[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3294 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3294

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act with respect 
to reimbursements under the child and adult care food program, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 14 (legislative day, November 13), 2023

  Mr. Casey (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
   Fetterman, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Markey, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
Sanders, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Welch) 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 with respect 
to reimbursements under the child and adult care food 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 ``Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENTS UNDER CACFP PROGRAM.

    (a) Additional Reimbursements.--Section 17 of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by inserting 
                ``and subject to paragraph (7)'' after ``subsection 
                (f)(3)'' each place it appears; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(7) Additional Reimbursement.--Beginning on the first day of the 
first month that begins after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 
each meal and supplement served under this section shall receive an 
additional reimbursement in the amount of 10 cents (as adjusted 
pursuant to section 11(a) of this Act).'';
            (2) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by striking ``multiplying 
        the'' and all that follows through the period at the end and 
        inserting the following: ``multiplying--
                            ``(i) the total number of each type of meal 
                        (breakfast, lunch, or supper) or supplement 
                        served in such institution in that fiscal year; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) the sum obtained by adding the 
                        applicable national average payment rate for 
                        each such type of meal or supplement, as 
                        determined under subsection (c), to the 
                        additional reimbursement amount required under 
                        paragraph (7) of that subsection.'';
            (3) in subsection (o)(3)(A), by inserting ``(including the 
        additional reimbursement amount required under subsection 
        (c)(7))'' before the period at the end;
            (4) in subsection (r)(4)(B)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by inserting ``plus the 
                additional reimbursement amount required under 
                paragraph (7) of that subsection'' before the period at 
                the end; and
                    (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``plus the 
                additional reimbursement amount required under 
                subsection (c)(7)'' before the period at the end; and
            (5) in subsection (t)(5)(B), by inserting ``plus the 
        additional reimbursement amount required under paragraph (7) of 
        that subsection'' before the period at the end.
    (b) Reimbursement of Family or Group Day Care Home Sponsoring 
Organizations.--Section 17(f)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (ii)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking ``Tier i 
                        family or group day care homes'' and inserting 
                        ``Calculation of reimbursement'';
                            (ii) by striking subclause (I);
                            (iii) by redesignating subclauses (II), 
                        (III), and (IV) as subclauses (I), (II), and 
                        (III), respectively;
                            (iv) in subclause (I) (as so 
                        redesignated)--
                                    (I) by striking ``subclause (III), 
                                a tier I'' and inserting ``subclause 
                                (II), a''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``, except that'' 
                                and all that follows through ``section 
                                9'';
                            (v) in subclause (II) (as so 
                        redesignated)--
                                    (I) by striking ``subclause (IV)'' 
                                and inserting ``subclause (III)''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``subclause (II)'' 
                                and inserting ``subclause (I)'';
                            (vi) in subclause (III) (as so 
                        redesignated), in the first sentence, by 
                        striking ``food at home'' and inserting ``food 
                        away from home''; and
                            (vii) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(IV) Additional reimbursement.--
                                The additional reimbursement amount 
                                required under subsection (c)(7) shall 
                                apply to the reimbursements of meals 
                                and supplements under this 
                                subparagraph.''; and
                    (B) by striking clause (iii); and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (E).
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