,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhgf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ba1
 #bjbc,mr4 ,fetterman 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,whitehouse1 and ,mr4 ,welch7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 
and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill  ,to require   
the ,secretary of ,agriculture to cancel
 existing school meal debt4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,school ,lunch ,debt ,cancellation ,act 
of #bjbc4  #b4 ,cancellation of school  
meal debt  7a7 ,in general ,not later   
than #ahj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,agriculture shall cancel and        
eliminate all debts owed by households  
as of the date of enactment of this ,act
 for school meals under-- 7#a7 the      
school lunch program established under  
the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national     
,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agea
 et seq472 and  7#b7 the school         

breakfast program under section #d of   
the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #aggc74  7b7 ,payment of     
cancelled debt ,the ,secretary shall use
 the funds of the ,commodity ,credit    
,corporation to pay the amount of debt  
cancelled under subsection 7a7 to each  
local educational authority to which the
 debt is owed by the applicable         
households4