AFTERSchool Meals Act of 2009

Afterschool Flexibility to Expand Reimbursement for School Meals Act of 2009 or the AFTERSchool Meals Act of 2009 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make institutions in any state eligible for reimbursement for meals provided to at-risk school children under programs organized primarily to provide care to at-risk school children during after-school hours, weekends, or holidays during the regular school year. (Currently, reimbursement is limited to institutions in 10 states.)

Assists states in providing meals and meal supplements to children participating in after-school programs in elementary and secondary schools. (Currently, assistance is provided for meal supplements.)

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to states to encourage institutions and schools to participate in these expanded programs.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3321 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3321

  To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand 
  access to healthy afterschool meals for school children in working 
                               families.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2009

    Ms. Moore of Wisconsin (for herself and Mr. Carson of Indiana) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand 
  access to healthy afterschool meals for school children in working 
                               families.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Afterschool Flexibility to Expand 
Reimbursement for School Meals Act of 2009'' or the ``AFTERSchool Meals 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK SCHOOL CHILDREN.

    Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)(5)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Program expansion.--Beginning with the first 
                full school year after the date of enactment of the 
                Afterschool Flexibility to Expand Reimbursement for 
                School Meals Act of 2009, the Secretary shall expand 
                reimbursement under this subsection for meals served 
                under a program to institutions located in any State 
                that elects to participate under this subsection.''.

SEC. 3. MEALS AND MEAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR CHILDREN IN AFTERSCHOOL CARE.

    Section 17A of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1766a) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``meal 
        supplements'' and inserting ``meals and meal supplements'';
            (2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``meal supplements'' 
        and inserting ``meals and meal supplements'';
            (3) in subsection (b), by inserting ``reimbursed under 
        subsection (c) and meals reimbursed under subsection (e)'' 
        after ``supplements'';
            (4) in subsection (d), by striking the subsection heading 
        and all that follows through ``The requirements'' and inserting 
        the following:
    ``(d) Contents of Meals and Meal Supplements.--
            ``(1) Meals.--The Secretary shall prescribe requirements 
        for contents of meals served under subsection (e).
            ``(2) Meal supplements.--The requirements''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Meal Reimbursement.--
            ``(1) Requirements.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An eligible elementary or 
                secondary school may claim reimbursement under this 
                section only for 1 meal per child per day served under 
                a program organized primarily to provide care to at-
                risk school children (as defined in section 17(r)(1)) 
                during after-school hours, weekends, or holidays during 
                the regular school year.
                    ``(B) Rates.--A meal shall be reimbursed under this 
                subsection at the rate established for free lunches and 
                suppers under section 17(c).
                    ``(C) No charge.--A meal claimed for reimbursement 
                under this subsection shall be served without charge.
            ``(2) Limitation.--The Secretary shall limit reimbursement 
        under this subsection for meals served under a program to 
        eligible schools located in the States described in section 
        17(r)(5).
            ``(3) Grant program.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a 
                program under which the Secretary shall award 1-year 
                grants to States described in section 17(r)(5) to 
                encourage schools and institutions in the States to 
                participate in the programs under this section and 
                section 17(r).
                    ``(B) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
                authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
                necessary to carry out this paragraph.''.
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