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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4265 

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

certain limitations with respect to commodity assistance for school breakfast programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 

Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 

Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

Act to remove certain limitations with respect to commodity assistance for school breakfast programs, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Healthy Breakfasts 

5 Help Kids Learn Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL BREAKFAST 

2 PROGRAMS. 

3 (a) DELIVERY OF COMMODITIES.—Section 6(b) of 

4 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

5 U.S.C. 1755(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and the school 

6 breakfast program’’ after ‘‘school lunch program’’. 

7 (b) COMMODITY ASSISTANCE FORMULA.—Section 

8 6(c)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(c)(1)) is amended— 

10 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

11 (A) by inserting ‘‘for the school lunch pro12 gram’’ after ‘‘11 cents’’; and 

13 (B) by inserting ‘‘The national average 

14 value of donated foods, or cash payments in lieu 

15 thereof, shall be 6 cents for the school breakfast 

16 program, adjusted on the first July 1 after the 

17 date of enactment of the Healthy Breakfast 

18 Help Kids Learn Act of 2019 and each July 1 

19 thereafter to reflect the changes in the Price 

20 Index for Food Used in Schools and Institu21 tions.’’ after ‘‘Institutions.’’; 

22 (2) in subparagraph (C)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘For each school year’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘(i) For each school year’’; 

25 (B) by striking ‘‘State for’’ and inserting 

26 the following: ‘‘State— 


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1 ‘‘(I) for’’; 

2 (C) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B).’’ and 

3 inserting the following: ‘‘subparagraph (B); and 

4 ‘‘(II) for the school breakfast program 

5 shall be calculated by multiplying the number of 

6 breakfasts served in the preceding school year 

7 by the rate established by subparagraph (B).’’; 

8 (D) by striking ‘‘After the end’’ and insert9 ing the following: 

10 ‘‘(ii) After the end’’; 

11 (E) by striking ‘‘shall reconcile the’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘shall reconcile— 

13 ‘‘(I) the’’; and 

14 (F) by striking ‘‘such reconciliation.’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘such reconciliation; and 

16 ‘‘(II) the number of breakfasts served by 

17 schools in each State with the number of break18 fasts served by schools in each State during the 

19 preceding school year and increase or reduce 

20 subsequent commodity assistance or cash in lieu 

21 thereof provided to each State based on such 

22 reconciliation.’’; and 

23 (3) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘and 

24 school breakfast program’’ after ‘‘school lunch pro25 gram’’. 


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1 (c) REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON COMMODITY ASSIST2 ANCE FOR SCHOOL BREAKFAST.—Section 6 of the Rich3 ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 1755), as amended by subsection (a), is further amend5 ed— 

6 (1) by striking subsection (d); and 

7 (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 

8 subsections (d) and (e), respectively. 

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