,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #iic  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ab1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,fetterman 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,blumenthal1 and ,mr4 ,welch7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,agriculture to cancel existing school 
meal debt1 to expand the authority of   
the ,commodity ,credit ,corporation for 
use in nutrition assistance programming1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,school ,lunch ,debt ,cancellation ,act 
of #bjbe4  #b4 ,cancellation of school  
meal debt  7a7 ,in general ,not later   
than #ahj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,agriculture shall cancel and        
eliminate all debts owed by households  
as of the date of enactment of this ,act
 for school meals under-- 7#a7 the      
school lunch program established under  

the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national     
,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agea
 et seq471 including through community  
eligibility under section               
#aa7;a77#a77;,f7 of that ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #agei;a7a77#a77;,f772 and     
7#b7 the school breakfast program under 
section #d of the ,child ,nutrition ,act
 of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aggc74  7b7   
,payment of cancelled debt ,the         
,secretary of ,agriculture shall-- 7#a7 
use the funds of the ,commodity ,credit 
,corporation to pay the amount of debt  
cancelled under subsection 7a7 to each  
local educational authority to which the
 debt is owed by the applicable         
households2 and  7#b7 provide           
confirmation of the cancelled debt to   
each applicable household4  7c7         
,cancellation authority ,section #g of  
the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national     
,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4      
#agef7 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7e7 ,school meal debt   
cancellation authority ,notwithstanding 

any other provision of law1 the         
,secretary-- 7#a7 may cancel and        
eliminate all debts owed by households  
for school meals under the school lunch 
program under this ,act and the school  
breakfast program under section #d of   
the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #aggc72 and  7#b7 shall--    
7,a7 use the funds of the ,commodity    
,credit ,corporation to pay the amount  
of debt cancelled under paragraph 7#a7  
to each local educational authority to  
which the debt is owed by the applicable
 households2 and  7,b7 provide          
confirmation of the cancelled debt to   
each applicable household4  4  #c4 ,use 
of ,commodity ,credit ,corporation funds
 for other nutrition programs  7a7      
,commodity supplemental food program    
,section #d7;a7 of the ,agriculture and 
,consumer ,protection ,act of #aigc 7#g 
,u4,s4,c4 #fab;c note2 ,public ,law     
#ic-hf7 is amended1 in the first        
sentence-- 7#a7 by striking #bjbc and   
inserting #bjcj2 and  7#b7 by inserting 

and funds of the ,commodity ,credit     
,corporation after ,treasury4  7b7      
,emergency food assistance program      
,section #bjd of the ,emergency ,food   
,assistance ,act of #aihc 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#gejh7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7b71 by striking the funds and all that 
follows through the ,states and         
inserting any funds of the ,commodity   
,credit ,corporation used to carry out  
this ,act2 and  7#b7 by adding at the   
end the following3  7c7 ,commodity      
,credit ,corporation funds ,in addition 
to any other funds made available1 of   
the funds of the ,commodity ,credit     
,corporation1 the ,secretary may use    
such sums as are necessary to carry out 
this ,act4  4