,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eiej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ba1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,sablan 7for himself1 ,mrs4   
,radewagen1 and ,ms4 ,gabbard7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and ,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,richard ,b4 ,russell         
,national ,school ,lunch ,act and the   
,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff to grant
 eligibility to the ,federated ,states  
of ,micronesia1 ,republic of the        
,marshall ,islands1 and the ,republic of
 ,palau for certain programs1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,,fas ,school  
,meals ,improvement ,act4  #b4          
,amendments to grant eligibility for    
certain programs  7a7 ,the ,richard ,b4 
,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act  
,the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national    
,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agfj
 et seq47 is amended as follows3 7#a7   
,section #ab 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agfj7 is   

amended-- 7,a7 in subsection 7d77#h71 by
 striking or the ,commonwealth of the   
,northern ,mariana ,islands and         
inserting the ,commonwealth of the      
,northern ,mariana ,islands1 ,federated 
,states of ,micronesia1 ,republic of the
 ,marshall ,islands1 or the ,republic of
 ,palau2 and  7,b7 in subsection 7f71 by
 striking and the ,commonwealth of the  
,northern ,mariana ,islands and         
inserting the ,commonwealth of the      
,northern ,mariana ,islands1 ,federated 
,states of ,micronesia1 ,republic of the
 ,marshall ,islands1 and the ,republic  
of ,palau4  7#b7 ,section               
#ac7;a77#a77;,e7 7#db ,u4,s4,c4         
#agfa7;a77#a77;,e77-- 7,a7 in clause    
7vi71 by striking 2 and and inserting a 
semicolon2  7,b7 in clause 7vii71 by    
striking the period and inserting a     
semicolon2 and  7,c7 by adding at the   
end the following3  7viii7 ,federated   
,states of ,micronesia2  7ix7 ,republic 
of the ,marshall ,islands2 and  7x7 the 
,republic of ,palau4  4  7b7 ,the ,child

 ,nutrition ,act of #aiff ,the ,child   
,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#agga et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
section #c7;a77#c7 7#db ,u4,s4,c4       
#aggb7;a77#c771 by striking and the     
,district of ,columbia and inserting the
 ,district of ,columbia1 ,federated     
,states of ,micronesia1 ,republic of the
 ,marshall ,islands1 and the ,republic  
of ,palau2 and  7#b7 in section #ae7a7  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aghd7a771 by striking or
 the ,commonwealth of the ,northern     
,mariana ,islands and inserting the     
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands1 ,federated ,states of         
,micronesia1 ,republic of the ,marshall 
,islands1 or the ,republic of ,palau4