[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2706 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2706

 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to clarify 
that charitable organization officials may receive food donations from 
    schools under the food donation program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2019

    Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself and Mr. Taylor) 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 to clarify 
that charitable organization officials may receive food donations from 
    schools under the food donation program, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Feeding Hungry Students in Schools 
Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. FOOD DONATION BY SCHOOLS THROUGH CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION 
              OFFICIALS.

    Section 9(l) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1758(l)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``, including from a fundraiser or 
                charitable food drive, or'' after ``any food'';
                    (B) by striking ``general.--Each'' and inserting 
                the following: ``general.--
                    ``(A) Food donations permissible.--Each''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Donations through charitable organization 
                officials.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Each school 
                        participating in the school lunch program under 
                        this Act may donate the food described in 
                        subparagraph (A) to a charitable organization 
                        through a charitable organization official who 
                        is directly affiliated with the school and the 
                        local educational agency serving such school.
                            ``(ii) Annual food safety training.--A 
                        charitable organization official may not 
                        receive donated food pursuant to this 
                        subparagraph unless such charitable 
                        organization official has received a food 
                        safety certification, or other applicable 
                        certification, from the State health department 
                        in the State such food is donated in.
                    ``(C) Use of school campus.--The food donated by a 
                school pursuant to this paragraph may be received, 
                stored, and distributed on the campus of such school.
                    ``(D) Charitable organization official defined.--In 
                this paragraph, the term `charitable organization 
                official' means a person who has a memorandum of 
                understanding with a charitable organization to receive 
                food donations on behalf of such organization.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ``, including 
        guidance with respect to donations through charitable 
        organization officials under paragraph (1)(B).'' after 
        ``necessary''.
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