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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION H. R. 1967
55 To rename the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, and for
66 other purposes.
77 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
88 MARCH6, 2025
99 Mrs. W
1010 ATSONCOLEMAN(for herself, Mr. GREENof Texas, Mr. CARSON, Mr.
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1212 OHEN, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. EVANSof Pennsylvania, Ms.
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1414 ORTON, Ms. CLARKEof New York, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mrs. MCIVER,
1515 and Ms. T
1616 LAIB) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
1717 Committee on Education and Workforce
1818 A BILL
1919 To rename the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch
2020 Act, and for other purposes.
2121 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2222 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2323 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2424 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Renaming the National 4
2525 School Lunch Program Act of 2025’’. 5
2626 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
2727 Congress finds the following: 7
2828 (1) That Jean E. Fairfax was a civil rights ac-8
2929 tivist who— 9
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3333 (A) was born to parents who were the first 1
3434 in their family to be legally free; 2
3535 (B) fought for equitable educational ac-3
3636 cess, challenged systemic employment discrimi-4
3737 nation, and led influential federal policy innova-5
3838 tions in all realms to support working class and 6
3939 marginalized peoples; 7
4040 (C) assisted Black families navigating 8
4141 school integration after the ruling of Brown v. 9
4242 Board of Education; 10
4343 (D) joined the National Association for the 11
4444 Advancement of Colored People’s Legal Defense 12
4545 Fund and established the Division of Legal In-13
4646 formation and Community Service; and 14
4747 (E) continued to serve her community 15
4848 through civil rights work and philanthropy after 16
4949 retirement. 17
5050 (2) It is evidenced that Jean E. Fairfax con-18
5151 tributed greatly to the National School Lunch Pro-19
5252 gram in an equitable manner through— 20
5353 (A) organizing five national women’s orga-21
5454 nizations and creating the Committee on School 22
5555 Lunch Participation to study the National 23
5656 School Lunch Program; 24
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6060 (B) testifying before Congress on multiple 1
6161 occasions to reveal that the implementation of 2
6262 the National School Lunch Program was failing 3
6363 to reach children that needed it most; 4
6464 (C) advocating for increased funding of the 5
6565 National School Lunch Program to serve chil-6
6666 dren in areas of concentrated poverty that were 7
6767 disproportionately minorities; and 8
6868 (D) having her findings incorporated in 9
6969 National School Lunch Program reform legisla-10
7070 tion that led to the program becoming more in-11
7171 clusive. 12
7272 (3) The National School Lunch Program is 13
7373 named after an individual who— 14
7474 (A) objected to anti-lynching bills and civil 15
7575 rights legislation in Congress and affirmed his 16
7676 belief in white supremacy; 17
7777 (B) opposed school integration and was a 18
7878 contributor to the creation of the Southern 19
7979 Manifesto; 20
8080 (C) dismissed concerns of child-welfare ad-21
8181 vocates, civil rights activists, and women-led or-22
8282 ganizations during debate over the implementa-23
8383 tion of the National School Lunch Program; 24
8484 and 25
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8888 (D) believed that segregation should be 1
8989 maintained while implementing the National 2
9090 School Lunch Program. 3
9191 SEC. 3. RENAMING OF RICHARD B. RUSSELL NATIONAL 4
9292 SCHOOL LUNCH ACT. 5
9393 (a) S
9494 HORTTITLE.—The first section of the Richard 6
9595 B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 7
9696 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Richard B. Russell National 8
9797 School Lunch Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Jean E. Fairfax Na-9
9898 tional School Lunch Act’’. 10
9999 (b) C
100100 ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—Each of the fol-11
101101 lowing provisions of law is amended by striking ‘‘Richard 12
102102 B. Russell National School Lunch Act’’ and inserting 13
103103 ‘‘Jean E. Fairfax National School Lunch Act’’: 14
104104 (1) Sections 3(a)(2)(C), 3(b)(1)(A)(iii)(III), 15
105105 3(e)(1)(D)(iii)(III), 17(b)(2), and 18(3)(A) of the 16
106106 Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC 17
107107 Amendments of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 612c note). 18
108108 (2) Section 5(l)(2)(D) of the Agriculture and 19
109109 Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c 20
110110 note). 21
111111 (3) Section 10603(b) of the Farm Security and 22
112112 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 612c–4(b)). 23
113113 (4) Sections 4301(b)(2), 4301(b)(3), 24
114114 4304(a)(2)(A), 4304(a)(2)(B), 4305(c), 4305(c)(1), 25
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118118 4306(a)(3), 4306(b), 14222(b)(1), 14222(c), and 1
119119 14222(e)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 2
120120 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6(b)(1), 612c–6(c), 3
121121 612c–6(e)(1) 2208 note; 42 U.S.C. 1755a, 4
122122 1758(b)(2), 1758(b)(3), 1769a note). 5
123123 (5) Section 404 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 6
124124 (7 U.S.C. 1424). 7
125125 (6) Section 282(f)(2)(b) of the Act entitled ‘‘To 8
126126 provide for further research into basic laws and 9
127127 principles relating to agriculture and to improve and 10
128128 facilitate the marketing and distribution of agricul-11
129129 tural products’’, approved August 14, 1946 (7 U.S.C 12
130130 1638a(f)(2)(b)). 13
131131 (7) Section 201(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 14
132132 to extend the Agricultural Trade Development and 15
133133 Assistance Act of 1954, and for other purposes’’, ap-16
134134 proved September 21, 1959 (7 U.S.C. 1431c(a)). 17
135135 (8) Sections 1101(e), 2102(a), 2102(b), 18
136136 2102(c), 2102(d)(1), 2202(a)(1), 2202(a)(2)(A), 19
137137 2202(b), 2202(c), 2202(e)(2)(A)(ii), 2202(f)(1)(A), 20
138138 2202(f)(1)(C), 2201(f)(1)(D), and 2202(f)(3), of the 21
139139 Families First Coronavirus Response Act (7 U.S.C. 22
140140 2011 note; 42 U.S.C. 1760 note). 23
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144144 (9) Sections 11(u)(1), 11(u)(2)(A), and 1
145145 11(u)(2)(B), of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 2
146146 U.S.C. 2020(u)(1), 2020(u)(2)(A), 2020(u)(2)(B)). 3
147147 (10) Section 28(a)(1)(B) of the Food Stamp 4
148148 Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. 2036a(a)(1)(B)). 5
149149 (11) Section 211(a) of the Agricultural Trade 6
150150 Suspension Adjustment Act of 1980 (title II of the 7
151151 Agricultural Act of 1980) (7 U.S.C. 4004(a)). 8
152152 (12) Sections 413(b)(2) and 413(b)(3) of the 9
153153 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education 10
154154 Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7633(b)(2), 11
155155 7633(b)(3)). 12
156156 (13) Sections 403(c)(2)(C), 422(b)(3), 13
157157 423(d)(3), 741(a)(1), 742(a), and 742(b)(2)(A) and 14
158158 the caption for section 742 of the Personal Respon-15
159159 sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 16
160160 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1183a note, 1613(c)(2)(C), 1615(a), 17
161161 1615(b)(2)(A), 1632(b)(3); 42 U.S.C. 1751 note). 18
162162 (14) Section 245A(h)(4)(A) of the Immigration 19
163163 and Nationality Act approved June 27, 1952, (8 20
164164 U.S.C. 1255a(h)(4)(A)). 21
165165 (15) Section 645(a)(3)(C)(iii) of the James M. 22
166166 Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-23
167167 cal Year 2023 (10 U.S.C. 1060a note). 24
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171171 (16) Sections 1154(a)(2)(A)(i), 1154(a)(3)(A), 1
172172 and 2243(b) of title 10, United States Code. 2
173173 (17) Sections 200(11)(A)(i)(II), 3
174174 200(11)(A)(ii)(I), 200(11)(A)(ii)(II), 4
175175 200(11)(B)(ii)(I)(bb), 404B(1)(A), 479, 5
176176 483(a)(2)(ii)(XVII)(cc), 894(b)(1)(B), and 6
177177 894(b)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 7
178178 U.S.C. 1021(11)(A)(i)(II), 1021(11)(A)(ii)(I), 8
179179 1021(11)(A)(ii)(II), 1021(11)(B)(ii)(I)(bb), 1070a– 9
180180 22(d)(1)(A), 1087ss(d)(2)(C), 1090 note, 10
181181 1161y(b)(1)(B), 1161y(b)(5)). 11
182182 (18) Section 444 of the Elementary and Sec-12
183183 ondary Education Amendments of 1967 (20 U.S.C. 13
184184 1232g(b)(1)(K)). 14
185185 (19) Sections 1113(a)(5)(A), 2221(b)(3)(B)(i), 15
186186 4611(d)(2)(B), and 7003(b)(2)(B)(i)(III)(bb)(BB) 16
187187 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 17
188188 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)(A), 6641(b)(3)(B)(i), 18
189189 7261(d)(2)(B), 7703(b)(2)(B)(i)(III)(bb)(BB)). 19
190190 (20) Section 6122(3) of the America COM-20
191191 PETES Act (20 U.S.C. 9832(3)). 21
192192 (21) Section 423(j)(2)(D) of the Federal Food, 22
193193 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C 350l(j)(2)(D)). 23
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197197 (22) Section 3(36)(A)(iv) of the Workforce In-1
198198 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 2
199199 3102(36)(A)(iv)). 3
200200 (23) Section 3803(c)(2)(C)(xiii) of title 31, 4
201201 United States Code. 5
202202 (24) Section 252(i) of the Juvenile Justice and 6
203203 Delinquency Prevention Act 1974 (34 U.S.C. 7
204204 11162(i)). 8
205205 (25) Section 402a(f)(2)(A) of title 37, United 9
206206 States Code. 10
207207 (26) Section 113(e)(8)(A) of title 40, United 11
208208 States Code. 12
209209 (27) Sections 722(b)(3)(A)(i), 722(b)(3)(B)(i), 13
210210 722(b)(3)(C)(i), 722(b)(3)(D)(i), 722(d)(3), 14
211211 722(d)(4)(A), 722(d)(5), 722(d)(7), 722(d)(11)(A), 15
212212 and 722(d)(13) of title VII of division N and section 16
213213 904(a)(6)(B) of title IX of division N of the Consoli-17
214214 dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (42 U.S.C. 1751 18
215215 note; 47 U.S.C. 1752(a)(6)(B)). 19
216216 (28) Sections 222(3), 307(b)(1), 307(b)(1)(A), 20
217217 307(b)(2), and 336(a) of the Healthy, Hunger-Free 21
218218 Kids Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 1751 note, 1766 note). 22
219219 (29) Sections 2(4), 125, 301(a), 301(b)(1), 23
220220 301(a), 301(b)(1), 301(b)(2), and 301(b)(3) of the 24
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224224 Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994 1
225225 (42 U.S.C. 1751 note). 2
226226 (30) Sections 2(a)(1), 2(d)(1), 2(d)(2), 3(a)(1), 3
227227 and 3(b) of the Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022 (42 4
228228 U.S.C. 1753 note, 1760 note, 1766 note). 5
229229 (31) Sections 4033(b)(3)(B), 4213(c), 6
230230 4213(c)(1), and 4214(a) of the Agricultural Act of 7
231231 2014 (25 U.S.C. 1685(b)(3)(B); 42 U.S.C. 8
232232 1755b(c); 1755b(c)(1), 1769a note). 9
233233 (32) Section 4207(a)(1) of the Agriculture Im-10
234234 provement Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 1760 note). 11
235235 (33) Sections 1107(a), 1107(b), and 1107(c)(1) 12
236236 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (42 13
237237 U.S.C. 1766 note). 14
238238 (34) Sections 119(i), 119(j)(1), and 15
239239 119(j)(3)(C) of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reau-16
240240 thorization Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 1766 note). 17
241241 (35) Sections 3(a)(1), 3(a)(2), 3(a)(5), 3(b), 18
242242 4(b)(1)(B), 4(b)(2)(B)(ii), 4(b)(3), 4(b)(4), 19
243243 4(e)(1)(A), 7(a)(1)(A), 7(a)(2)(A), 7(a)(3), 7(a)(4), 20
244244 7(a)(6), 7(a)(7), 7(a)(8), 7(a)(9)(A), 7(e)(3), 7(f), 21
245245 7(g)(1)(A)(ii)(I), 7(g)(1)(B), 7(g)(1)(D)(i), 22
246246 7(g)(1)(D)(ii), 7(h)(2)(A), 7(i)(3)(A), 7(i)(3)(B)(ii), 23
247247 10(a), 10(b)(1)(a), 10(c), 11, 13, 16(b), 19(d), 24
248248 19(h)(3)(D), 19(h)(5)(B)(vi), and 23(d)(2) of the 25
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252252 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772(a)(1), 1
253253 1772(a)(2), 1772(a)(5), 1772(b), 1773(b)(1)(B), 2
254254 1773(b)(2)(B)(ii), 1773(b)(3), 1773(b)(4), 3
255255 1773(e)(1)(A), 1776(a)(1)(A), 1776(a)(2)(A), 4
256256 1776(a)(3), 1776(a)(4), 1776(a)(6), 1776(a)(7), 5
257257 1776(a)(8), 1776(a)(9)(A), 1776(e)(3), 1776(f), 6
258258 1776(g)(1)(A)(ii)(I), 1776(g)(1)(B), 7
259259 1776(g)(1)(D)(i), 1776(g)(1)(D)(ii), 1776(h)(2)(A), 8
260260 1776(i)(3)(A), 1776(i)(3)(B)(ii), 1779(a), 9
261261 1779(b)(1)(a), 1779(c), 1780(c), 1782, 1785(b), 10
262262 1788(d), 1788(h)(3)(D), 1788(h)(5)(B)(vi), 11
263263 1793(d)(2)). 12
264264 (36) Section 4(8)(A) of the National Science 13
265265 Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 14
266266 1862n note). 15
267267 (37) Section 3(c)(6)(B) of the STEM Edu-16
268268 cation Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 1862q(c)(6)(B)). 17
269269 (38) Sections 658E(c)(2)(E)(i)(IV) and 18
270270 658O(b)(3) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 19
271271 Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9858m(b)(3), 20
272272 9858c(c)(2)(E)(i)(IV)). 21
273273 (39) Section 40541(d)(1)(B)(i) of the Infra-22
274274 structure Investment and Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 23
275275 18831(d)(1)(B)(i)). 24
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279279 (40) Subsection (b) of the first section of the 1
280280 Act entitled ‘‘An Act to extend the application of 2
281281 certain laws to American Samoa’’, as approved Sep-3
282282 tember 25, 1962 (48 U.S.C. 1666(b)). 4
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