Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Afterschool Meals Act of 2022”.
Afterschool Meals Act of 2022
A BILL
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide meals and meal supplements for children in afterschool care, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Meals and meal supplements for children in afterschool care
Section 17A of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a) is amended—
in the section heading, by insert “meals and” before “meal supplements”;
in subsection (a)(1), by inserting “meals and” before “meal supplements”;
in subsection (b), by inserting “meals and” before “supplements”;
in subsection (c)—
by striking “section 17(c)(3)” each place it appears and inserting “section 17(c)”;
in paragraph (1)—
by inserting “a meal or” before “a supplement”; and
in subparagraph (A), by inserting “meals and” before “supplements”; and
in paragraph (2), by inserting “meals and” before “supplements”; and
by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
“(d) Contents of meals and meal supplements—With respect to programs operated under this section, the requirements that apply to—
“(1) the content of lunches and suppers served under the school lunch program under this Act shall apply to the content of lunches and suppers served under such programs;
“(2) the content of breakfasts served under the school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) shall apply to the content of the breakfasts served under such programs; and
“(3) meal supplements served under child care food programs operated with assistance under this Act shall apply to the content of meal supplements served under such programs.
“(e) Priority—Before approving a school or a program to operate under this section, the State agency shall confirm that an institution is not currently providing meals to the program under section 17(r).”