US Congress House Bill 5003 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on April 20 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-12-08 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 665.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to reauthorize and modify: (1) child nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and other institutional food service programs; and (2) the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The bill extends the authorizations for: the Summer Food Service Program, WIC, the WIC Farmer's Market Nutrition Program, and State Administrative Expenses. (Under current law, several programs such as the NSLP and the School Breakfast Program are permanently authorized.) For the child nutrition programs, the bill makes policy changes that: require the Department of Agriculture to review school meal regulations every three years and make any necessary revisions, increase reimbursement rates for the School Breakfast Program, increase the eligibility threshold for participation in the Community Eligibility Provision that permits schools in high poverty areas to serve all meals free of charge, permit states to provide summer meals away from a congregate site (specific sites where children come to eat and are supervised) in rural or low-income areas without access to summer service, and revise application verification requirements for the school meal programs. For WIC, the bill: authorizes appropriations at the current FY2016 level for the next five years, permits commercial availability and participant demand to be considered when amending the list of supplemental foods, and modifies the competitive bidding and contract award process for infant formula and infant foods.

Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016

Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]

Rep. John Kline [R-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-12-08	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 665.
2016-12-08	House	Committee on the Budget discharged.
2016-12-08	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 114-852, Part I.
2016-05-18	House	Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 14.
2016-05-18	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2016-04-20	House	Referred to House Budget
2016-04-20	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2016-04-20	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2016-04-20	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5003/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5003/BILLS-114hr5003ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5003/BILLS-114hr5003rh.pdf