119-s2559

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2559 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2559

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to eliminate 
 certain requirements under the summer food service program for 
 children, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 30, 2025

 Mr. Kim introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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 A BILL

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to eliminate 
 certain requirements under the summer food service program for 
 children, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Summer Meals Reaching Every Area's 
Child Hunger Act of 2025'' or the ``Summer Meals REACH Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AMENDMENTS.

    (a) In General.--

Section 13 of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (1)
            (D) , by inserting ``, except 
 that meals may be non-congregate'' before the period at 
 the end;
        (B) in paragraph

    (2) , by adding at the end the 
 following:
 ``
            (C) Eligibility.--All children shall be eligible 
 to participate in the program under this section.'';
            (C) in paragraph

    (3) --
            (i) in subparagraph
            (C) 
            (ii) , by striking 
 ``and'';
            (ii) in subparagraph
            (D) , by striking the 
 period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (E) conduct food service monitoring onsite or 
 offsite.''; and
            (D) in paragraph

    (5) , by striking ``only for'' and 
 all that follows through the period at the end and 
 inserting ``for meals served to all children.''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (f)

    (3) , by striking ``, except that'' and 
 all that follows through ``section''.

    (b) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue or revise regulations 
in accordance with the amendments made by this section, including 
paragraphs

    (2) and

    (3) of 

section 225.15
            (d) of title 7, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
            (c) Conforming Amendment.--

Section 13
            (c) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761
            (c) ) is amended--

    (1) by striking paragraph

    (2) ; and

    (2) by striking ``
            (c) (1) Payments'' and inserting the 
 following:
 ``
            (c) Payments.--Payments''.
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