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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5012 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch to establish a 
weekend and holiday feeding program to provide nutritious food to at- 
risk school children on weekends and during extended school holidays 
during the school year. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 13, 2010 
Ms. TITUS 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 
to establish a weekend and holiday feeding program to 
provide nutritious food to at-risk school children on week-
ends and during extended school holidays during the 
school year. 
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 ‘‘Weekends Without 
Hunger Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS WITHOUT HUNGER. 
Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(j) WEEKENDS
AND HOLIDAYS WITHOUT HUN-
GER.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) AT-RISK SCHOOL CHILD.—The term 
‘at-risk school child’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 17(r)(1). 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 
institution’ means a public or private non-
profit institution that is determined by the 
Secretary to be able to meet safe food stor-
age, handling, and delivery standards es-
tablished by the Secretary. 
‘‘(ii) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘eligible 
institution’ includes— 
‘‘(I) an elementary or secondary 
school or school food service authority; 
‘‘(II) a food bank or food pantry; 
‘‘(III) a homeless shelter; and 
‘‘(IV) such other type of emer-
gency feeding agency as is approved 
by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall 
carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary 
shall provide commodities to eligible institutions to 
carry out projects to provide nutritious food to at- 
risk school children on weekends and during ex-
tended school holidays during the school year. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to re-
ceive commodities under this subsection, an eli-
gible institution shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may determine. 
‘‘(B) PLAN.—An application under sub-
paragraph (A) shall include the plan of the eli-
gible institution for the distribution of nutri-
tious foods to at-risk school children, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) methods of food service delivery 
to at-risk school children; 
‘‘(ii) assurances that children receiv-
ing foods under the project will not be pub-
licly separated or overtly identified; 
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‘‘(iii) lists of the types of food to be 
provided under the project and provisions 
to ensure food quality and safety; 
‘‘(iv) information on the number of 
at-risk school children to be served and the 
per-child cost of providing the children 
with food; and 
‘‘(v) such other information as the 
Secretary determines to be necessary to as-
sist the Secretary in evaluating projects 
that receive commodities under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(4) PRIORITY.—In selecting applications under 
this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to 
eligible institutions that— 
‘‘(A) have on-going programs and experi-
ence serving populations with significant pro-
portions of at-risk school children; 
‘‘(B) have a good record of experience in 
food delivery and food safety systems; 
‘‘(C) maintain high quality control, ac-
countability, and recordkeeping standards; 
‘‘(D) 
provide 
children 
with 
readily 
consumable food of high nutrient content and 
quality; 
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