I 
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. 
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 ‘‘Afterschool Flexibility 
to Expand Reimbursement for School Meals Act of 2009’’ 
or the ‘‘AFTERSchool Meals Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK SCHOOL CHILDREN. 
Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)(5)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) PROGRAM
EXPANSION.—Beginning 
with the first full school year after the date of 
enactment of the Afterschool Flexibility to Ex-
pand Reimbursement for School Meals Act of 
2009, the Secretary shall expand reimburse-
ment under this subsection for meals served 
under a program to institutions located in any 
State that elects to participate under this sub-
section.’’. 
SEC. 3. MEALS AND MEAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR CHILDREN 
IN AFTERSCHOOL CARE. 
Section 17A of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766a) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘MEAL 
SUPPLEMENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘MEALS
AND 
MEAL SUPPLEMENTS’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘meal sup-
plements’’ and inserting ‘‘meals and meal supple-
ments’’; 
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(3) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘reimbursed 
under subsection (c) and meals reimbursed under 
subsection (e)’’ after ‘‘supplements’’; 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking the subsection 
heading and all that follows through ‘‘The require-
ments’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) CONTENTS
OF MEALS
AND MEAL SUPPLE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) MEALS.—The Secretary shall prescribe re-
quirements for contents of meals served under sub-
section (e). 
‘‘(2) 
MEAL
SUPPLEMENTS.—The 
require-
ments’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) MEAL REIMBURSEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible elementary 
or secondary school may claim reimbursement 
under this section only for 1 meal per child per 
day served under a program organized pri-
marily to provide care to at-risk school children 
(as defined in section 17(r)(1)) during after- 
school hours, weekends, or holidays during the 
regular school year. 
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‘‘(B) RATES.—A meal shall be reimbursed 
under this subsection at the rate established for 
free lunches and suppers under section 17(c). 
‘‘(C) NO CHARGE.—A meal claimed for re-
imbursement under this subsection shall be 
served without charge. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall limit 
reimbursement under this subsection for meals 
served under a program to eligible schools located in 
the States described in section 17(r)(5). 
‘‘(3) GRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
carry out a program under which the Secretary 
shall award 1-year grants to States described in 
section 17(r)(5) to encourage schools and insti-
tutions in the States to participate in the pro-
grams under this section and section 17(r). 
‘‘(B) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as are necessary to carry out 
this paragraph.’’. 
Æ 
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