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US HR6187

US HR6187
MEALS Act Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students Act


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Introduced
03/11/2020
In Committee
03/11/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To allow the Secretary of Agriculture to grant certain waivers under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to address school closures due to COVID-19, and for other purposes. This bill modifies food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture to allow certain waivers to requirements for the school meal programs, including waivers that increase federal costs during a school closure related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Such waivers must be requested by a state or service provider and be for purposes of providing meals and snacks during such a closure.

AI Summary

This bill, the Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students (MEALS) Act, allows the Secretary of Agriculture to grant certain waivers to requirements of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to address school closures due to COVID-19. Specifically, it allows the Secretary to grant waivers that increase federal costs during such closures, and exempts these waivers from certain review and termination requirements. The waivers must be requested by a state or eligible service provider and be for the purpose of providing meals and meal supplements during the school closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (39)

Ilhan Omar (D)* Alma Adams (D),  Nanette Barragán (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Gil Cisneros (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Joe Courtney (D),  Susan Davis (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Marcia Fudge (D),  Ruben Gallego (D),  Jimmy Gomez (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Jahana Hayes (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Susie Lee (D),  Andy Levin (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Joe Morelle (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  Kilili Sablan (D),  Kim Schrier (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Haley Stevens (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  David Trone (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Susan Wild (D),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (on 03/11/2020)

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