School Meals for Healthy Kids Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3157 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3157

 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve 
             direct certification, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 7, 2025

Mr. Lujan (for himself and Mr. Marshall) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve 
             direct certification, 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 ``School Meals for Healthy Kids Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. CODIFICATION OF EXISTING USE OF DATA FOR DIRECT CERTIFICATION.

    Section 9(b)(15) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(15)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
                    ``(I) Use of medicaid data.--Any State agency that 
                uses Medicaid program data to directly certify children 
                for free or reduced price lunches under this Act and 
                free or reduced price breakfasts under section 4 of the 
                Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) for the 
                school year beginning on July 1, 2024, through the 
                demonstration projects carried out pursuant to this Act 
                may continue using Medicaid program data for subsequent 
                school years in accordance with the conditions in 
                effect at the start of the school year beginning on 
                July 1, 2024.''.

SEC. 3. CODIFICATION OF EXISTING METHODOLOGY FOR COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY 
              PROVISION SCHOOLS.

    Section 11(a)(1)(F) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)(F)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``or successor regulations'' 
        and inserting ``as in effect on the date of enactment of the 
        School Meals for Healthy Kids Act of 2025'';
            (2) by striking clause (vii) and inserting the following:
                            ``(vii) Multiplier.--For each school year, 
                        the multiplier shall be 1.6.''; and
            (3) in clause (xi), by striking subclause (III).
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