[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5950 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5950

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child 
 Nutrition Act of 1966 to grant eligibility to the Federated States of 
Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau 
             for certain programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 21, 2020

 Mr. Sablan (for himself, Mrs. Radewagen, and Ms. Gabbard) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
                               and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child 
 Nutrition Act of 1966 to grant eligibility to the Federated States of 
Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau 
             for certain programs, 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 ``FAS School Meals Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO GRANT ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS.

    (a) The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.--The Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760 et seq.) is 
amended as follows:
            (1) Section 12 (42 U.S.C. 1760) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (d)(8), by striking ``or the 
                Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands'' and 
                inserting ``the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
                Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of 
                the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau''; and
                    (B) in subsection (f), by striking ``and the 
                Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands'' and 
                inserting ``the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
                Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of 
                the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau''.
            (2) Section 13(a)(1)(E) (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(1)(E))--
                    (A) in clause (vi), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in clause (vii), by striking the period and 
                inserting a semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(viii) Federated States of Micronesia;
                            ``(ix) Republic of the Marshall Islands; 
                        and
                            ``(x) the Republic of Palau.''.
    (b) The Child Nutrition Act of 1966.--The Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 3(a)(3) (42 U.S.C. 1772(a)(3)), by striking 
        ``and the District of Columbia'' and inserting ``the District 
        of Columbia, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the 
        Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau''; and
            (2) in section 15(1) (42 U.S.C. 1784(1)), by striking ``or 
        the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands'' and 
        inserting ``the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
        Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall 
        Islands, or the Republic of Palau''.
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