694E5A8A7A0DCC6FD8CC59"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>two meals</quote> and inserting <quote>3 meals</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H25FC26BDB5F6494FA87A302561A6C909"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2 meals</quote> and inserting <quote>3 meals</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEA34F2F5103A4C0F81D25136BD191187"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, for children that are maintained in a child care setting for eight or more hours per day</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H39E502D5B64D4EC4976D0A37A033E47D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reimbursement of family or group day care home sponsoring organizations</header><text>Section 17(f)(3) of the Richard B. Russell School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4DFAB4F391B448DF840DC90ACAFA4E8F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA317683AA9134D1DACEA99AE698E3289"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text> <clause id="H034CA076D68342ABA392D9ED05B4F748"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>50 percent</quote> each place it appears in items (aa) and (bb) and inserting <quote>40 percent</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H5D2CEEB71EEE45338F733CE6533F424C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subclause (III), by striking <quote>the factors in effect on July 1, 1996</quote> and inserting <quote>$2.41 for lunches and suppers, $1.39 for breakfasts, and 76 cents for supplements</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC652198DFB14861BD448CBE946EAA5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii)(I)—</text> <clause id="H97B0A3F4BD134548B91AA1E461500FA7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in item (aa), by striking <quote>95 cents for lunches and suppers, 27 cents for breakfasts, and 13 cents for supplements</quote> and inserting <quote>$1.53 for lunches and suppers, 64 cents for breakfasts, and 28 cents for supplements</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H11C164973BD54AF6A8F3814BBE2B74E8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in item (bb), by striking <quote>July 1, 1997</quote> and inserting <quote>July 1, 2010</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H46FD809A10834280B9853DAFE88458D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41D3C1E9814642F68635CB8241FE12D7" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HAD56A0A2A8D84B0B9C2BD1602BB6A8CA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nutrition services and administrative funds</header> <clause id="HA0E44CE33B674FEC80E3CD3754A5F4E7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Effective July 1, 2010 and in addition to the annual cost of living adjustment described in clause (iii), the Secretary shall raise the maximum allowable levels of the family or group day care home sponsoring organization monthly administrative reimbursement by $5 per home.</text> </clause><clause id="HB296630201A848C3A315063385C16101"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Administration expenses</header><text>In addition to the reimbursement described in clause (i), family or group day care home sponsoring organizations shall receive reimbursement for the administrative expenses of the family or group day care home sponsoring organizations in amounts not exceeding the maximum allowable levels prescribed by the Secretary.</text> </clause><clause id="H4E635413C0FD455E8E694B05856F11C6"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text>The maximum allowable levels described in this subparagraph shall be adjusted on July 1 of each year to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for all items for the most recent 12-month period for which such data are available with the exception of any year for which application of the Consumer Price Index would result in a decrease in reimbursement rates.</text> </clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section>

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This Act may be cited as the

Access to Nutritious Meals for Young Children Act of 2009

<enum>I</enum><header>Increasing access to nutritious meals</header> <section id="HE198735EF5444D8B820A7F658912543C"><enum>101.</enum><header>Child and adult care food program</header> <subsection id="H140CDD5F263A470B8B09FB2D574043BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National average payment</header> <paragraph id="H1552872377D8454EB36B59A9D82AD8F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Lunches and suppers</header><text>Section 17(c) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(c)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HF7287C8E28EF4878AE0D6FDE04DEF430"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>the same as the national average payment rates for free lunches, reduced price lunches, and paid lunches, respectively, under sections 4 and 11 of this Act as appropriate</quote> and inserting <quote>$2.88 for free lunches and suppers, $2.48 for reduced price lunches and suppers, and 45 cents for paid lunches and suppers</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D40968F96DD4368A5CAD1697E42A4B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>the same as the national average payment rates for free breakfasts, reduced price breakfasts, and paid breakfasts, respectively, under section 4(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966</quote> and inserting <quote>$1.66 for free breakfasts, $1.36 for reduced price breakfasts, and 46 cents for paid breakfasts</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD3F6CC5D266403FA1388DA27E4EAEF7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="H13F44AA69B784DDB8DDE5D3A88AB5439"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>30 cents</quote> and inserting <quote>84 cents</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="HC1586FD08762429692440ABA7C721C07"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>one-half the rate for free supplements</quote> and inserting <quote>47 cents</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HED2A6E29DB194B18B138BB8F6300DF7F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2.75 cents</quote> and inserting <quote>16 cents</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFC5F536730D94B43ACAC1E9E882208E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>A third meal option</header><text>Section 17(f)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Russell School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(2)(B)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2741620C01694E5A8A7A0DCC6FD8CC59"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>two meals</quote> and inserting <quote>3 meals</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H25FC26BDB5F6494FA87A302561A6C909"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2 meals</quote> and inserting <quote>3 meals</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEA34F2F5103A4C0F81D25136BD191187"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, for children that are maintained in a child care setting for eight or more hours per day</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H39E502D5B64D4EC4976D0A37A033E47D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reimbursement of family or group day care home sponsoring organizations</header><text>Section 17(f)(3) of the Richard B. Russell School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4DFAB4F391B448DF840DC90ACAFA4E8F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA317683AA9134D1DACEA99AE698E3289"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text> <clause id="H034CA076D68342ABA392D9ED05B4F748"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>50 percent</quote> each place it appears in items (aa) and (bb) and inserting <quote>40 percent</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H5D2CEEB71EEE45338F733CE6533F424C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subclause (III), by striking <quote>the factors in effect on July 1, 1996</quote> and inserting <quote>$2.41 for lunches and suppers, $1.39 for breakfasts, and 76 cents for supplements</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC652198DFB14861BD448CBE946EAA5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii)(I)—</text> <clause id="H97B0A3F4BD134548B91AA1E461500FA7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in item (aa), by striking <quote>95 cents for lunches and suppers, 27 cents for breakfasts, and 13 cents for supplements</quote> and inserting <quote>$1.53 for lunches and suppers, 64 cents for breakfasts, and 28 cents for supplements</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H11C164973BD54AF6A8F3814BBE2B74E8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in item (bb), by striking <quote>July 1, 1997</quote> and inserting <quote>July 1, 2010</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H46FD809A10834280B9853DAFE88458D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41D3C1E9814642F68635CB8241FE12D7" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HAD56A0A2A8D84B0B9C2BD1602BB6A8CA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nutrition services and administrative funds</header> <clause id="HA0E44CE33B674FEC80E3CD3754A5F4E7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Effective July 1, 2010 and in addition to the annual cost of living adjustment described in clause (iii), the Secretary shall raise the maximum allowable levels of the family or group day care home sponsoring organization monthly administrative reimbursement by $5 per home.</text> </clause><clause id="HB296630201A848C3A315063385C16101"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Administration expenses</header><text>In addition to the reimbursement described in clause (i), family or group day care home sponsoring organizations shall receive reimbursement for the administrative expenses of the family or group day care home sponsoring organizations in amounts not exceeding the maximum allowable levels prescribed by the Secretary.</text> </clause><clause id="H4E635413C0FD455E8E694B05856F11C6"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text>The maximum allowable levels described in this subparagraph shall be adjusted on July 1 of each year to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for all items for the most recent 12-month period for which such data are available with the exception of any year for which application of the Consumer Price Index would result in a decrease in reimbursement rates.</text> </clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Streamlining and simplification of program and paperwork requirements</header> <section id="H60928C539ACA4D6DBC4EA64D5A5196F7"><enum>201.</enum><header>Streamlining and simplification of program and paperwork requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D2CDAC9CBD34379A3E11464A3C4DA9C" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE8659DD9538C4568B718D5E0C4CDB227"><enum>(u)</enum><header>Streamlining and simplification of program and paperwork requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall improve the ability of the child and adult care food program to reach low-income families by streamlining program and paperwork requirements, including requirements for States, sponsoring organizations, child care providers, and parents.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>