HR 3217

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 6, 2025

Mr. Levin (for himself and Mrs. Hayes) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program to include benefit transfer during school closures, 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 “Stop Child Hunger Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF SUMMER ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM.

Section 13A of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1762) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting “and school closure period, as applicable,” after “for each summer”; and

(B) in paragraph (2)—

(i) by inserting “and school closure periods, as applicable,” after “summer months”; and

(ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting “or during a school closure period.”;

(2) in subsection (b)—

(A) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph

(A), by inserting “for summer months or a school closure period, as applicable” after “pursuant to subsection (a)”;

(ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “be—” and inserting “be, for calendar year 2025 and each year thereafter, in an amount that is not less than the value of breakfast, lunch, and a snack at the free rate for each day of such summer months or school closure period; and”; and

(iii) by striking clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A); and

(B) in paragraph (4)(A), by inserting “ or a school closure period, as applicable” after “summer months”;

(3) in subsection (c)(1)(A)—

(A) by inserting “ or a school closure period, as applicable” after “with respect to summer”; and

(B) by inserting “or the instructional year in which the school closure period begins, as applicable,” before “or during”;

(4) in subsection (d)—

(A) by striking “The Secretary” and inserting the following:

“(1) In general.—The Secretary”;

(B) by striking “an amount equal to 50 percent of” and inserting “, for”;

(C) by striking the period at the end and inserting “, an amount calculated in accordance with paragraph

(2).”; and

(D) by adding at the end the following:

“(2) Calculation.—The amount to be paid by the Secretary to each State agency and covered Indian Tribal organization for the administrative expenses described in paragraph (1) shall be equal to—

“(A) for fiscal year 2026, 100 percent of such expenses;

“(B) for fiscal year 2027, 90 percent of such expenses;

“(C) for fiscal year 2028, 80 percent of such expenses;

“(D) for fiscal year 2029, 70 percent of such expenses;

“(E) for fiscal year 2030, 60 percent of such expenses; and

“(F) for fiscal year 2031 and each fiscal year thereafter, 50 percent of such expenses.”;

(5) in subsection (h)—

(A) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph

(A), by inserting “or school closure period, as applicable” after “summer”;

(ii) in subparagraph (A)—

(I) by striking “or during” and inserting “, during”; and

(II) by inserting “, or during the calendar year in which such school closure period began” after “operational period”; and

(iii) in subparagraph (B)—

(I) in clause (i)— (aa) by striking “and” at the end and inserting “or”; and (bb) by striking “(i) enrolled” and inserting “or during the calendar year in which such school closure period began, enrolled”; and

(II) by striking clause (ii);

(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph

(6); and

(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:

“(4) Free rate.—The term ‘free rate’ has the meaning given the term in section 1101(j)(4) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 note).

“(5) School closure period.—The term ‘school closure period’ means a period in which an elementary school or secondary school is closed, operating remotely, or operating in a hybrid manner for 5 or more consecutive weekdays during a calendar year.”; and

(6) by adding at the end the following:

“(i) Implementation Grants.—

“(1) In general.—The Secretary shall carry out a program to make grants to States to support the development of data systems or upgrades to existing data systems that are necessary to implement this section.

“(2) Funding.—Subject to the availability of appropriations provided in advance in an appropriations Act specifically for the purpose of carrying out this section, and in addition to such appropriations, on October 1, 2025, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $50,000,000, to remain available until expended.”. <all>