Access to Healthy Food for Young Children Act of 2021
Latest action · Apr 21, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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 21, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Access to Healthy Food for Young Children Act of 2021
This bill revises several provisions related to the Child and Adult Care Food Program. These revisions include
- increasing reimbursement rates;
- requiring reimbursements to be adjusted annually to reflect the Consumer Price Index for food away from home, rather than the Consumer Price Index for food at home used under current law;
- providing for an additional meal service to be served in child care settings with eight or more hours between the first meal service and the beginning of the fourth meal service;
- expanding geographical eligibility for tier I family or group day care homes; and
- requiring the Department of Agriculture to establish an advisory committee to examine the feasibility of reducing unnecessary or duplicative paperwork for those participating or seeking to participate in the program.
The bill also provides funding to (1) provide nutrition training and technical assistance under the program, and (2) increase the participation of children from underserved communities.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 21, 2021 to Nov 15, 2022; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Jul 21, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Nov 15, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee | Referred Apr 21, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Apr 21, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-678 | BUILDING ON BIPARTISAN RETIREMENT LEGISLATION: HOW CAN CONGRESS HELP?174 pages | Finance Committee | Jul 28, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2501 | Access to Healthy Food for Young Children Act of 2019 | Reintroduction of | Sep 18, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the child and adult care food program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Access to Healthy Food for Young Children Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Adult day care
- Advisory bodies
- Agriculture and Food
- Child care and development
- Child health
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Agriculture
- Elementary and secondary education
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Food assistance and relief
- Government information and archives
- Nutrition and diet
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2021Introduced in Senate
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.
