118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 3093 — Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2023

“A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase reimbursement rates of school meals, and for other purposes.”

Agriculture and food

Introduced Oct 19, 2023

Last action Oct 19, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Oct 19, 2023

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Referred

Oct 19, 2023

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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Committee

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Senate

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House floor

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill permanently increases the federal reimbursement rates for the school lunch and breakfast programs. Specifically, beginning July 1, 2024, the bill provides an additional 45 cents per lunch served in the National School Lunch Program and an additional 28 cents per breakfast served in the School Breakfast Program. These amounts must be adjusted annually for inflation beginning July 1, 2025.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Oct 19, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Oct 19, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.