School Lunch Affordability Act of 2023

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1168 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that only a school food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the year preceding the previous school year shall be required to establish a price for paid lunches. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 24, 2023 Mr. ALFORD (for himself and Ms. SCHRIER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that only a school food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food serv- ice account on June 30th of the year preceding the previous school year shall be required to establish a price for paid lunches. 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 ‘‘School Lunch Afford- 4 ability Act of 2023’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:27 Mar 12, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1168.IH H1168 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1168 IH SEC. 2. REQUIRED PRICE FOR PAID LUNCH. 1 Section 12(p)(2)(A) of the Richard B. Russell Na- 2 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)(2)(A)) is 3 amended by inserting ‘‘that had a negative balance in the 4 nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the 5 year preceding the previous school year’’ after ‘‘school 6 food authority’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:27 Mar 12, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1168.IH H1168 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS