Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3738
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2017-09-12
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health

Elementary and secondary education

Food assistance and relief

Nutrition and diet
Latest action: action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2017 </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to authorize the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide additional food (known as commodity assistance) to states participating in the School Breakfast Program (SBP).</p> <p>(Under current law, USDA provides commodity assistance to states participating in the National School Lunch Program based on the number of lunches served. The food may also be served as part of the SBP or other child nutrition programs.)</p> <p>The bill modifies the requirements to: (1) repeal a provision that prohibits USDA from offering commodity assistance based on the number of school breakfasts served, and (2) require USDA to use a specified formula to provide additional commodity assistance for each school breakfast served. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3738 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 12, 2017 Mr. McGovern (for himself and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to remove certain limitations with respect to commodity assistance for school breakfast programs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2017 . 2. Commodity assistance for school breakfast programs (a) Delivery of commodities Section 6(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1755(b) ) is amended by inserting and the school breakfast program after school lunch program . (b) Commodity assistance formula Section 6(c)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1755(c)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) by inserting for the school lunch program after 11 cents ; and (B) by inserting The national average value of donated foods, or cash payments in lieu thereof, shall be 6 cents for the school breakfast program, adjusted on the first July 1 after the date of enactment of the Healthy Breakfast Help Kids Learn Act of 2017 and each July 1 thereafter to reflect the changes in the Price Index for Food Used in Schools and Institutions. after Institutions. ; (2) in subparagraph (C)— (A) by striking For each school year and inserting (i) For each school year ; (B) by striking State for and inserting the following: State— (I) for ; (C) by striking subparagraph (B). and inserting the following: subparagraph (B); and (II) for the school breakfast program shall be calculated by multiplying the number of breakfasts served in the preceding school year by the rate established by subparagraph (B). ; (D) by striking After the end and inserting the following: (ii) After the end ; (E) by striking shall reconcile the and inserting shall reconcile— (I) the ; and (F) by striking such reconciliation. and inserting such reconciliation; and (II) the number of breakfasts served by schools in each State with the number of breakfasts served by schools in each State during the preceding school year and increase or reduce subsequent commodity assistance or cash in lieu thereof provided to each State based on such reconciliation. ; and (3) in subparagraph (E), by inserting and school breakfast program after school lunch program . (c) Repeal of limitation on commodity assistance for school breakfast Section 6 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1755 ), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended— (1) by striking subsection (d); and (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively.