,i  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session  ,h4 
,r4 #efee  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(           
,,repres5tatives  ,septemb] #cj1        
#bjbe,ms4 ,om> 7= h]self1 ,ms4 ,b>ragn1 
,mr4 ,bi%op1 ,ms4 ,br[nley1 ,mr4 ,c>son1
 ,mr4 ,c>t] ( ,l\isiana1 ,mrs4          
,*]filus-,mc,cormick1 ,ms4 ,cl>ke ( ,new
 ,york1 ,mr4 ,correa1 ,mr4 ,davis (     
,ill9ois1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,mr4       
,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,evans ( ,p5nsylvania1 
,mr4 ,g>cia ( ,cali=nia1 ,mr4 ,jackson (
 ,ill9ois1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,johnson 
( ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,kelly ( ,ill9ois1 ,mr4
 ,khanna1 ,ms4 ,lee ( ,p5nsylvania1 ,mr4
 ,mc,govern1 ,ms4 ,moore ( ,wiscons91   
,mr4 ,mull91 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4         
,ocasio-,cortez1 ,mr4 ,pet]s1 ,ms4      
,plaskett1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4 ,pressley1 
,mrs4 ,ramirez1 ,ms4 ,sal9as1 ,ms4      
,s*ak[sky1 ,ms4 ,simon1 ,mr4 ,smi? (    
,wa%+ton1 ,ms4 ,/ansbury1 ,mr4 ,takano1 
,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4 ,tokuda1 ,ms4         
,velzquez1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 &    
,ms4 ,wilson ( ,florida7 introduc$ !    
foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to !          

,committee on ,education & ,work=ce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to am5d ! ,ri*>d ,b4 ,russell  
,national ,s*ool ,lun* ,act to require  
m&atory c]tification = c]ta9 /ud5ts &   
r$uce /igma associat$ ) unpaid s*ool    
meal fees1 & = o!r purposes4  #a4 ,%ort 
title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z ! ,no     
,%ame at ,s*ool ,act ( #bjbe4  #b4      
,unpaid meal debt  7a7 ,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$--  7#a7 9 ! head+1 by /rik+   
,discretion>y & ins]t+ ,m&atory2  7#b7  
by /rik+ any local & ins]t+ a local2 &  
7#c7 by /rik+ may & ins]t+ %all4  7b7   
,retroactive reimbursem5t ,section      
#i7;b77#i77;,c7 ( ! ,ri*>d ,b4 ,russell 
,national ,s*ool ,lun* ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #ageh7;b77#i77;,c77 is am5d$--
  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 ! fir/ day ( 
! curr5t s*ool ye>4  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  7c7 ,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 7includ+      
grades & p>ticipation 9 extracurricul>  
activities or local educational ag5cy   
programs or s]vices7 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$it     
,protection ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4         
#afib;a774  7,d7 ,lett]s ,a s*ool food  
au?ority may require t a cov]$ *ild     
deliv] a seal$ 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-- 7aa7 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 &  7bb7 is a memb] ( a h\sehold 
t owes unpaid s*ool meal fees2 or       
7,,ii7 is eligible = a free or r$uc$    
price lun* "u ?is section4  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