NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: exclude combat pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program under WIC (see S. 581), S3073 [12MR]

Children and youth: expand access to healthy afterschool meals for school children in working families (see S. 990), S5232 [6MY] (see H.R. 3321), H8707 [23JY]

———improve access to nutritious meals for young children in child care (see S. 2749), S11253 [6NO] (see H.R. 4402), H15501 [16DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure safety of school meals by enhancing coordination with States and schools operating school meal programs in the case of recall of contaminated food (see S. 1693), S9653 [22SE]

———increase amount of fruits and vegetables purchased for school breakfast and lunch programs (see H.R. 4333), H15498 [16DE]

———recognize importance of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and its positive effect on low-income children and families (see H. Res. 442), H5666 [14MY]

Federal aid programs: use poverty line determined for Alaska for all States and the District of Columbia for school lunch program and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 501), H323 [14JA]

Food: establish a pilot program that requires schools to post nutritional content information and to teach students how to make healthy food selections (see H.R. 2322), H5398 [7MY]

———expand eligibility for free school meals to certain families in areas with greater than fair market rent (see S. 1499), S7869 [22JY]

———increase number of children eligible for free school meals (see S. 1737), S10060 [1OC] (see H.R. 3705), H10456 [1OC]

———permit certain service institutions in all States to provide year-round services (see H.R. 4274), H14743 [10DE]

———prohibit schools that participate in the Federal school meal programs from serving foods that contain trans fats derived from partially hydrogenated oils (see S. 1500), S7869 [22JY]

———require schools participating in the school lunch program to donate any excess food to local food banks (see H.R. 1403), H3104 [9MR]

Nutrition: improve purchase and processing of healthful commodities for use in school meal programs (see S. 1650), S9132 [8SE]

Rural areas: make permanent the summer food service pilot project for rural areas of Pennsylvania and apply it to rural areas of every State (see H.R. 540), H325 [14JA]

Schools: improve automatic enrollment procedures for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs (see S. 1293), S6804 [18JN] (see S. 1343), S6993 [24JN] (see H.R. 4148), H13353 [19NO]

———improve paperless enrollment and efficiency for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs (see S. 1226), S6452 [10JN] (see H.R. 2803), H6538 [10JN]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: expand access to healthy afterschool meals for school children in working families, H11074 [7OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: recognize importance of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and its positive effect on low-income children and families (H. Res. 442), H5682, H5683 [18MY]

Food: require schools participating in the school lunch program to donate any excess food to local food banks (H.R. 1403), E591 [9MR]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: exclude combat pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program under WIC, S5691 [20MY]

———exclude combat pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program under WIC (S. 581), S3076 [12MR]

Food: increase number of children eligible for free school meals (S. 1737), S10062 [1OC]

Schools: improve automatic enrollment procedures for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs (S. 1293), S6811 [18JN]

———improve automatic enrollment procedures for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs (S. 1343), S7008 [24JN]

———improve paperless enrollment and efficiency for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs (S. 1226), S6457 [10JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 442, recognize importance of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and its positive effect on low-income children and families, H5682 [18MY]

S. 1226, Paperless Enrollment for School Meals Act, S6457 [10JN]

S. 1293, Enhancing Child Health With Automatic School Meal Enrollment Act, S6811 [18JN]