To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase the number of children eligible for free school meals.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Expand School Meals Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. FREE LUNCH ELIGIBILITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 9(b)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (D);
            (2) by striking ``(b)(1)(A) Not'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(b) Income Eligibility Guidelines.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not'';
            (3) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``and 
                reduced price'';
                    (B) by striking ``The income guidelines for 
                determining eligibility for free lunches shall be 130 
                percent'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Free lunches.--The income guidelines for 
                determining eligibility for free lunches shall be 185 
                percent.'';
                    (C) by striking the third sentence; and
                    (D) by striking ``The Office'' and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(C) Frequency of revisions.--The Office''; and
            (4) in subparagraph (D) (as redesignated by paragraph 
        (1))--
                    (A) by striking ``(D) The'' and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(D) Amount of revisions.--The''; and
                    (B) by striking ``subparagraph (A) of this 
                paragraph'' and inserting ``subparagraph (C)''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
        Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) by striking ``free and reduced price'' 
                        each place it appears (other than paragraph 
                        (7)) and inserting ``free'';
                            (ii) by striking ``free or reduced price'' 
                        each place it appears and inserting ``free'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking 
                        ``, and shall contain'' and all that follows 
                        through ``or reduced price lunches'';
                            (iv) in paragraph (3)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (E)(iii), by 
                                striking ``free or reduced-price'' each 
                                place it appears and inserting 
                                ``free''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (F)--
                                            (aa) in clause (i), by 
                                        striking ``Subject to clauses 
                                        (ii) and (iii)'' and inserting 
                                        ``Subject to clause (ii),'';
                                            (bb) in clause (ii)(II), by 
                                        striking ``133 percent'' both 
                                        places it appears in items (aa) 
                                        and (bb) and inserting ``185 
                                        percent'';
                                            (cc) by striking clause 
                                        (iii); and
                                            (dd) by redesignating 
                                        clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses 
                                        (iii) and (iv), respectively;
                            (v) in paragraph (7)--
                                    (I) in the paragraph heading, by 
                                striking ``and reduced price'' and 
                                inserting ``meals'';
                                    (II) by striking ``and reduced 
                                price policy'' each place it appears 
                                and inserting ``meals policy''; and
                                    (III) in subparagraph (B), by 
                                striking ``and reduced price meals'' 
                                and inserting ``meals'';
                            (vi) in paragraph (9)--
                                    (I) in the paragraph heading, by 
                                striking ``and reduced price'';
                                    (II) by striking subparagraph (B); 
                                and
                                    (III) by redesignating subparagraph 
                                (C) as subparagraph (B);
                            (vii) in paragraph (10), by striking ``or a 
                        reduced price lunch''; and
                            (viii) in paragraph (11), in the first 
                        sentence, by striking ``or reduced price 
                        lunches'';
                    (B) in subsection (c), in the third sentence, by 
                striking ``or at a reduced cost'';
                    (C) in subsection (d), by striking ``or reduced 
                price'' each place it appears; and
                    (D) in subsection (e), by striking ``, reduced 
                price,''.
            (2) Section 11 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
        Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (A), by 
                                striking ``and the product obtained by 
                                multiplying'' and all that follows 
                                through ``for such fiscal year'';
                                    (II) in subparagraph (B)--
                                            (aa) by striking ``or 
                                        reduced price lunches'' the 
                                        first place it appears;
                                            (bb) by striking ``or 
                                        reduced price lunches, as the 
                                        case may be''; and
                                            (cc) by striking ``and 
                                        reduced price lunches'';
                                    (III) in subparagraph (C)--
                                            (aa) in clause (ii), by 
                                        striking ``or reduced price 
                                        lunches or breakfasts'' each 
                                        place it appears; and
                                            (bb) in clause (iii), by 
                                        striking ``or reduced price''; 
                                        and
                                    (IV) in subparagraph (D), by 
                                striking ``and reduced price lunches'' 
                                each place it appears in clauses (iii) 
                                and (iv);
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and 
                        the special assistance factor for reduced 
                        price'' and all that follows through ``free 
                        lunches''; and
                            (iii) in paragraph (3)(B)(iii)(I), by 
                        striking ``or reduced price'';
                    (B) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by 
                striking ``and reduced price'';
                    (C) in subsection (d), by striking ``and the 
                average number of children who received reduced price 
                lunches'' each place it appears paragraphs (1) and (2); 
                and
                    (D) in subsection (e)--
                            (i) in the second sentence, by striking ``, 
                        and shall serve meals at a reduced price'' and 
                        all that follows through ``such section''; and
                            (ii) in the third sentence, by striking 
                        ``or reduced priced''.
            (3) Section 12(l)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National 
        School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(l)(4)) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and reduced 
                price'';
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (D);
                    (C) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``or reduced 
                price''; and
                    (D) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (M) 
                as subparagraphs (D) through (L).
            (4) Section 13 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
        Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)(C)--
                                    (I) by striking ``or reduced 
                                price''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``and reduced 
                                price''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (5), by striking ``or 
                        reduced price''; and
                    (B) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ``or reduced 
                price''.
            (5) Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
        Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(2)(B)(i), by striking ``or 
                reduced price'';
                    (B) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``(as 
                        calculated on the day before the date of 
                        enactment of the Expand School Meals Act of 
                        2009)'' after ``lunches, reduced price 
                        lunches'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``(as 
                        calculated on the day before the date of 
                        enactment of the Expand School Meals Act of 
                        2009)'' after ``breakfasts, reduced price 
                        breakfasts''; and
                            (iii) by striking paragraph (4) and 
                        inserting the following:
            ``(4) Determinations.--
                    ``(A) Free meals.--Determinations with regard to 
                eligibility for free meals and supplements shall be 
                made in accordance with the income eligibility 
                guidelines for free lunches under section 9.
                    ``(B) Reduced price meals.--Determinations with 
                regard to eligibility for reduced price meals and 
                supplements shall be made in accordance with the income 
                eligibility guidelines for reduced price lunches under 
                section 9, as in effect on the day before the date of 
                enactment of the Expand School Meals Act of 2009.'';
                    (C) in subsection (f)(3)--
                            (i) by striking ``or reduced price'' each 
                        place it appears; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A)(iii)(II)(aa), in 
                        the item heading, by striking ``or reduced 
                        price''; and
                    (D) in subsection (r)(1)(B), by striking ``or 
                reduced price''.
            (6) Section 17A(c)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National 
        School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766a(c)(1)) is amended in the 
        matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking ``or reduced 
        price''.
            (7) Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
        Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended by striking subsection 
        (i).
            (8) Section 19 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
        Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769a) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``or reduced price'' each place it 
                appears; and
                    (B) by striking ``and reduced price'' each place it 
                appears.
            (9) Section 20(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
        Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b(b)) is amended by striking ``and 
        reduced price''.
            (10) Section 21(a)(1)(B) of the Richard B. Russell National 
        School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b-1(a)(1)(B)) is amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``or reduced price''; and
                    (B) in clause (iii), by striking ``and reduced 
                price''.
    (c) Transition Rules.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out 
the amendments made by paragraphs (2) and (8) of subsection (b) in 
accordance with transition rules established by the Secretary.

SEC. 3. FREE BREAKFAST ELIGIBILITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1733) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)(i)(II)--
                                    (I) by striking ``, for reduced 
                                price breakfasts,''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``or reduced 
                                price'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) in the third sentence, by 
                                striking ``or reduced price''; and
                                    (II) by striking the second 
                                sentence;
                            (iii) by striking subparagraph (C);
                            (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and 
                        (E) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; 
                        and
                            (v) in subparagraph (D) (as so 
                        redesignated)--
                                    (I) in the subparagraph heading, by 
                                striking ``and reduced price'' and 
                                inserting ``meals'';
                                    (II) by striking ``and reduced 
                                price policy'' each place it appears 
                                and inserting ``meals policy''; and
                                    (III) by striking ``and reduced 
                                price meals'' and inserting ``meals''; 
                                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or 
                        reduced price''; and
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (C); and
            (2) in subsections (d)(1)(A) and (e)(1)(A), by striking 
        ``or at a reduced price'' each place it appears.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
        1776) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (e)(2)(B)(ii), by striking ``or 
                reduced price''; and
                    (B) in subsection (i), by striking ``and reduced 
                price'' each place it appears in paragraphs (2)(B)(iii) 
                and (3)(B)(i).
            (2) Section 17(d)(2)(A)(i) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
        1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ``and 
        reduced price''.
            (3) Section 20(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
        U.S.C. 1789(b)) is amended by striking ``and reduced-price''.

Summary: Expand School Meals Act of 2009 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to expand eligibility for free meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs to children whose family income falls at or below 185 of the federal poverty guidelines.