,,ii  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,s4 #bidd  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!      
,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,septemb] #cj1         
#bjbe,ms4 ,smi? introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2
 :i* 0 read twice & ref]r$ to !         
,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 
& ,=e/ry  ,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$-- 7#a7 9 ! p>agraph head+1 by 
/rik+ ,discretion>y & ins]t+ ,m&atory2 &
  7#b7 9 ! matt] prec$+ subp>agraph     
7,a71 by /rik+ any local educational    
ag5cy may & ins]t+ a local educational  
ag5cy %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$-- 7#a7 by  
r$esignat+ clauses 7i7 & 7ii7 z         
subclauses 7,i7 & 7,,ii71 respectively2 
7#b7 9 ! matt] prec$+ subclause 7,i7 7z 
s r$esignat$71 by /rik+ ,except & ins]t+
 ! foll[+3  7i7 ,9 g5]al ,except  2 &   
7#c7 by add+ at ! end ! foll[+3  7ii7   
,retroactivity  7,i7 ,9 g5]al ,a local  
educational ag5cy %all revise a         
previ\sly submitt$ 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     
7,,ii7 ,def9ition ( meal claim ,9 ?is   
clause1 ! t]m meal claim means any      
docum5tation provid$ by a s*ool food    
au?ority to a ,/ate ag5cy to receive    
reimbursem5t = ! co/ ( a meal s]v$ to a 
*ild by t s*ool food au?ority4  4  7c7  
,r$uc+ /igma associat$ ) unpaid s*ool   
meal fees ,section #i7;b7 ( ! ,ri*>d ,b4
 ,russell ,national ,s*ool ,lun* ,act   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ageh7;b77 is am5d$ by   
/rik+ p>agraph 7#aj7 & ins]t+ ! foll[+3 

7#aj7 ,r$uc+ /igma associat$ ) unpaid   
s*ool meal fees  7,a7 ,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* provid$ "u ! s*ool lun* program 
"u ?is ,act or breakfa/ provid$ "u !    
s*ool breakfa/ program "u section #d ( !
 ,*ild ,nutrition ,act ( #aiff 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #aggc74  7,b7 ,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
 ! cov]$ *ild2  7ii7 ov]tly id5tify !   

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 ! cov]$ *ild 
by any o!r means4  7,c7 ,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 t cov]$ *ild = free meals "u     
p>agraph 7#d7 or 7#e72 or  7ii7 if a    
local educational ag5cy is n able to    
directly c]tify t cov]$ *ild "u p>agraph
 7#d7 or 7#e71 provide to ! h\sehold ( !
 cov]$ *ild-- 7,i7 a h\sehold           
application = free meals & applicable   
descriptive mat]ial2 &  7,,ii7 writt5 & 
oral communications to enc\rage         
submission ( t application4  7,d7       
,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,e71  

direct any communication reg>d+ unpaid  
s*ool meal fees to a cov]$ *ild :o is a 
memb] ( t 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 :o is a memb] ( 
t h\sehold2 or  7iii7 use a debt        
collector 7z def9$ 9 section #hjc ( !   
,consum] ,cr$it ,protection ,act 7#ae   
,u4,s4,c4 #afib;a774  7,e7 ,lett]s ,a   
s*ool food au?ority may require t a     
cov]$ *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,f7 ,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 ! cov]$ *ild4  4