,i  #aaf? ,,congress  #a/ ,session  ,h4 
,r4 #ccff  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(           
,,repres5tatives  ,june #ai1 #bjai,ms4  
,om> 7= h]self1 ,ms4 ,haal&1 ,ms4 ,lee (
 ,cali=nia1 ,ms4 ,s*ak[sky1 ,mr4        
,takano1 ,mr4 ,kilm]1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4
 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4   
,smi? ( ,wa%+ton1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4     
,wild1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney (   
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,ha/+s1  
,mr4 ,coh51 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4 ,pressley1
 ,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,mr4 ,lujn1 &    
,ms4 ,johnson ( ,texas7 introduc$ !     
foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to !          
,committee on ,education & ,labor  ,a   
,,bill  ,to am5d ! ,ri*>d ,b4 ,russell  
,national ,s*ool ,lun* ,act to prohibit 
! /igmatization ( *ildr5 :o are unable  
to pay = s*ool meals1 & = o!r purposes4 
#a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z 
! ,no ,%ame at ,s*ool ,act ( #bjai4  #b4
 ,m&atory c]tification ,section         
#i7;b77#e7 ( ! ,ri*>d ,b4 ,russell      
,national ,s*ool ,lun* ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #ageh7;b77#e77 is am5d$ by--  

7#a7 /rik+ ,discretion>y & ins]t+       
,m&atory2 &  7#b7 /rik+ may & ins]t+    
%all4  #c4 ,retroactive reimbursem5t    
,section #i7;b77#i77;,c7 ( ! ,ri*>d ,b4 
,russell ,national ,s*ool ,lun* ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ageh7;b77#i77;,c77 is   
am5d$--  7#a7 by /rik+ ,except & ins]t+ 
! foll[+3  7i7 ,9 g5]al ,except  2  7#b7
 by r$esignat+ clauses 7i7 & 7ii7 z     
subclauses 7,i7 & 7,,ii72 &  7#c7 by    
add+ at ! end ! foll[+3  7ii7           
,retroactivity ,a local educational     
ag5cy %all revise a previ\sly submitt$  
meal claim to reflect ! eligibility     
approval ( a *ild = free or r$uc$ price 
meals = ! p]iod t beg9s on ! e>li] ( !  
foll[+3  7,i7 ,! fir/ day ( ! curr5t    
s*ool ye>4  7,,ii7 ,! date t is #ij days
 prior to ! date ( su* eligibility      
approval4  7iii7 ,meal claim def9$ ,9   
?is subsection1 ! t]m meal claim means  
any docum5tation provid$ by a s*ool food
 au?ority to a ,/ate ag5cy 9 ord] to    
receive reimbursem5t = ! co/ ( a meal   
s]v$ to a *ild by su* s*ool food        

au?ority4  4  #d4 ,r$uc+ /igma associat$
 ) unpaid s*ool meal fees ,section      
#i7;b77#aj7 ( ! ,ri*>d ,b4 ,russell     
,national ,s*ool ,lun* ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #ageh7;b77#aj77 is am5d$ to   
read z foll[s3  7#aj7 ,r$uc+ /igma      
associat$ ) unpaid s*ool meal fees  7,a7
 ,ov]t id5tification prohibit$ ,a local 
educational ag5cy or s*ool food au?ority
 may n1 bas$ on ! /atus ( a cov]$ *ild z
 a cov]$ *ild--  7i7 physically         
segregate su* cov]$ *ild2  7ii7 ov]tly  
id5tify su* cov]$ *ild--  7,i7 ?r\gh !  
use ( special tok5s or tickets2 or      
7,,ii7 by an ann\ncem5t or a publi%$ li/
 ( names2 or  7iii7 id5tify or /igmatize
 su* cov]$ *ild by any o!r means4  7,b7 
,eligibility det]m9ation by local       
educational ag5cy ,= any cov]$ *ild :o  
is a memb] ( a h\sehold t owes a week or
 m ( unpaid s*ool meal fees1 a local    
educational ag5cy %all--  7i7 attempt to
 directly c]tify su* cov]$ *ild = free  
meals "u p>agraph 7#d7 or 7#e72 or  7ii7
 9 a case :]e ! local educational ag5cy 

is n able to directly c]tify su* cov]$  
*ild "u p>agraph 7#d7 or 7#e71 provide  
to ! h\sehold ( su* cov]$ *ild--  7,i7 a
 h\sehold application & applicable      
descriptive mat]ial2 &  7,,ii7 writt5 & 
oral communications to enc\rage         
submission ( ! application4  7,c7       
,collection ( unpaid s*ool meal fees ,9 
attempt+ to collect unpaid s*ool meal   
fees f a h\sehold1 a local educational  
ag5cy or s*ool food au?ority may n--    
7i7 except z describ$ 9 subp>agraph     
7,d71 direct any communication reg>d+   
unpaid s*ool meal fees to a cov]$ *ild  
:o is a memb] ( su* h\sehold2  7ii7     
)hold educational opportunities f1 or   
o!rwise /igmatize1 a cov]$ *ild due to !
 /atus ( ! cov]$ *ild z a cov]$ *ild2 or
  7iii7 use a debt collector 7z su* t]m 
is def9$ 9 section #hjc ( ! ,consum]    
,cr$it ,protection ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4  
#afib;a774  7,d7 ,lett]s ,a s*ool food  
au?ority may p]mit a requirem5t t a     
cov]$ *ild deliv] a lett] address$ to a 
p>5t or gu>dian ( ! cov]$ *ild t conta9s

 a communication relat+ to unpaid s*ool 
meal fees1 subject to ! condition t !   
lett] %all n be di/ribut$ to ! cov]$    
*ild 9 a mann] t /igmatizes ! cov]$     
*ild4  7,e7 ,elim9at+ /igma 9 meal      
s]vice ,9 provid+ a meal to a cov]$     
*ild1 a local educational ag5cy or s*ool
 food au?ority may n1 bas$ on ! /atus ( 
! cov]$ *ild z a cov]$ *ild1 dispose (  
or take away f ! cov]$ *ild any food t  
has already be5 s]v$ to su* cov]$ *ild4 
7,f7 ,def9itions ,9 ?is p>agraph3 7i7   
,cov]$ *ild ,! t]m cov]$ *ild means a   
*ild :o--  7,i7 is enroll$ 9 a s*ool t  
p>ticipates 9 ! s*ool lun* program "u   
?is ,act or ! s*ool breakfa/ program "u 
section #d ( ! ,*ild ,nutrition ,act (  
#aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aggc72 &  7,,ii7  
is a memb] ( a h\sehold t owes unpaid   
s*ool meal fees4  7ii7 ,unpaid s*ool    
meal fees ,! t]m unpaid s*ool meal fees 
means out/&+ fees ow$ by a h\sehold to a
 local educational ag5cy = lun*es "u ?is
 ,act or breakfa/s "u section #d ( !    
,*ild ,nutrition ,act ( #aiff 7#db      

,u4,s4,c4 #aggc74  4  #e4 ,s5se (       
,congress ,x is ! s5se ( ,congress t !  
,secret>y ( ,agriculture %\ld ensure t  
to ! maximum ext5t practicable1 a s*ool 
food au?ority t p>ticipates 9 ! s*ool   
lun* program "u ! ,ri*>d ,b4 ,russell   
,national ,s*ool ,lun* ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #agea et seq47 or ! s*ool     
breakfa/ program "u section #d ( ! ,*ild
 ,nutrition ,act ( #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#aggc71 %all provide to a *ild :o       
reque/s a lun* or breakfa/ ! same       
reimbursable lun* or breakfa/ provid$ to
 all /ud5ts n c]tifi$ to receive free   
s*ool lun* or breakfa/1 reg>dless (     
ability to pay = ! lun* or breakfa/4