IIB 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5012 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 9, 2010 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

and Forestry 

AN ACT 

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

Act to establish a weekend and holiday feeding program 

to provide nutritious food to at-risk school children on 

weekends and during extended school holidays during 

the school year. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Weekends Without 

3 Hunger Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS WITHOUT HUNGER. 

5 Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School 

6 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended by adding at the 

7 end the following: 

8 ‘‘(j) WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS WITHOUT HUN9 GER.— 

10 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

11 ‘‘(A) AT-RISK SCHOOL CHILD.—The term 

12 ‘at-risk school child’ has the meaning given the 

13 term in section 17(r)(1). 

14 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 

16 institution’ means a public or private non17 profit institution that is determined by the 

18 Secretary to be able to meet safe food stor19 age, handling, and delivery standards es20 tablished by the Secretary. 

21 ‘‘(ii) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘eligible 

22 institution’ includes— 

23 ‘‘(I) an elementary or secondary 

24 school or school food service authority; 

25 ‘‘(II) a food bank or food pantry; 

26 ‘‘(III) a homeless shelter; and 


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1 ‘‘(IV) such other type of emer2 gency feeding agency as is approved 

3 by the Secretary. 

4 ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to the avail5 ability of appropriations provided in advance in an 

6 appropriations Act specifically for the purpose of 

7 carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall es8 tablish a program under which the Secretary shall 

9 provide commodities, on a competitive basis, to eligi10 ble institutions to provide nutritious food to at-risk 

11 children on weekends and during extended school 

12 holidays during the school year. 

13 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to re15 ceive commodities under this subsection, an eli16 gible institution shall submit an application to 

17 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 

18 and containing such information as the Sec19 retary may determine. 

20 ‘‘(B) PLAN.—An application under sub21 paragraph (A) shall include the plan of the eli22 gible institution for the distribution of nutri23 tious foods to at-risk school children, includ24 ing— 


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1 ‘‘(i) methods of food service delivery 

2 to at-risk school children; 

3 ‘‘(ii) assurances that children receiv4 ing foods under the project will not be pub5 licly separated or overtly identified; 

6 ‘‘(iii) lists of the types of food to be 

7 provided under the project and provisions 

8 to ensure food quality and safety; 

9 ‘‘(iv) information on the number of 

10 at-risk school children to be served and the 

11 per-child cost of providing the children 

12 with food; and 

13 ‘‘(v) such other information as the 

14 Secretary determines to be necessary to as15 sist the Secretary in evaluating projects 

16 that receive commodities under this sub17 section. 

18 ‘‘(4) PRIORITY.—In selecting applications under 

19 this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to 

20 eligible institutions that— 

21 ‘‘(A) have on-going programs and experi22 ence serving populations with significant pro23 portions of at-risk school children; 

24 ‘‘(B) have a good record of experience in 

25 food delivery and food safety systems; 


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1 ‘‘(C) maintain high quality control, ac2 countability, and recordkeeping standards; 

3 ‘‘(D) provide children with readily 

4 consumable food of high nutrient content and 

5 quality; 

6 ‘‘(E) demonstrate cost efficiencies and the 

7 potential for obtaining supplemental funding 

8 from non-Federal sources to carry out projects; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(F) demonstrate the ability to continue 

11 projects for the full approved term of the pilot 

12 project period. 

13 ‘‘(5) GUIDELINES.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

15 issue guidelines containing the criteria for 

16 projects to receive commodities under this sec17 tion. 

18 ‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The guidelines shall, 

19 to the maximum extent practicable within the 

20 funds available and applications submitted, take 

21 into account— 

22 ‘‘(i) geographical variations in project 

23 locations to include qualifying projects in 

24 rural, urban, and suburban areas with high 


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1 proportions of families with at-risk school 

2 children; 

3 ‘‘(ii) different types of projects that 

4 offer nutritious foods on weekends and 

5 during school holidays to at-risk school 

6 children; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) institutional capacity to collect, 

8 maintain, and provide statistically valid in9 formation necessary for the Secretary— 

10 ‘‘(I) to analyze and evaluate the 

11 results of the pilot project; and 

12 ‘‘(II) to make recommendations 

13 to Congress. 

14 ‘‘(6) EVALUATION.— 

15 ‘‘(A) INTERIM EVALUATION.—Not later 

16 than November 30, 2013, the Secretary shall 

17 complete an interim evaluation of the pilot pro18 gram carried out under this subsection. 

19 ‘‘(B) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than De20 cember 31, 2015, the Secretary shall submit to 

21 Congress a final report that contains— 

22 ‘‘(i) an evaluation of the pilot pro23 gram carried out under this subsection; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) any recommendations of the Sec2 retary for legislative action. 

3 ‘‘(7) FUNDING.— 

4 ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA5 TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

6 to carry out this section such sums as are nec7 essary, to remain available until expended. 

8 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Not more 

9 than 3 percent of the funds made available 

10 under subparagraph (A) may be used by the 

11 Secretary for expenses associated with review of 

12 the operations and evaluation of the projects 

13 carried out under this subsection.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 8, 

2010. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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