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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6006 

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish 

a vehicle summer meal delivery pilot program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 19, 2023 

Ms. SALINAS (for herself and Ms. HOYLE of Oregon) introduced the following 

bill 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

Act to establish a vehicle summer meal delivery pilot 

program, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. VEHICLE SUMMER MEAL DELIVERY PILOT PRO4 GRAM. 

5 Section 13(a) of the Richard B. Russell National 

6 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)) is amended by add7 ing at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(14) VEHICLE SUMMER MEAL DELIVERY

2 PILOT PROGRAM.— 

3 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.— 

4 In this paragraph, the term ‘eligible entity’ 

5 means a service institution. 

6 ‘‘(B) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary 

7 shall establish a pilot program (referred to in 

8 this paragraph as the ‘pilot program’), to be 

9 carried out beginning with the first summer fol10 lowing the date of enactment of this paragraph, 

11 to award grants to eligible entities to purchase 

12 or retrofit vehicles to facilitate the distribution 

13 of noncongregate meals made available pursu14 ant to this section. 

15 ‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

16 under the pilot program, the Secretary shall 

17 give priority to eligible entities— 

18 ‘‘(i) with high rates of students who 

19 are eligible for free or reduced price 

20 lunches under this Act; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) that serve a high proportion of 

22 students from socially disadvantaged back23 grounds. 

24 ‘‘(D) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—In award25 ing grants under the pilot program, the SecVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:19 Nov 04, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6006.IH H6006

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1 retary shall ensure, to the maximum extent 

2 practicable, that eligible entities receiving 

3 grants are located in diverse geographic areas. 

4 ‘‘(E) GRANTS.— 

5 ‘‘(i) TERM.—The term of a grant 

6 awarded under the pilot program shall be 

7 1 year. 

8 ‘‘(ii) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The 

9 amount of a grant awarded under the pilot 

10 program shall not exceed $100,000. 

11 ‘‘(iii) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 

12 An eligible entity awarded a grant under 

13 the pilot program shall use not more than 

14 10 percent of grant funds for administra15 tive expenses. 

16 ‘‘(iv) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Not 

17 later than 1 year after receiving a grant 

18 under the pilot program, an eligible entity 

19 shall submit to the Secretary a report de20 scribing the use of the grant funds, includ21 ing— 

22 ‘‘(I) the number of entities that 

23 benefitted from the grant; and 

24 ‘‘(II) the number of children 

25 served as a result of the grant. 


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1 ‘‘(F) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; BEST PRAC2 TICES.—The Secretary shall provide technical 

3 assistance to, and share best practices with, eli4 gible entities that receive grants under the pilot 

5 program. 

6 ‘‘(G) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years 

7 after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 

8 the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 

9 on the administration of the pilot program, in10 cluding a summary of the reports received pur11 suant to subparagraph (D)(iii). 

12 ‘‘(H) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA13 TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

14 to the Secretary to carry out the pilot program 

15 $1,000,000 for each year of the 3-year period 

16 beginning on the date of establishment of the 

17 pilot program.’’. 

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