US Congress House Bill 2494 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-3)
Status: Introduced on May 2 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-02 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Allows an Indian tribe to assume, from a nearby local educational agency (LEA) and in lieu of a state, responsibility for administration of the school breakfast program, the school lunch program, the child and adult care food program, or the summer food service program for children. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must identify, for optional use in LEAs on or near Indian reservations, alternatives to current program requirements related to the daily counting of meals by category, the use of annual applications to determine program eligibility, and the use of universal meal service. USDA may implement such alternatives, as limited by the bill, as well as further test them in demonstration projects. The bill also requires USDA to increase the amount of administrative funds paid to an Indian tribe that agrees to assume responsibility for the administration of one of the specified food programs.

Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2019

Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-02	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-05-02	House	Introduced in House

SB1307 (Same As) 2019-05-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2494/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2494/BILLS-116hr2494ih.pdf