Operation Feed Our Kids Act

Operation Feed Our Kids Act

This bill extends authority through December 31, 2021, for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue waivers of requirements under the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the summer food service program for children due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Under current law, such waiver authority expires on September 30, 2020.

Additionally, USDA must extend through at least the end of the 2020-2021 school year all of the child nutrition waivers granted under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act that as of September 11, 2020, were set to expire on December 31, 2020.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8325 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8325

To amend the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to extend National 
 School Lunch Program requirement waivers addressing COVID-19, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2020

 Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Costa, Mr. Bacon, and 
 Ms. Spanberger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to extend National 
 School Lunch Program requirement waivers addressing COVID-19, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Operation Feed Our Kids Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM REQUIREMENT WAIVERS ADDRESSING 
              COVID-19.

    (a) Extension of Sunset Date.--Section 2202(e) of the Families 
First Coronavirus Response Act (42 U.S.C. 1760 note) is amended by 
striking ``September 30, 2020.'' and inserting ``December 31, 2021.''.
    (b) Extension of Prior Waivers.--During the 30-day period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall extend through at least the end of the 2020-2021 school year at 
least each waiver available under section 2202 of the Families First 
Coronavirus Response Act (42 U.S.C. 1760 note) that is, as of September 
11, 2020, set to expire on December 31, 2020.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--For an additional amount for 
``Agricultural Programs--Domestic Food Programs--Food and Nutrition 
Service--Child Nutrition Programs'', there are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until 
December 31, 2021, to carry out sections 2102 and 2202 of the Families 
First Coronavirus Response Act (42 U.S.C. 1760 note), as amended by 
subsection (a).
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