I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5950 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 to grant eligibility to the Federated States of 
Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau 
for certain programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 21, 2020 
Mr. SABLAN (for himself, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, and Ms. GABBARD) 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 and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to grant eligi-
bility to the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic 
of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau for 
certain programs, 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 ‘‘FAS School Meals Im-
provement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO GRANT ELIGIBILITY FOR CER-
TAIN PROGRAMS. 
(a) THE RICHARD B. RUSSELL NATIONAL SCHOOL 
LUNCH ACT.—The Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760 et seq.) is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 12 (42 U.S.C. 1760) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (d)(8), by striking ‘‘or 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands’’ and inserting ‘‘the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of 
Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, or 
the Republic of Palau’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands’’ and inserting ‘‘the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of 
Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
and the Republic of Palau’’. 
(2) 
Section 
13(a)(1)(E) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1761(a)(1)(E))— 
(A) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in clause (vii), by striking the period 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(viii) Federated States of Micronesia; 
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‘‘(ix) Republic of the Marshall Is-
lands; and 
‘‘(x) the Republic of Palau.’’. 
(b) THE CHILD NUTRITION ACT
OF 1966.—The 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 3(a)(3) (42 U.S.C. 1772(a)(3)), 
by striking ‘‘and the District of Columbia’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the District of Columbia, Federated States 
of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and 
the Republic of Palau’’; and 
(2) in section 15(1) (42 U.S.C. 1784(1)), by 
striking ‘‘or the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands’’ and inserting ‘‘the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States 
of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, or 
the Republic of Palau’’. 
Æ 
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