I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 783 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the efficiency of summer meals. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 3, 2021 Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. LARSEN of Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the efficiency of summer meals. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Summer Meals Act 4 of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN. 6 (a) BETTER INTEGRATE SUMMER EDUCATION AND 7 SUMMER MEALS PROGRAM.—Section 13(a)(1)(A)(i) of 8 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:29 Feb 24, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H783.IH H783 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 783 IH U.S.C. 1761(a)(1)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘50 per- 1 cent’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘40 percent’’. 2 (b) REDUCE RED TAPE FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PART- 3 NERSHIPS.—Section 13(a) of the Richard B. Russell Na- 4 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)) is amended 5 by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following: 6 ‘‘(8) YEAR-ROUND MEAL SERVICE.— 7 ‘‘(A) SEAMLESS SUMMER OPTION FOR 8 SCHOOLS.—Except as otherwise determined by 9 the Secretary, a service institution that is a 10 public or private nonprofit school food authority 11 may provide summer or school vacation food 12 service in accordance with applicable provisions 13 of law governing the school lunch program es- 14 tablished under this Act or the school breakfast 15 program established under the Child Nutrition 16 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 17 ‘‘(B) YEAR-ROUND MEAL SERVICE FOR 18 OTHER SERVICE INSTITUTIONS.—Each service 19 institution (other than a service institution de- 20 scribed in subparagraph (A)), in addition to 21 being eligible for reimbursement for meals de- 22 scribed in subsection (b)(2) served during each 23 day of operation during the periods described in 24 subsection (c)(1), may be reimbursed for up to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:29 Feb 24, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H783.IH H783 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 783 IH 1 meal and 1 snack per child served during 1 each day of operation during— 2 ‘‘(i) afterschool hours; 3 ‘‘(ii) weekends; and 4 ‘‘(iii) school holidays during the reg- 5 ular school calendar.’’. 6 (c) IMPROVE NUTRITION IN UNDERSERVED, HARD- 7 TO-REACH AREAS.—Section 13(a) of the Richard B. Rus- 8 sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)) is 9 amended— 10 (1) by striking paragraphs (9) and (10) and in- 11 serting the following: 12 ‘‘(9) IMPROVE NUTRITION IN UNDERSERVED, 13 HARD-TO-REACH AREAS.— 14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the avail- 15 ability of appropriations provided in advance in 16 an appropriations Act specifically for the pur- 17 pose of carrying out this paragraph, the Sec- 18 retary may award competitive grants to service 19 institutions selected by the Secretary to in- 20 crease participation in the program at con- 21 gregate feeding sites through— 22 ‘‘(i) innovative approaches to limited 23 transportation; and 24 ‘‘(ii) mobile meal trucks. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:29 Feb 24, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H783.IH H783 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 783 IH ‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—To be selected to re- 1 ceive a grant under this paragraph, a service in- 2 stitution— 3 ‘‘(i) may be located in any State; and 4 ‘‘(ii) shall— 5 ‘‘(I) submit to the Secretary an 6 application at such time, in such man- 7 ner, and containing such information 8 as the Secretary may require; 9 ‘‘(II) meet criteria established by 10 the Secretary; and 11 ‘‘(III) agree to the terms and 12 conditions of the grant, as established 13 by the Secretary. 14 ‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 15 under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give 16 priority to service institutions that— 17 ‘‘(i) serve both breakfast and lunch; 18 or 19 ‘‘(ii) offer educational or enrichment 20 programs. 21 ‘‘(D) TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT.—A serv- 22 ice institution that receives a grant under sub- 23 paragraph (A)(i) may use grant funds to pro- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:29 Feb 24, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H783.IH H783 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 783 IH vide reimbursement for travel to satellite con- 1 gregate feeding sites. 2 ‘‘(E) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- 3 TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 4 to the Secretary to make competitive grants 5 under this paragraph $10,000,000 for each fis- 6 cal year.’’; and 7 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (11) and (12) 8 as paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively. 9 (d) THIRD MEAL.—Section 13(b)(2) of the Richard 10 B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 11 1761(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘only serve lunch’’ 12 and all that follows through ‘‘migrant children may’’. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:29 Feb 24, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H783.IH H783 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS