Afterschool Meals Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6357
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2022-01-06
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2022-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-01-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Afterschool Meals Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill allows for reimbursements to schools for meals provided to eligible children in after-school care through the National School Lunch Program. (Under current law, schools participating in that program may only provide snacks during after-school care.) </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6357 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 6, 2022 Ms. Brown of Ohio (for herself and Mrs. Hayes ) introduced the following bill January 10, 2022 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide meals and meal supplements for children in afterschool care, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Afterschool Meals Act of 2022 . 2. Meals and meal supplements for children in afterschool care Section 17A of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1759a ) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by insert meals and before meal supplements ; (2) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting meals and before meal supplements ; (3) in subsection (b), by inserting meals and before supplements ; (4) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking section 17(c)(3) each place it appears and inserting section 17(c) ; (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) by inserting a meal or before a supplement ; and (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting meals and before supplements ; and (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting meals and before supplements ; and (5) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following: (d) Contents of meals and meal supplements With respect to programs operated under this section, the requirements that apply to— (1) the content of lunches and suppers served under the school lunch program under this Act shall apply to the content of lunches and suppers served under such programs; (2) the content of breakfasts served under the school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1773 ) shall apply to the content of the breakfasts served under such programs; and (3) meal supplements served under child care food programs operated with assistance under this Act shall apply to the content of meal supplements served under such programs. (e) Priority Before approving a school or a program to operate under this section, the State agency shall confirm that an institution is not currently providing meals to the program under section 17(r). .