IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1013 
Expressing the sense of Congress that providing breakfast in schools through 
the National School Breakfast Program has a positive impact on class-
room performance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2008 
Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin (for herself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, 
Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, 
Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 
CROWLEY, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 
FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. HARE, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KAGEN, Ms. KIL-
PATRICK, Mr. KIND, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. MALONEY of 
New York, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS of New York, 
Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. OBEY, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, 
Mr. SALAZAR, Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
SERRANO, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. TOWNS, and Mr. WU) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that providing breakfast 
in schools through the National School Breakfast Pro-
gram has a positive impact on classroom performance. 
Whereas breakfast program participants under the Child Nu-
trition Act of 1966 include public, private, elementary, 
middle, and high schools, as well as rural, suburban, and 
urban schools; 
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•HRES 1013 IH 
Whereas almost 17,000 schools that participate in the Na-
tional School Lunch Program do not participate in the 
National School Breakfast Program; 
Whereas in fiscal year 2006, 7,700,000 students in the 
United States consumed free or reduced-price school 
breakfasts provided under the National School Breakfast 
Program established by section 4 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966; 
Whereas less than half of the low-income students who par-
ticipate in the National School Lunch Program also par-
ticipate in the school breakfast program; 
Whereas implementing or improving classroom breakfast pro-
grams have been shown to increase the participation of 
eligible students in breakfast consumption dramatically, 
doubling, and in some cases tripling, numbers, as evi-
denced by research in Minnesota, New York, and Wis-
consin; 
Whereas making breakfast widely available through different 
venues or a combination thereof, such as in the class-
room, obtained as students exit their school bus, or out-
side the classroom, has been shown to lessen the stigma 
of receiving free or reduced-price breakfast, which often 
prevents eligible students from obtaining traditional 
breakfast in the cafeteria; 
Whereas providing free universal breakfast, especially in the 
classroom, has been shown to significantly increase school 
breakfast participation rates and increase absences and 
tardiness; 
Whereas studies have shown that access to nutritious pro-
grams such as the National School Lunch Program and 
National School Breakfast Program helps to create a 
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