Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016
Latest action · Dec 8, 2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 665.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 20, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to reauthorize and modify: (1) child nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and other institutional food service programs; and (2) the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
The bill extends the authorizations for:
- the Summer Food Service Program,
- WIC,
- the WIC Farmer's Market Nutrition Program, and
- State Administrative Expenses.
(Under current law, several programs such as the NSLP and the School Breakfast Program are permanently authorized.)
For the child nutrition programs, the bill makes policy changes that:
- establish a demonstration project to permit up to three states to receive a block grant instead of open-ended funding currently provided by several child nutrition programs;
- require the Department of Agriculture to review school meal regulations every three years and make any necessary revisions;
- increase reimbursement rates for the School Breakfast Program;
- increase the eligibility threshold for participation in the Community Eligibility Provision that permits schools in high poverty areas to serve all meals free of charge;
- permit states to provide summer meals away from a congregate site (specific sites where children come to eat and are supervised) in rural or low-income areas without access to summer service; and
- revise application verification requirements for the school meal programs.
For WIC, the bill:
- authorizes appropriations at the current FY2016 level for the next five years,
- permits commercial availability and participant demand to be considered when amending the list of supplemental foods, and
- modifies the competitive bidding and contract award process for infant formula and infant foods.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 26, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MN | John Kline | May 26, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Apr 20, 2016Markup May 18, 2016Reported Dec 8, 2016 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Apr 20, 2016Discharged Dec 8, 2016 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 114-852, Part I.
- Dec 8, 2016Committee on the Budget discharged.
- Dec 8, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 665.
- May 18, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 18, 2016Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 14.
- Apr 20, 2016Introduced in House
- Apr 20, 2016Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E776 | Ruben Hinojosa D-TX | May 24, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2055–H2059 | Barbara Lee D-CA, Gwen Moore D-WI, James P. McGovern D-MA, Marcia L. Fudge D-OH, Mark DeSaulnier D-CA, Mark Takano D-CA, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA, Tony Cárdenas D-CA | Apr 27, 2016 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 30, 2016H.R. 5003, Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on May 18, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 61, April 20, 2016, page H1897.
CRS reports 5
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 5
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46888 | Amending Eligibility Rules for Free and Reduced-Price School Meals: Background and Policy Options | Report | Aug 25, 2021 |
| R46817 | Food Insecurity Among College Students: Background and Policy Options | Report | Jun 9, 2021 |
| R46371 | Serving Free School Meals through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP): Background and Participation | Report | May 20, 2020 |
| R45486 | Child Nutrition Programs: Issues in the 115th Congress | Report | Apr 24, 2019 |
| R44373 | Tracking Child Nutrition Reauthorization in the 114th Congress: An Overview | Report | May 23, 2017 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 569 | Farm to School Act of 2015 | Related bill | Feb 25, 2015 |
| HR 1061 | Farm to School Act of 2015 | Related bill | Apr 29, 2015 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reauthorize child nutrition programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Adult day care
- Advisory bodies
- Agricultural marketing and promotion
- Agriculture and Food
- Child care and development
- Child health
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Agriculture
- Elementary and secondary education
- Food assistance and relief
- Food industry and services
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Fruit and vegetables
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Health information and medical records
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Indian social and development programs
- Medicaid
- Minority education
- Nutrition and diet
- Physical fitness and lifestyle
- Public contracts and procurement
- Rural conditions and development
- State and local government operations
- Women's health
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2016Reported in House
- Apr 20, 2016Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
