I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4402 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve 
access to nutritious meals for young children in child care. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 16, 2009 
Mr. TONKO 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 improve access to nutritious meals for young 
children in child care. 
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 ‘‘Access to Nutritious 
Meals for Young Children Act of 2009’’. 
TITLE I—INCREASING ACCESS 
TO NUTRITIOUS MEALS 
SEC. 101. CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM. 
(a) NATIONAL AVERAGE PAYMENT.— 
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(1) LUNCHES AND SUPPERS.—Section 17(c) of 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1766(c)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 
same as the national average payment rates for 
free lunches, reduced price lunches, and paid 
lunches, respectively, under sections 4 and 11 
of this Act as appropriate’’ and inserting 
‘‘$2.88 for free lunches and suppers, $2.48 for 
reduced price lunches and suppers, and 45 
cents for paid lunches and suppers’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 
same as the national average payment rates for 
free breakfasts, reduced price breakfasts, and 
paid breakfasts, respectively, under section 4(b) 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$1.66 for free breakfasts, $1.36 for re-
duced price breakfasts, and 46 cents for paid 
breakfasts’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘30 cents’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘84 cents’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘one-half the rate for 
free supplements’’ and inserting ‘‘47 
cents’’; and 
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(iii) by striking ‘‘2.75 cents’’ and in-
serting ‘‘16 cents’’. 
(b) A THIRD MEAL OPTION.—Section 17(f)(2)(B) of 
the Richard B. Russell School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1766(f)(2)(B)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘two meals’’ and inserting ‘‘3 
meals’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘2 meals’’ and inserting ‘‘3 
meals’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘, for children that are main-
tained in a child care setting for eight or more hours 
per day’’. 
(c) REIMBURSEMENT OF FAMILY OR GROUP DAY 
CARE
HOME
SPONSORING
ORGANIZATIONS.—Section 
17(f)(3) of the Richard B. Russell School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (ii)— 
(i) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘50 
percent’’ each place it appears in items 
(aa) and (bb) and inserting ‘‘40 percent’’; 
and 
(ii) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘the 
factors in effect on July 1, 1996’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$2.41 for lunches and suppers, 
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$1.39 for breakfasts, and 76 cents for sup-
plements’’; and 
(B) in clause (iii)(I)— 
(i) in item (aa), by striking ‘‘95 cents 
for lunches and suppers, 27 cents for 
breakfasts, and 13 cents for supplements’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$1.53 for lunches and sup-
pers, 64 cents for breakfasts, and 28 cents 
for supplements’’; and 
(ii) in item (bb), by striking ‘‘July 1, 
1997’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2010’’; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) NUTRITION SERVICES AND ADMINIS-
TRATIVE FUNDS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Effective July 1, 
2010 and in addition to the annual cost of 
living adjustment described in clause (iii), 
the Secretary shall raise the maximum al-
lowable levels of the family or group day 
care home sponsoring organization monthly 
administrative reimbursement by $5 per 
home. 
‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATION
EXPENSES.— 
In addition to the reimbursement described 
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in clause (i), family or group day care 
home sponsoring organizations shall re-
ceive reimbursement for the administrative 
expenses of the family or group day care 
home sponsoring organizations in amounts 
not exceeding the maximum allowable lev-
els prescribed by the Secretary. 
‘‘(iii) ADJUSTMENT.—The maximum 
allowable levels described in this subpara-
graph shall be adjusted on July 1 of each 
year to reflect changes in the Consumer 
Price Index for all items for the most re-
cent 12-month period for which such data 
are available with the exception of any year 
for which application of the Consumer 
Price Index would result in a decrease in 
reimbursement rates.’’. 
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TITLE II—STREAMLINING AND 
SIMPLIFICATION 
OF 
PRO-
GRAM AND PAPERWORK RE-
QUIREMENTS 
SEC. 201. STREAMLINING AND SIMPLIFICATION OF PRO-
GRAM AND PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(u) STREAMLINING AND SIMPLIFICATION OF PRO-
GRAM AND PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 
shall improve the ability of the child and adult care food 
program to reach low-income families by streamlining pro-
gram and paperwork requirements, including require-
ments for States, sponsoring organizations, child care pro-
viders, and parents.’’. 
Æ 
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