FAS School Meals Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-5950
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-02-21
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Caribbean area

Elementary and secondary education

Food assistance and relief

Foreign aid and international relief

Marshall Islands

Micronesia

Nutrition and diet

Palau
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>FAS School Meals Improvement Act </b></p> <p>This bill revises food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture to grant eligibility to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau for the school meal programs.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5950 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 21, 2020 Mr. Sablan (for himself, Mrs. Radewagen , and Ms. Gabbard ) 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 Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to grant eligibility to the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau for certain programs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the FAS School Meals Improvement Act . 2. Amendments to grant eligibility for certain programs (a) The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1760 et seq.) is amended as follows: (1) Section 12 ( 42 U.S.C. 1760 ) is amended— (A) in subsection (d)(8), by striking or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and inserting the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau ; and (B) in subsection (f), by striking and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and inserting the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau . (2) Section 13(a)(1)(E) ( 42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(1)(E) )— (A) in clause (vi), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (B) in clause (vii), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (viii) Federated States of Micronesia; (ix) Republic of the Marshall Islands; and (x) the Republic of Palau. . (b) The Child Nutrition Act of 1966 The Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 3(a)(3) ( 42 U.S.C. 1772(a)(3) ), by striking and the District of Columbia and inserting the District of Columbia, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau ; and (2) in section 15(1) ( 42 U.S.C. 1784(1) ), by striking or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and inserting the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau .