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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4259 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide 
categorical eligibility for free lunch and breakfast for certain children 
in kinship care, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 
Ms. WILD (for herself, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. BACON, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. BASS, Ms. 
JUDY CHU of California, Mr. TRONE, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. 
DINGELL, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. DEAN, Mr. LAWSON of Flor-
ida, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. 
HAALAND, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. SERRANO, 
Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. RYAN, Mr. PAPPAS, and Ms. PIN-
GREE) 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 provide categorical eligibility for free lunch and 
breakfast for certain children in kinship care, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Schools Preventing 
Hunger in At-Risk Kids Act’’ or the ‘‘SPARK Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SCHOOL MEALS FOR FOSTER CHILDREN IN KIN-
SHIP CARE. 
Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758)— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) paragraph (5)(E)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) a child whose placement with a rel-
ative or family friend was carried out with the 
involvement of an agency that administers a 
State plan under part B or E of title IV of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), re-
gardless of whether such agency is responsible 
for the care and placement of such child.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (12)(A)(vii)— 
(i) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(ii) in subclause (II), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(III) a child whose placement with a 
relative or family friend was carried out 
with the involvement of an agency that ad-
ministers a State plan under part B or E 
of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 621 et seq.), regardless of whether 
such agency is responsible for the care and 
placement of such child.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(2)(F)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) documentation has been provided to 
the appropriate local educational agency show-
ing the status of the child as a child whose 
placement with a relative or family friend was 
carried out with the involvement of an agency 
that administers a State plan under part B or 
E of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 621 et seq.), regardless of whether such 
agency is responsible for the care and place-
ment of such child; or’’. 
Æ 
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