[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3448 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3448

  To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to permit 
   certain service institutions in all States to provide year-round 
                               services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 27 (legislative day, May 26), 2010

 Mr. Udall of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
                                Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to permit 
   certain service institutions in all States to provide year-round 
                               services.

    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 ``Ensuring All Students Year-round 
(EASY) Access to Meals and Snacks Act''.

SEC. 2. YEAR-ROUND SERVICES FOR ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.

    Section 13(a) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1761(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following--
            ``(11) Year-round option.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), a service institution that is 
                described in paragraph (6) (excluding a public school), 
                or a private nonprofit organization described in 
                paragraph (7), shall be eligible for the program under 
                the same terms and conditions as other service 
                institutions.
                    ``(B) Reimbursement exception.--A service 
                institution described in subparagraph (A), in addition 
                to being eligible for reimbursement for meals described 
                in subsection (b)(2) served during each day of 
                operation during the periods described in subsection 
                (c)(1), may be reimbursed for up to 1 meal and 1 snack 
                per child served during each day of operation during--
                            ``(i) after school hours;
                            ``(ii) weekends; and
                            ``(iii) school holidays during the regular 
                        school calendar.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1769) is amended by striking subsection (h).
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