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Some of the authorities created or extended in the last reauthorization law expired on September 30, 2015, but the vast majority of operations and activities continue because appropriations laws continued funding. \nIn the 114th Congress, both committees of jurisdiction\u2014the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce\u2014completed markups of reauthorization legislation but did not complete reauthorization. (At the final adjournment of a Congress, all legislation that has not yet been sent to the President dies. When the new Congress convenes, the formal legislative process must begin anew.) \nLegislative activity in the 114th Congress, though historical, may provide helpful background for the 115th Congress. On January 20, 2016, by a unanimous voice vote, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry voted to report its WIC and child nutrition reauthorization proposal, the Improving Child Nutrition Integrity and Access Act of 2016 (later introduced as S. 3136). On May 18, 2016, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce marked up its reauthorization proposal, the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016 (H.R. 5003). The committee approved the bill, 20 to 14, largely along partisan lines.\nWhile both proposals would have extended authorities and included many of the same policies, the House committee\u2019s proposal would have made three major policy changes to the school meals programs that are not in the Senate committee\u2019s proposal: (1) a demonstration project for up to three states to receive a block grant in lieu of funding from a number of open-ended child nutrition programs, (2) a higher threshold for school participation in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), and (3) increased reimbursement rates for the School Breakfast Program.\nIn other school meal policies, both proposals included different changes to school meal nutrition standards, including whole grain and sodium requirements. The proposals would both have revamped the current law procedures for the verification of household applications for free and reduced-price school meals. \nThe Senate and House committees\u2019 proposals would have piloted or expanded a number of alternatives for feeding low-income children during the summer months through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Proposals would have streamlined SFSP with afterschool meals and snacks and created off-site alternatives to the congregate feeding site model. Both proposals included a continuation of the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) pilot, although the Senate committee would have expanded it and made it permanent.\nThe proposals are similar in their policy changes for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the Farm to School Grant Program.\nBoth proposals would have expanded the types of snacks served through the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. They would each have expanded offerings beyond fresh to frozen, dried, and canned, although the Senate committee\u2019s proposal would have done so in a more limited way.\nBoth proposals included a number of changes to Special Supplemental Nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) policy. Only the Senate committee would have raised the age of child eligibility and increased infant certification periods. Both proposed changes to income eligibility calculation, WIC-eligible foods policy, integrity of benefit redemption, transition to EBT, and competitive bidding for infant formula and foods.\nThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that the Senate committee\u2019s proposal would have increased the deficit by $1.1 billion over 10 years (FY2016-FY2025) and that the House committee\u2019s proposal would have reduced the deficit by $67 million over 10 years (FY2017-FY2026).", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/R44373", "sha1": "09649fa39f3c431c9067f46c15bd187cb45ca150", "filename": "files/20170523_R44373_09649fa39f3c431c9067f46c15bd187cb45ca150.html", "images": {} }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R44373", "sha1": "29ddb7257eeee3c64669a7ec5ab553d07c1a6bb5", "filename": "files/20170523_R44373_29ddb7257eeee3c64669a7ec5ab553d07c1a6bb5.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4811, "name": "School Nutrition & Health" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4856, "name": "Nutrition Programs & Policies" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4917, "name": "Food & Nutrition Assistance" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 458542, "date": "2017-01-24", "retrieved": "2017-02-03T19:13:11.511727", "title": "Tracking the Next Child Nutrition Reauthorization: An Overview", "summary": "The \u201cchild nutrition programs\u201d (National School Lunch Program [NSLP] and certain other institutional food service programs) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) were last reauthorized by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA, P.L. 111-296). Some of the authorities created or extended in the last reauthorization law expired on September 30, 2015, but the vast majority of operations and activities continue because appropriations laws continued funding. \nIn the 114th Congress, both committees of jurisdiction\u2014the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce\u2014completed markups of reauthorization legislation but did not complete reauthorization. (At the final adjournment of a Congress, all legislation that has not yet been sent to the President dies. When the new Congress convenes, the formal legislative process must begin anew.) \nLegislative activity in the 114th Congress, though historical, may provide helpful background for the 115th Congress. On January 20, 2016, by a unanimous voice vote, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry voted to report its WIC and child nutrition reauthorization proposal, the Improving Child Nutrition Integrity and Access Act of 2016 (later introduced as S. 3136). On May 18, 2016, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce marked up its reauthorization proposal, the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016 (H.R. 5003). The committee approved the bill, 20 to 14, largely along partisan lines.\nWhile both proposals would have extended authorities and included many of the same policies, the House committee\u2019s proposal would have made three major policy changes to the school meals programs that are not in the Senate committee\u2019s proposal: (1) a demonstration project for up to three states to receive a block grant in lieu of funding from a number of open-ended child nutrition programs, (2) a higher threshold for school participation in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), and (3) increased reimbursement rates for the School Breakfast Program.\nIn other school meal policies, both proposals included different changes to school meal nutrition standards, including whole grain and sodium requirements. The proposals would both have revamped the current law procedures for the verification of household applications for free and reduced-price school meals. \nThe Senate and House committees\u2019 proposals would have piloted or expanded a number of alternatives for feeding low-income children during the summer months through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Proposals would have streamlined SFSP with afterschool meals and snacks and create off-site alternatives to the congregate feeding site model. Both proposals included a continuation of the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) pilot, although the Senate committee would have expanded it and made it permanent.\nThe proposals are similar in their policy changes for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the Farm to School Grant Program.\nBoth proposals would have expanded the types of snacks served through the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. 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Both proposed changes to income eligibility calculation, WIC-eligible foods policy, integrity of benefit redemption, transition to EBT, and competitive bidding for infant formula and foods.\nThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that the Senate committee\u2019s proposal would have increased the deficit by $1.1 billion over 10 years (FY2016-FY2025) and that the House committee\u2019s proposal would have reduced the deficit by $67 million over 10 years (FY2017-FY2026).", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/R44373", "sha1": "a901cef68578ec5625695218796379b686416c1c", "filename": "files/20170124_R44373_a901cef68578ec5625695218796379b686416c1c.html", "images": null }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R44373", "sha1": "b1b36c99ddf56fadbb2e199b0a9f8e632c0cc8c8", "filename": "files/20170124_R44373_b1b36c99ddf56fadbb2e199b0a9f8e632c0cc8c8.pdf", "images": null } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4811, "name": "School Nutrition & Health" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4856, "name": "Nutrition Programs & Policies" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4917, "name": "Food & Nutrition Assistance" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 454156, "date": "2016-07-07", "retrieved": "2016-11-28T21:57:05.867449", "title": "Tracking the Next Child Nutrition Reauthorization: An Overview", "summary": "The \u201cchild nutrition programs\u201d (National School Lunch Program [NSLP] and certain other institutional food service programs) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) were last reauthorized by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA, P.L. 111-296). Some of the authorities created or extended in the last reauthorization law expired on September 30, 2015, but the vast majority of operations and activities continue via the funding provided by the FY2016 omnibus appropriations law (P.L. 114-113). \nIn the 114th Congress, both committees of jurisdiction\u2014the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce\u2014have now completed markups of reauthorization legislation. On January 20, 2016, by a unanimous voice vote, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry voted to report its WIC and child nutrition reauthorization proposal, the Improving Child Nutrition Integrity and Access Act of 2016 (later introduced as S. 3136). On May 18, 2016, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce marked up its reauthorization proposal, the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016 (H.R. 5003). The committee approved the bill, 20 to 14, largely along partisan lines.\nWhile both proposals extend authorities and include many of the same policies, the House committee\u2019s proposal would make three major policy changes to the school meals programs that are not in the Senate committee\u2019s proposal: (1) a demonstration project for up to three states to receive a block grant in lieu of funding from a number of open-ended child nutrition programs, (2) a higher threshold for school participation in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), and (3) increased reimbursement rates for the School Breakfast Program.\nIn other school meal policies, both proposals include different changes to school meal nutrition standards, including whole grain and sodium requirements. The proposals would both revamp the current law procedures for the verification of household applications for free and reduced-price school meals. \nThe Senate and House committees\u2019 proposals would pilot or expand a number of alternatives for feeding low-income children during the summer months through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Proposals would streamline SFSP with afterschool meals and snacks and create off-site alternatives to the congregate feeding site model. Both proposals include a continuation of the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) pilot, although the Senate committee would expand it and make it permanent.\nThe proposals are similar in their policy changes for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the Farm to School Grant Program.\nBoth proposals would expand the types of snacks served through the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. They would each expand offerings beyond fresh to frozen, dried, and canned, although the Senate committee\u2019s proposal does so in a more limited way, creating a wider range only for certain schools and then requiring a transition to fresh only.\nBoth proposals include a number of changes to Special Supplemental Nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) policy. Only the Senate committee raises the age of child eligibility and increases infant certification periods. Both make changes to income eligibility calculation, WIC-eligible foods policy, integrity of benefit redemption, transition to EBT, and competitive bidding for infant formula and foods.\nAt this time, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated that the Senate committee\u2019s proposal would increase the deficit by $1.1 billion over 10 years (FY2016-FY2025) and that the House committee\u2019s proposal would reduce the deficit by $67 million over 10 years (FY2017-FY2026).", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/R44373", "sha1": "c66951a1063d969ca228f98535c9a563e6186c35", "filename": "files/20160707_R44373_c66951a1063d969ca228f98535c9a563e6186c35.html", "images": null }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R44373", "sha1": "acaa48e6425f874655cfe1a67991460b1f6af545", "filename": "files/20160707_R44373_acaa48e6425f874655cfe1a67991460b1f6af545.pdf", "images": null } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4811, "name": "School Nutrition & Health" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4856, "name": "Nutrition Programs & Policies" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 452753, "date": "2016-05-19", "retrieved": "2016-05-24T19:04:33.943941", "title": "Tracking the Next Child Nutrition Reauthorization: In Brief", "summary": "On January 20, 2016, by a unanimous voice vote, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry voted to report its WIC and child nutrition reauthorization proposal. Bipartisan approval of the committee\u2019s legislation, the Improving Child Nutrition Integrity and Access Act of 2016, is arguably the 114th Congress\u2019s most significant step toward reauthorizing the child nutrition and WIC programs. Since the 2010 reauthorization, committees of jurisdiction, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, have held related hearings, but this is the first legislative action. On April 20, 2016, Representative Todd Rokita, chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, introduced the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016 (H.R. 5003). On May 18, 2016, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce marked up H.R. 5003, adopting an amendment in the nature of a substitute as well as five Member-offered amendments. \nThis report offers some basic background on the last reauthorization, its expiration, and some of the policies in the Senate Committee\u2019s legislation. This report will be updated to reflect the bill recently marked up by the House committee.\nThe \u201cchild nutrition programs\u201d (National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and certain other institutional food service programs) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) are primarily authorized by the permanent statutes, the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (codified at 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (codified at 42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq). These statutes and programs were last reauthorized by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA, P.L. 111-296). Some of the authorities created or extended in the last reauthorization law expired on September 30, 2015. \nAs of the date of this report, Congress has not reauthorized the child nutrition and WIC programs, but the vast majority of operations and activities continue via the funding provided by the FY2016 omnibus appropriations law (P.L. 114-113).\nThe Senate committee\u2019s proposal would extend the authorizations of appropriations of the Summer Food Service Program, WIC, WIC FMNP, and State Administrative Expenses. (Other major programs\u2014like NSLP and SBP\u2014have a permanent authorization of programs).\nThe proposal would also continue some of the authorizing provisions that had September 30, 2015, sunset dates. Regarding the activities that are currently expired, the Senate committee\u2019s proposal would continue the California pilot, and the food safety audit authorities; but the proposal does not continue the permanent appropriation for a National Hunger Clearinghouse.\nAuthorities extended through September 30, 2020\nSchool Meals (National School Lunch program and School Breakfast Program). Nutrition Standards, sodium, whole grains. 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As of the date of this report, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce has not announced its plans for reauthorization.\t\nThis report offers some basic background on the last reauthorization, its expiration, and some of the policies in the Senate Committee\u2019s legislation. \nThe \u201cchild nutrition programs\u201d (National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and certain other institutional food service programs) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) are primarily authorized by the permanent statutes, the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (codified at 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (codified at 42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq). These statutes and programs were last reauthorized by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA, P.L. 111-296). Some of the authorities created or extended in the last reauthorization law expired on September 30, 2015. \nAs of the date of this report, Congress has not reauthorized the child nutrition and WIC programs, but the vast majority of operations and activities continue via the funding provided by the FY2016 omnibus appropriations law (P.L. 114-113).\nThe Senate committee\u2019s proposal would extend the authorizations of appropriations of the Summer Food Service Program, WIC, WIC FMNP, and State Administrative Expenses. (Other major programs\u2014like NSLP and SBP\u2014have a permanent authorization of programs).\nThe proposal would also continue some of the authorizing provisions that had September 30, 2015, sunset dates. Regarding the activities that are currently expired, the Senate committee\u2019s proposal would continue the California pilot, and the food safety audit authorities; but the proposal does not continue the permanent appropriation for a National Hunger Clearinghouse.\nAuthorities extended through September 30, 2020\nSchool Meals (National School Lunch program and School Breakfast Program). Nutrition Standards, sodium, whole grains. 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