H.R. 1424 — Introduced in House

I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1424 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 7, 2023Ms. Spanberger (for herself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022 to extend additional reimbursement rates for certain child nutrition programs, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Schools Feed Kids Act of 2023. 2. Extension of reimbursement rates (a) Breakfasts and lunches Section 2(a)(3) of the Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022 (42 U.S.C. 1753 note) is amended— (1) by striking only; and (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting and the school year beginning July 2023. (b) CACFP meals Section 3(a) of the Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022 (42 U.S.C. 1766 note) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), in the heading, by striking for 2022-2023 school year; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) by striking only; and (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting and the school year beginning July 2023. 3. Research and implementation of report recommendations (a) In general The Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to as the Secretary) shall, in accordance with subsection (b), research or implement the recommendations contained in the Child Nutrition Reporting Burden Analysis Study (commissioned by the Food and Nutrition Service of the Department of Agriculture pursuant to House Report 114–531). (b) Activities The Secretary shall— (1) implement, on the publicly available website of the Food and Nutrition Service, a user-friendly, single location for all guidance and policy materials provided to States and school food authorities by the Food and Nutrition Service of the Department of Agriculture; (2) create and submit to Congress a plan to restructure or simplify the school meal eligibility process, including— (A) research on— (i) the impact of using a unified school meal application form; and (ii) the use of census tract data on poverty levels for verification of eligibility under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); and (B) recommendations for legislative changes needed to implement such plan; (3) create and submit to Congress a plan that includes recommendations for legislative changes that would allow school food authorities that serve fewer than 100 students and residential child care institutions to receive food from the USDA Foods in Schools program (or cash in lieu thereof) without participating in the school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); and (4) consolidate duplicative information requests across management evaluations and financial management reviews, while ensuring the purposes of both such reviews are met.