Weekends Without Hunger Act

Bill: 111-hr-5012
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2010-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-13
text: 
Weekends Without Hunger Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to implement a five-year pilot program providing commodities to nonprofits for the provision of nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and during extended school holidays during the school year. (At-risk school children are those who participate in the school lunch program and reside in an area served by a school in which at least 50% of the students receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs.)
 
Includes elementary and secondary schools, school food authorities, and emergency feeding agencies as eligible nonprofit recipients of such commodities.
 
Requires commodity recipients to satisfy safe food storage, handling, and delivery standards established by the Secretary.
 


action_date: 2010-12-08
text: 
Weekends Without Hunger Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to the availability of appropriations, to implement a pilot program providing commodities, on a competitive basis, to nonprofits for the provision of nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and during extended school holidays during the school year. (At-risk school children are those who participate in the school lunch program and reside in an area served by a school in which at least 50% of the students receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs.)
 
Includes elementary and secondary schools, school food authorities, food banks or pantries, homeless shelters, and other Secretary-approved emergency feeding agencies as eligible nonprofit recipients of such commodities.
 
Requires commodity recipients to satisfy safe food storage, handling, and delivery standards established by the Secretary.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) complete an interim evaluation of the pilot program by November 30, 2013; and (2) submit a final report to Congress by December 31, 2015, that contains an evaluation of such program and any recommendations the Secretary may have for legislative action.
 
Authorizes appropriations for the pilot program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8112)
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8112)
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5012.
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8112-8114)
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: Mr. Sablan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2010-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2010-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-13
text: Introduced in House