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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2402 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish |
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| 6 | 6 | | statewide community eligibility for certain special assistance payments, |
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| 7 | 7 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH27, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. A |
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| 11 | 11 | | GUILAR(for himself, Mr. CARSON, Ms. CHU, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | M |
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| 13 | 13 | | CGARVEY, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. NORTON, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Mr. P |
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| 15 | 15 | | ANETTA, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. TLAIB, and Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN) |
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| 16 | 16 | | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on |
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| 17 | 17 | | Education and Workforce |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch |
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| 20 | 20 | | Act to establish statewide community eligibility for cer- |
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| 21 | 21 | | tain special assistance payments, and for other purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Hungry Kids in 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Schools Act’’. 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 2402 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. STATEWIDE COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY. 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 11(a)(1)(F) of the Richard B. Russell Na-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)(F)) is 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(xiv) S |
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| 35 | 35 | | TATEWIDE COMMUNITY ELIGI -5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | BILITY.—For each school year beginning 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | on or after July 1, 2025, the Secretary 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | shall establish an option for States to uti-8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | lize a statewide community eligibility pro-9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | gram, for purposes of which, in the case of 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | a State agency that agrees to provide fund-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ing from sources other than Federal funds 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | to ensure that local educational agencies in 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the State receive the free reimbursement 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | rate for 100 percent of the meals served at 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | applicable schools, as defined by the Sec-16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | retary— 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(I) the multiplier described in 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | clause (vii) shall apply; 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(II) the threshold described in 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | clause (viii) shall be zero; and 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(III) the percentage of enrolled 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | students who were identified students 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | shall be calculated across all applica-24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •HR 2402 IH |
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| 58 | 58 | | ble schools in the State regardless of 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | local educational agency.’’. 2 |
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