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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3321 

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

access to healthy afterschool meals for school children in working families. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 23, 2009 

Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin (for herself and Mr. CARSON of Indiana) 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 expand access to healthy afterschool meals for 

school children in working families. 

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 ‘‘Afterschool Flexibility 

5 to Expand Reimbursement for School Meals Act of 2009’’ 

6 or the ‘‘AFTERSchool Meals Act of 2009’’. 

7 SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK SCHOOL CHILDREN. 

8 Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National 

9 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)(5)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

4 subparagraph (B), the Secretary’’; and 

5 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(B) PROGRAM EXPANSION.—Beginning 

7 with the first full school year after the date of 

8 enactment of the Afterschool Flexibility to Ex9 pand Reimbursement for School Meals Act of 

10 2009, the Secretary shall expand reimburse11 ment under this subsection for meals served 

12 under a program to institutions located in any 

13 State that elects to participate under this sub14 section.’’. 

15 SEC. 3. MEALS AND MEAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR CHILDREN 

16 IN AFTERSCHOOL CARE. 

17 Section 17A of the Richard B. Russell National 

18 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766a) is amended— 

19 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘MEAL

20 SUPPLEMENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘MEALS AND

21 MEAL SUPPLEMENTS’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘meal sup23 plements’’ and inserting ‘‘meals and meal supple24 ments’’; 


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1 (3) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘reimbursed 

2 under subsection (c) and meals reimbursed under 

3 subsection (e)’’ after ‘‘supplements’’; 

4 (4) in subsection (d), by striking the subsection 

5 heading and all that follows through ‘‘The require6 ments’’ and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(d) CONTENTS OF MEALS AND MEAL SUPPLE8 MENTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) MEALS.—The Secretary shall prescribe re10 quirements for contents of meals served under sub11 section (e). 

12 ‘‘(2) MEAL SUPPLEMENTS.—The require13 ments’’; and 

14 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(e) MEAL REIMBURSEMENT.— 

16 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible elementary 

18 or secondary school may claim reimbursement 

19 under this section only for 1 meal per child per 

20 day served under a program organized pri21 marily to provide care to at-risk school children 

22 (as defined in section 17(r)(1)) during after23 school hours, weekends, or holidays during the 

24 regular school year. 


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1 ‘‘(B) RATES.—A meal shall be reimbursed 

2 under this subsection at the rate established for 

3 free lunches and suppers under section 17(c). 

4 ‘‘(C) NO CHARGE.—A meal claimed for re5 imbursement under this subsection shall be 

6 served without charge. 

7 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall limit 

8 reimbursement under this subsection for meals 

9 served under a program to eligible schools located in 

10 the States described in section 17(r)(5). 

11 ‘‘(3) GRANT PROGRAM.— 

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

13 carry out a program under which the Secretary 

14 shall award 1-year grants to States described in 

15 section 17(r)(5) to encourage schools and insti16 tutions in the States to participate in the pro17 grams under this section and section 17(r). 

18 ‘‘(B) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA19 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro20 priated such sums as are necessary to carry out 

21 this paragraph.’’. 

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