Feeding Hungry Students in Schools Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.4802 | Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin (D-TX)
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
Feeding Hungry Students in Schools Act of 2021
This bill revises program requirements under the National School Lunch Program regarding food donations to allow schools participating in the program to donate food through a charitable organization official who is directly affiliated with the school food authority serving such school.
A charitable organization official may not receive donated food unless they have received a food safety certification, or other applicable certification, from the state health department or other responsible authority in the state such food is donated in.
The food donated by a school may be received, stored, and distributed on the campus of such school.

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to clarify 
that charitable organization officials may receive food donations from 
    schools under the food donation program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Feeding Hungry Students in Schools 
Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. FOOD DONATION BY SCHOOLS THROUGH CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION 
              OFFICIALS.

    Section 9(l) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1758(l)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``school and local educational 
                agency'' and inserting ``school food authority'';
                    (B) by inserting ``, including from a fundraiser or 
                charitable food drive, or'' after ``any food'';
                    (C) by striking ``or charitable organizations'' and 
                inserting ``, charitable organizations, or individuals 
                in need, as determined by such school food authority'';
                    (D) by striking ``general.--Each'' and inserting 
                the following: ``general.--
                    ``(A) Food donations permissible.--Each''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Donations through charitable organization 
                officials.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Each school 
                        participating in the school lunch program under 
                        this Act may donate the food described in 
                        subparagraph (A) to a charitable organization 
                        through a charitable organization official who 
                        is directly affiliated with the school food 
                        authority serving such school.
                            ``(ii) Annual food safety training.--A 
                        charitable organization official may not 
                        receive donated food pursuant to this 
                        subparagraph unless such charitable 
                        organization official has received a food 
                        safety certification, or other applicable 
                        certification, from the State health department 
                        or other responsible authority in the State 
                        such food is donated in.
                    ``(C) Use of school campus.--The food donated by a 
                school pursuant to this paragraph may be received, 
                stored, and distributed on the campus of such school.
                    ``(D) Charitable organization official defined.--In 
                this paragraph, the term `charitable organization 
                official' means a person who has a memorandum of 
                understanding with a charitable organization to receive 
                food donations on behalf of such organization.'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``to schools and local 
                        educational agencies'' and inserting ``to 
                        school food authorities''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``such schools and local 
                        educational agencies'' and inserting ``such 
                        school food authorities''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``, including 
                guidance with respect to donations through charitable 
                organization officials under paragraph (1)(B).'' after 
                ``necessary''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``school and local 
        educational agency'' and inserting ``school food authority''.
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