Title: Summer Meals REACH Act of 2021
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
Summer Meals Reaching Every Area's Child Hunger Act of 2021 or the Summer Meals REACH Act of 2021
This bill permanently extends certain modifications to the Summer Food Service Program that were authorized and implemented to respond to COVID-19. The changes generally expanded the program, which provides free meals to children in low-income areas when school is not in session. Among other changes, the bill permanently makes all children eligible to participate in the program.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5424 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5424

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to eliminate 
    certain requirements under the summer food service program for 
                   children, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2021

Mr. Kim of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to eliminate 
    certain requirements under the summer food service program for 
                   children, 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 ``Summer Meals Reaching Every Area's 
Child Hunger Act of 2021'' or the ``Summer Meals REACH Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AMENDMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 13 of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``, except that meals may be non-
                congregate.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
                following:
                    ``(C) Eligibility.--All children shall be eligible 
                to participate in the program under this section.'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 
                        ``and'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) conduct food service monitoring onsite or 
                offsite.''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (5), by striking ``only for'' and 
                all that follows through the period at the end and 
                inserting ``for meals served to all children.''; and
            (2) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ``, except that'' and 
        all that follows through ``section''.
    (b) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue or revise regulations 
in accordance with the amendments made by this section, including 
paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 225.15(d) of title 7, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 13(c) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(c)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(c)(1) Payments'' and inserting ``(c) 
        Payments''; and
            (2) by striking paragraph (2).
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