US Congress Senate Bill 613 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-2-1)
Status: Introduced on February 27 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summer Meals Act of 2015 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. 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.) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to 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. Allows service institutions that are participating in the summer food service program for children to 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 2015

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-27	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

HB1728 (Same As) 2015-11-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/613/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s613/BILLS-114s613is.pdf