,i #aaith ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #iehg ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,july #b1 #bjbf,mrs4 ,mc,iver 7for herself and ,mrs4 ,hayes7 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 eliminate certain requirements under the summer food service program for children1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,summer ,meals ,reaching ,every ,area's ,child ,hunger ,act of #bjbf or the ,summer ,meals ,,reach ,act of #bjbf4 #b4 ,summer food service program for children amendments 7a7 ,in general ,section #ac of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agfa7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a77;,d71 by inserting 1 except that meals may be noncongregate before the period at the end2 7,b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by adding at the end the following3 7,c7 ,eligibility ,all children shall be eligible to participate in the program under this section4 2 7,c7 in paragraph 7#c7-- 7i7 in subparagraph 7,c77ii71 by striking and2 7ii7 in subparagraph 7,d71 by striking the period at the end and inserting 2 and2 and 7iii7 by adding at the end the following3 7,e7 conduct food service monitoring onsite or offsite4 2 7,d7 in paragraph 7#e71 by striking only for and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting for meals served to all children42 and 7,e7 in paragraph 7#ac7-- 7i7 by amending subparagraph 7,a7 to read as follows3 7,a7 ,in general ,beginning not later than the first summer that begins after the date of the enactment of the ,summer ,meals ,,reach ,act of #bjbf1 program meals under this section may be made available for noncongregate consumption4 2 7ii7 by striking subparagraphs 7,b71 7,c71 7,d71 and 7,f72 7iii7 by inserting after subparagraph 7,a7 the following3 7,b7 ,priority ,states shall-- 7i7 identify areas with no congregate meal service that could benefit the most from the provision of noncongregate meals2 and 7ii7 encourage participating service institutions in those areas to provide noncongregate meals as appropriate4 2 7iv7 by redesignating subparagraph 7,e7 as subparagraph 7,c72 and 7v7 by adding at the end the following3 7,d7 ,regulations ,not later than #a year after the date of the enactment of the ,summer ,meals ,,reach ,act of #bjbf1 the ,secretary shall promulgate regulations 7which shall include interim final regulations7 to carry out the amendments made by such ,act to this section1 including provisions to-- 7i7 ensure the integrity of noncongregate meals2 and 7ii7 to incorporate best practices and lessons learned from-- 7,i7 noncongregate demonstration projects under section #gdi7;g7 of the ,agriculture1 ,rural ,development1 ,food and ,drug ,administration1 and ,related ,agencies ,appropriations ,act1 #bjaj 7,public ,law #aaa-hj2 #abc ,stat4 #bacb72 and 7,,ii7 the noncongregate meals provided pursuant to this paragraph prior to the date of the enactment of the ,summer ,meals ,,reach ,act of #bjbf4 2 and 7#b7 in subsection 7f77#c71 by striking 1 except that and all that follows through section4 7b7 ,regulations ,the ,secretary shall issue or revise regulations in accordance with the amendments made by this section1 including paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c7 of section #bbe4ae7;d7 of title #g1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations4 7c7 ,conforming amendment ,section #ac7;c7 of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agfa7;c77 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking paragraph 7#b72 and 7#b7 by striking 7c77#a7 ,payments and inserting the following3 7c7 ,payments ,payments 4