Sec. 201 Free lunch eligibility
In general— Section 9(b)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1)) is amended—
by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (D);
by striking “(b)(1)(A) Not” and inserting the following:
“(b) Income eligibility guidelines
“(1) Establishment
“(A) In general—Not”
in subparagraph (A)—
in the first sentence, by striking “and reduced price”;
in the second sentence—
by striking “The income guidelines for determining eligibility for free lunches shall be 130 percent” and inserting the following:
“(B) Free lunches—The income guidelines for determining eligibility for free lunches shall be 185 percent”
by striking “subparagraph (B)” and inserting “subparagraph (D)”;
by striking the third sentence; and
in the last sentence, by striking “The Office” and inserting the following:
“(C) Frequency of revisions—The Office”
in subparagraph (D) (as redesignated by paragraph (1))—
by striking “(D) The” and inserting the following:
“(D) Amount of revisions—The”
by striking “subparagraph (A) of this paragraph” and inserting “subparagraph (C)”.
Conforming amendments—
Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758) is amended—
in subsection (b)—
by striking “free and reduced price” each place it appears (other than paragraph (7)) and inserting “free”;
by striking “free or reduced price” each place it appears and inserting “free”;
in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking “, and shall contain” and all that follows through “or reduced price lunches”;
in paragraph (3)—
in subparagraph (E)(iii), by striking “free or reduced-price” each place it appears and inserting “free”; and
in subparagraph (F)—
in clause (i), by striking “Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii),” and inserting “Subject to clause (ii),”;
in clause (ii)(II), by striking “133 percent” both places it appears in items (aa) and (bb) and inserting “185 percent”;
by striking clause (iii); and
by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively;
in paragraph (7)—
in the paragraph heading, by striking “and reduced price” and inserting “meals”;
by striking “and reduced price policy” each place it appears and inserting “meals policy”; and
in subparagraph (B), by striking “and reduced price meals” and inserting “meals”;
in paragraph (9)—
in the paragraph heading, by striking “and reduced price”;
by striking subparagraph (B); and
by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B);
in paragraph (10), by striking “or a reduced price lunch”; and
in paragraph (11), in the first sentence, by striking “or reduced price lunches”;
in subsection (c), in the third sentence, by striking “or at a reduced cost”;
in subsection (d), by striking “or reduced price” each place it appears; and
in subsection (e), by striking “, reduced price,”.
Section 11 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a) is amended—
in subsection (a)—
in paragraph (1)—
in subparagraph (A)—
by striking “the sum of”; and
by striking “and the product obtained by multiplying” and all that follows through “for such fiscal year”;
in subparagraph (B)—
by striking “or reduced price lunches” the first place it appears;
by striking “or reduced price lunches, as the case may be,”; and
by striking “and reduced price lunches”;
in subparagraph (C)—
in clause (ii), by striking “or reduced price lunches or breakfasts” each place it appears; and
in clause (iii), by striking “or reduced price”; and
in subparagraph (D), by striking “and reduced price lunches” each place it appears in clauses (iii) and (iv); and
in paragraph (2), by striking “and the special assistance factor for reduced price” and all that follows through “free lunches”;
in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by striking “and reduced price”;
in subsection (d), by striking “and the average number of children who received reduced price lunches” each place it appears paragraphs (1) and (2); and
in subsection (e)—
in the second sentence, by striking “, and shall serve meals at a reduced price” and all that follows through “such section”; and
in the third sentence, by striking “or reduced priced”.
Section 12(l)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(l)(4)) is amended—
in subparagraph (C), by striking “and reduced price”;
by striking subparagraph (D);
in subparagraph (H), by striking “or reduced price”; and
by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (M) as subparagraphs (D) through (L), respectively.
Section 13 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) is amended—
in subsection (a)—
in paragraph (1)(A)(i), by striking “or reduced price” each place it appears; and
in paragraph (5), by striking “or reduced price”; and
in subsection (f)(3), by striking “or reduced price”.
Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is amended—
in subsection (a)(2)(B)(i), by striking “or reduced price”;
in subsection (c)—
in paragraph (1), by inserting “(as calculated on the day before the date of enactment of the Expand School Meals Act of 2014)” after “lunches, reduced price lunches”;
in paragraph (2), by inserting “(as calculated on the day before the date of enactment of the Expand School Meals Act of 2014)” after “breakfasts, reduced price breakfasts”; and
by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
“(4) Determinations
“(A) Free meals—Determinations with regard to eligibility for free meals and supplements shall be made in accordance with the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches under section 9.
“(B) Reduced price meals—Determinations with regard to eligibility for reduced price meals and supplements shall be made in accordance with the income eligibility guidelines for reduced price lunches under section 9, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Expand School Meals Act of 2014.”
in subsection (f)(3)—
by striking “or reduced price” each place it appears; and
in subparagraph (A)(iii)(II)(aa), in the item heading, by striking “or reduced price”; and
in subsection (r)(1)(B), by striking “or reduced price”.
Section 17A(c)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766a(c)(1)) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking “or reduced price”.
Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended by striking subsection (j).
Section 19 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769a) is amended—
by striking “or reduced price” each place it appears; and
by striking “and reduced price” each place it appears.
Section 20(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b(b)) is amended by striking “and reduced price”.
Section 21(a)(1)(B) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(a)(1)(B)) is amended—
in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “or reduced price”; and
in clause (iii), by striking “and reduced price”.
Transition rules— The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out the amendments made by paragraphs (2) and (8) of subsection (b) in accordance with transition rules established by the Secretary.