US Congress House Bill 203 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 48-3)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-03 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Pending: House Education And The Workforce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summer Meals Act of 2017 This bill 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. The bill 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.) The Department of Agriculture may 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. Service institutions that are participating in the summer food service program for children may 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.)

Summer Meals Act of 2017

Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2017-01-03	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/203/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr203/BILLS-115hr203ih.pdf