,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #edie  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bd1
 #bjbf,mr4 ,kim 7for himself and ,mr4   
,heinrich7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,agriculture1      
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,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        
,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 on behalf of and all
 that follows through provision of law14
  #c4 ,report on direct certification   
7a7 ,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 section #d of the      
,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #aggc7 without further        
application4  7b7 ,contents ,the report 
required under subsection 7a7 shall     
evaluate a range of options for         
implementing the direct certification   
described in that subsection1           
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