Keeping School Meals Flexible Act

Bill: 117-hr-6613
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2022-02-04
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Child health

Elementary and secondary education

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Food assistance and relief

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Nutrition and diet

Poverty and welfare assistance

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2022-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Keeping School Meals Flexible Act </strong></p> <p>This bill extends authority through June 30, 2023, for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to waive certain requirements for the school meal programs to address COVID-19.</p> <p>The bill extends the authority for USDA to</p> <ul> <li>issue a single waiver of child nutrition program requirements to all states under the National School Lunch Program for purposes of providing meals and snacks with appropriate safety measures with respect to COVID-19;</li> <li>grant waivers of requirements to allow non-congregate feeding in the Child and Adult Care Food Program for purposes of providing meals and snacks with appropriate safety measures with respect to COVID-19; and</li> <li>grant waivers related to the nutritional content of meals served in child nutrition programs if it determines the waiver is necessary to provide meals and snacks, and there is a food supply chain disruption due to COVID-19.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6613 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 4, 2022 Ms. Spanberger (for herself, Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Fitzpatrick , and Mr. Katko ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To extend certain national school lunch program requirement waivers addressing COVID–19, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keeping School Meals Flexible Act . 2. Extension of certain national school lunch program requirement waivers addressing COVID–19 Section 2202 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1760 note) is amended— (1) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) Sunset The authority of the Secretary to establish, grant, or extend a waiver under this section shall expire on June 30, 2023. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (g) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. .