School Hunger Elimination Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4525 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4525 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve program requirements, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 12, 2024 Mr. Casey (for himself and Mr. Fetterman) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve program requirements, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``School Hunger Elimination Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. MANDATORY DIRECT CERTIFICATION. Section 9(b)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(5)) is amended-- (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``Discretionary certification'' and inserting ``…