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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4447 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4447

  To amend the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to temporarily 
    modify child nutrition programs due to COVID-19, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 5, 2020

 Ms. Cortez Masto introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
 and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to temporarily 
    modify child nutrition programs due to COVID-19, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Child Nutrition Relief Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. WAIVERS FOR SCHOOLS DUE TO COVID-19.

    (a) School Closures.--Section 2102(d) of the Families First 
Coronavirus Response Act (42 U.S.C. 1760 note; Public Law 116-127) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``providing meals and 
        meal supplements under such Acts during a school closure due to 
        COVID-19.'' and inserting ``providing, during a school closure 
        (including full or partial building closure) due to COVID-19, 
        meals and meal supplements under such Acts through modified 
        meal service models that achieve social distancing; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) that shall not terminate prior to August 31, 2021.''.
    (b) National School Lunch Program Requirements.--Section 2202 of 
the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (42 U.S.C. 1760 note; 
Public Law 116-127) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting 
                appropriately;
                    (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so 
                redesignated), by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Guidance.--The Secretary shall provide guidance on 
        serving hot meals under a waiver granted under this 
        subsection.''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Sunset.--The authority of the Secretary to establish or grant 
a waiver under this section shall expire on--
            ``(1) June 30, 2021, with respect to a waiver under a 
        qualified program described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of 
        subsection (f)(1); and
            ``(2) August 31, 2021, with respect to a waiver under the 
        qualified program described in subparagraph (D) of that 
        subsection.''.
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