A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide children from rural areas with better access to meals served through the summer food service program for children and certain child care programs.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 25, 2010

Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to reimburse summer food service programs for children in service institutions and food programs for children in afterschool care for free meals or snacks served to children in areas where at least 40% (currently, 50%) of the children meet the income eligibility criteria for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to award competitive grants to service institutions to increase participation at congregate feeding sites in summer food service programs for children through innovative approaches to limited rural transportation.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] · R–IN

Committees

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

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Feb 25, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Feb 25, 2010
Introduced in Senate

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/3040

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Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s3040/BILLS-111s3040is.htm

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Discuss S.3040, 111th Congress: A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide children from rural areas with better access to meals served through the summer food service program for children and certain child care programs.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/3040

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2010-02-25.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s3040/BILLS-111s3040is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-10T23:53:57Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss S.3040, 111th Congress: A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide children from rural areas with better access to meals served through the summer food service program for children and certain child care programs.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/3040

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2010-02-25.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s3040/BILLS-111s3040is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-10T23:53:57Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss S.3040, 111th Congress: A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide children from rural areas with better access to meals served through the summer food service program for children and certain child care programs.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/3040

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2010-02-25.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s3040/BILLS-111s3040is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-10T23:53:57Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Examine S.3040 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.