HR 9587
Summer Meals REACH Act of 2026
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. R. 9587
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to eliminate certain requirements under the summer food service program for children, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Summer Meals Reaching Every Area’s Child Hunger Act of 2026 Summer Meals REACH Act of 2026
or the
.
in subsection (a)—
in paragraph (1)(D), by inserting , except that meals may be noncongregate
before the period at the end;
in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:
in paragraph (3)—
and;
in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
; and
by adding at the end the following:
only forand all that follows through the period at the end and inserting
for meals served to all children.; and
in paragraph (13)—
by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
by striking subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (F);
by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
identify areas with no congregate meal service that could benefit the most from the provision of noncongregate meals; and
encourage participating service institutions in those areas to provide noncongregate meals as appropriate.
by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (C); and
by adding at the end the following:
ensure the integrity of noncongregate meals; and
to incorporate best practices and lessons learned from—
noncongregate demonstration projects under section 749(g) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–80; 123 Stat. 2132); and
the noncongregate meals provided pursuant to this paragraph prior to the date of the enactment of the Summer Meals REACH Act of 2026.
, except thatand all that follows through
section.
by striking paragraph (2); and
(c)(1) Paymentsand inserting the following:
Payments