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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7764 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7764

To temporarily modify child nutrition programs due to COVID-19, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2020

 Ms. Velazquez (for herself, Ms. Moore, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. 
 Cooper, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Roybal-
Allard, Mr. Welch, and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
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)--
                    (A) by striking ``during a school closure'' and 
                inserting ``through modified meal service models to 
                achieve social distancing or during a school closure, 
                including planned full or partial building closures,''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``; 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 amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
    ``(e) Sunset.--The authority of the Secretary to--
            ``(1) establish or grant a waiver under this section with 
        respect to a qualified program described in subparagraph (A) 
        through (C) of subsection (f)(1) shall expire on June 30, 2021; 
        and
            ``(2) establish or grant a waiver under this section with 
        respect to a qualified program described in subparagraph (D) of 
        subsection (f)(1) shall expire on August 31, 2021.''.
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