Summer Meals Act of 2014 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to redefine "areas in which poor economic conditions exist," where the summer food service program for children may operate, as areas in which at least 40% (currently, 50%) of the children have been determined to be eligible for free or reduced price school meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs.
Reimburses service institutions (other than school food authorities) for up to one meal and one snack per child each day during after-school hours, weekends, and school holidays during the regular school calendar. (Currently, such institutions are reimbursed for meals and snacks served to children over the summer months or to children who are on vacation under a continuous school calendar.)
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to award competitive grants to service institutions to increase participation in the summer food service program for children at congregate feeding sites through innovative approaches to limited transportation and mobile meal trucks.
Allows service institutions that are participating in the summer food service program for children to serve up to three meals, or two meals and one snack, during each day of operation. (Currently, this option is reserved for camps and service institutions that serve meals primarily to migrant children.)
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5012 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5012
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve
the efficiency of summer meals.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 26, 2014
Mr. Young of Alaska (for himself and Mr. Larsen of Washington)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce
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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 Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Summer Meals Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN.
(a) Better Integrate Summer Education and Summer Meals Program.--
Section 13(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(1)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ``50 percent''
each place it appears and inserting ``40 percent''.
(b) Reduce Red Tape for Public-Private Partnerships.--Section 13(a)
of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a))
is amended by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following:
``(8) Year-round meal service.--
``(A) Seamless summer option for schools.--Except
as otherwise determined by the Secretary, a service
institution that is a public or private nonprofit
school food authority may provide summer or school
vacation food service in accordance with applicable
provisions of law governing the school lunch program
established under this Act or the school breakfast
program established under the Child Nutrition Act of
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).
``(B) Year-round meal service for other service
institutions.--Each service institution (other than a
service institution described in subparagraph (A)), in
addition to being eligible for reimbursement for meals
described in subsection (b)(2) served during each day
of operation during the periods described in subsection
(c)(1), may be reimbursed for up to 1 meal and 1 snack
per child served during each day of operation during--
``(i) afterschool hours;
``(ii) weekends; and
``(iii) school holidays during the regular
school calendar.''.
(c) Improve Nutrition in Underserved, Hard-to-Reach Areas.--Section
13(a) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1761(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraphs (9) and (10) and inserting the
following:
``(9) Improve nutrition in underserved, hard-to-reach
areas.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations provided in advance in an appropriations
Act specifically for the purpose of carrying out this
paragraph, the Secretary may award competitive grants
to service institutions selected by the Secretary to
increase participation in the program at congregate
feeding sites through--
``(i) innovative approaches to limited
transportation; and
``(ii) mobile meal trucks.
``(B) Eligibility.--To be selected to receive a
grant under this paragraph, a service institution--
``(i) may be located in any State; and
``(ii) shall--
``(I) submit to the Secretary an
application at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information
as the Secretary may require;
``(II) meet criteria established by
the Secretary; and
``(III) agree to the terms and
conditions of the grant, as established
by the Secretary.
``(C) Priority.--In awarding grants under this
paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to service
institutions that--
``(i) serve both breakfast and lunch; or
``(ii) offer educational or enrichment
programs.
``(D) Travel reimbursement.--A service institution
that receives a grant under subparagraph (A)(i) may use
grant funds to provide reimbursement for travel to
satellite congregate feeding sites.
``(E) Authorization of appropriations.--There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to make
competitive grants under this paragraph $10,000,000 for
each fiscal year.''; and
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (11) and (12) as paragraphs
(10) and (11), respectively.
(d) Third Meal.--Section 13(b)(2) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)(2)) is amended by striking
``only serve lunch'' and all that follows through ``migrant children
may''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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