NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Agriculture: allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (see S. 1810), S3363 [12JN] (see H.R. 832), H1282 [29JA]

——— allow schools to use geographic preference in order to procure locally grown, raised, and caught food (see H.R. 3220), H4626 [12JN]

——— eliminate reduced price breakfasts and lunches, require income guidelines for determining eligibility for free meals, and base such eligibility on a certain percentage of the poverty-level (see H.R. 5308), H9293 [5DE]

——— enhance direct certification under National School Lunch Program (see S. 2760), S6333 [31OC]

——— establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under National School Lunch Program (see S. 1941), S4169 [20JN] (see H.R. 3378), H5005 [20JN]

——— establish a pilot program for serving meals in community colleges (see H.R. 4065), H7466 [25JY]

——— establish a program for procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables to provide healthier school meals under National School Lunch Program (see S. 1952), S4504 [25JN] (see H.R. 3492), H5167 [25JN]

——— expand use of salad bars in schools under National School Lunch Program (see H.R. 2688), H3727 [10MY]

——— give schools flexibility to receive, store, and distribute food donations from charitable organizations on campus (see H.R. 2706), H3788 [14MY]

——— improve Child and Adult Care Food Program (see S. 2501), S5577 [18SE]

——— improve child nutrition in tribal areas (see S. 1307), S2613 [2MY] (see H.R. 2494), H3439 [2MY]

——— improve direct certification and community eligibility for school meal programs (see S. 2692), S6155 [24OC] (see H.R. 5283), H9221 [3DE]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see S. 1908), S3844 [19JN] (see H.R. 2818), H3924 [16MY]

——— improve National School Lunch Program requirements (see S. 2752), S6300 [30OC]

——— improve nutritional and other program requirements relative to purchases of locally produced food under National School Lunch Program (see S. 1817), S3363 [12JN]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see S. 1949), S4455 [24JN] (see H.R. 3444), H5075 [24JN]

——— provide alternative delivery options for Summer Food Service Program (see S. 1918), S4168 [20JN]

——— provide for parity for Guam and the Virgin Islands under national school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 1352), H2101 [25FE]

——— remove certain limitations relative to commodity assistance for school breakfast programs (see H.R. 4265), H7596 [10SE]

——— require a school food authority to make publicly available any waiver of Buy American Act requirements for the National School Lunch Program (see H.R. 1066), H1460 [7FE]

——— require a study of the time and duration of school lunch periods (see H.R. 5463), H10609 [17DE]

——— require schools participating in school meal programs to provide free meals to all children, incentivize local food procurement, improve reimbursements, and assist food purchases during the summer (see S. 2609), S5841 [16OC] (see H.R. 4684), H8143 [15OC]

——— reverse declining milk consumption in schools (see H.R. 3125), H4342 [5JN]

Schools: prohibit stigmatization of children who are unable to pay for meals (see S. 1119), S2386 [10AP] (see S. 1907), S3844 [19JN] (see H.R. 2311), H3264 [12AP] (see H.R. 3366), H4917 [19JN]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Agriculture: allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (H.R. 832), H2004 [14FE], H2650 [12MR], H4922 [20JN], H7998 [26SE], H8075 [27SE]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (H.R. 3444), H5175 [26JN]

——— require a school food authority to make publicly available any waiver of Buy American Act requirements for the National School Lunch Program (H.R. 1066), E147 [7FE]

——— reverse declining milk consumption in schools (H.R. 3125), H4922 [20JN], H7998 [26SE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Agriculture: issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (S. 1949), S4459 [24JN]

——— provide alternative delivery options for Summer Food Service Program (S. 1918), S4970 [22JY]