SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Unless otherwise provided, this Act, and the amend-
ments made by this Act, shall take effect 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
TITLE I—SCHOOL BREAKFAST 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 101. FREE SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4(a) of the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773(a)) is amended, in the 
first sentence— 
(1) by striking ‘‘is hereby’’ and inserting ‘‘are’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘to provide free breakfast to all 
children enrolled at those schools’’ before ‘‘in accord-
ance’’. 
(b) APPORTIONMENT TO STATES.—Section 4(b) of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 
subclause (II) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(II) the national average pay-
ment for free breakfasts, as specified 
in subparagraph (B).’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
serting the following: 
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‘‘(B) PAYMENT AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The national aver-
age payment for each free breakfast shall 
be $2.72, adjusted annually for inflation in 
accordance with clause (ii) and rounded in 
accordance with clause (iii). 
‘‘(ii) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—The annual 
inflation adjustment under clause (i) 
shall reflect changes in the cost of op-
erating the free breakfast program 
under this section, as indicated by the 
change in the Consumer Price Index 
for food away from home for all urban 
consumers. 
‘‘(II) BASIS.—Each inflation an-
nual adjustment under clause (i) shall 
reflect the changes in the Consumer 
Price Index for food away from home 
for the most recent 12-month period 
for which that data is available. 
‘‘(iii) ROUNDING.—On July 1, 2021, 
and annually thereafter, the national aver-
age payment rate for free breakfast shall 
be— 
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‘‘(I) adjusted to the nearest 
lower-cent increment; and 
‘‘(II) based on the unrounded 
amounts for the preceding 12-month 
period.’’; 
(C) by striking subparagraphs (C) and 
(E); and 
(D) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
subparagraph (C); 
(2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 
(4) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘paragraph (3) or (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph (2)’’. 
(c) STATE DISBURSEMENT TO SCHOOLS.—Section 4 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) is 
amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) STATE DISBURSEMENT TO SCHOOLS.—Funds 
apportioned and paid to any State for the purpose of this 
section shall be disbursed by the State educational agency 
to schools selected by the State educational agency to as-
sist those schools in operating a breakfast program.’’. 
(d) NO COLLECTION OF DEBT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) or any other provision of law, 
effective beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act, as a condition of participation in the breakfast 
program under section 4 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 
1773), a school— 
(A) shall not collect any debt owed to the 
school for unpaid meal charges; and 
(B) shall continue to accrue debt for un-
paid meal charges— 
(i) for the purpose of receiving reim-
bursement under section 212; and 
(ii) until the effective date specified in 
section 2. 
(2) CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) is 
amended by striking subsection (d) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(d) NO COLLECTION OF DEBT.—A school partici-
pating in the free breakfast program under this section 
shall not collect any debt owed to the school for unpaid 
meal charges.’’. 
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(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
23(a) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1793(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘school 
in severe need, as described in section 4(d)(1)’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘school— 
‘‘(1) that has a free breakfast program under 
section 4 or seeks to initiate a free breakfast pro-
gram under that section; and 
‘‘(2) of which not less than 40 percent of the 
students are identified students (as defined in para-
graph (8) of section 1113(a) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6313(a)))’’. 
(e) NUTRITIONAL AND OTHER PROGRAM REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 4(e) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1773(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), in the second sentence, 
by striking ‘‘free or’’ and all that follows through 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘free to all chil-
dren enrolled at a school participating in the school 
breakfast program.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), in the second sentence, by 
striking ‘‘the full charge to the student for a break-
fast meeting the requirements of this section or’’. 
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(f) PROHIBITION ON BREAKFAST SHAMING, MEAL 
DENIAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act, a school or school 
food authority— 
(A) shall not— 
(i) physically segregate or otherwise 
discriminate against any child participating 
in the breakfast program under section 4 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1773); or 
(ii) overtly identify a child described 
in clause (i) by a special token or ticket, 
an announced or published list of names, 
or any other means; and 
(B) shall provide the program meal to any 
child eligible under the program. 
(2) CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966.—Section 4 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) PROHIBITION
ON BREAKFAST SHAMING.—A 
school or school food authority shall not— 
‘‘(1) physically segregate or otherwise discrimi-
nate against any child participating in the free 
breakfast program under this section; or 
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