,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbei  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #bg1        
#bjbf,mr4 ,levin 7for himself and ,mr4  
,mackenzie7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and ,workforce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,richard ,b4   
,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act  
to exclude certain military housing     
allowances from the calculation of      
household income1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,military           
,dependents ,school ,meal ,eligibility  
,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,direct             
certification for children who are      
members of a household of a member of a 
uniformed service  7a7 ,report  7#a7 ,in
 general ,not later than ,october #a1   
#bjbf1 the ,secretary of ,agriculture1  
in consultation with the ,secretary of  
,defense1 shall submit to ,congress a   
report on the feasibility and cost of   
establishing procedures under which     

children who are members of a household 
of a member of a uniformed service may  
be certified as eligible for free or    
reduced price lunches under the ,richard
 ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agea et seq47 and  
free or reduced price breakfasts under  
the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #agga et seq471 without      
further application4  7#b7 ,contents    
,the report required under paragraph    
7#a7 shall evaluate a range of options  
for implementing direct certification1  
including-- 7,a7 the use and sharing of 
data collected for the calculation of   
the basic needs allowance under section 
#djb;b of title #cg1 ,united ,states    
,code1 and other assistance programs for
 members of a uniformed service2 and    
7,b7 the exclusion of non-service member
 income from the calculation of         
household income under the ,richard ,b4 
,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agea et seq474  7b7     
,exclusion of basic allowance for       

housing from income calculation ,section
 #i7;b77#ac7 of the ,richard ,b4        
,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ageh7;b77#ac77 is       
amended by striking 1 on behalf of and  
all that follows through related        
provision of law4