,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #be1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,sablan introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,secretary of ,agriculture to report on 
the cost differences between providing  
school meals and supplements in each of 
the territories of the ,united ,states  
and the #ej ,states and the ,district of
 ,columbia1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,school ,meals ,reimbursement      
,rates ,comparison ,act of #bjac4  #b4  
,report ,not later than ,april #a1      
#bjad1 the ,secretary of ,agriculture   
shall prepare and submit to the         
,committee on ,agriculture of the ,house
 of ,representatives and the ,committee 
on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and        
,forestry of the ,senate a report on--  
7#a7 the cost differences between--     
7,a7 providing meals and supplements    

under the ,richard ,b4 ,russell         
,national ,school ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#agea et seq47 and section #d of the    
,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #aggc7 in ,guam1 ,american    
,samoa1 ,puerto ,rico1 the ,virgin      
,islands1 and the ,commonwealth of the  
,northern ,mariana ,islands1            
respectively2 and  7,b7 the average cost
 of providing meals and supplements     
under such provisions of law in the #ej 
,states and the ,district of ,columbia2 
and  7#b7 the relation of the cost      
differences determined under paragraph  
7#a7 to the national average payment    
rates for meals and supplements         
prescribed under sections #d1 #aa1 #ac1 
and #ag of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell    
,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #agec1 #agei;a1 #agfa1 #agff7 
and section #d7;b7 of the ,child        
,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#aggc7;b774