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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 7999 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7999

 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide 
  additional reimbursement to schools with a breakfast after the bell 
                    program, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 2026

   Mr. Bera introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide 
  additional reimbursement to schools with a breakfast after the bell 
                    program, 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 ``Breakfast After the Bell Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED REIMBURSEMENT FOR BREAKFAST AFTER THE BELL.

    Section 11(a) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Breakfast after the bell reimbursement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A State educational agency shall 
                receive an additional reimbursement of 10 cents for 
                each reimbursable breakfast served--
                            ``(i) after the beginning of a school day;
                            ``(ii) through a breakfast after the bell 
                        program; and
                            ``(iii) during a school year by a school 
                        that--
                                    ``(I) is served by a local 
                                educational agency that elects to 
                                receive special assistance payments 
                                under paragraph (1)(F)(ii) for such 
                                school for such year; or
                                    ``(II) had a percentage of enrolled 
                                students who were identified students 
                                that was not less than 40 percent 
                                during the prior school year.
                    ``(B) Disburse funds to school.--A State 
                educational agency that receives an additional 
                reimbursement for a breakfast under subparagraph (A) 
                shall disburse such additional reimbursement to the 
                school that served such breakfast.
                    ``(C) Breakfast after the bell program.--In this 
                paragraph, the term `breakfast after the bell program' 
                means a school breakfast program that--
                            ``(i) serves breakfast to students after 
                        the start of the school day; and
                            ``(ii) uses a service model, including 
                        service of breakfast in the classroom or at a 
                        kiosk outside the cafeteria of the school, that 
                        the State educational agency determines 
                        increases participation in the breakfast 
                        program.''.
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Breakfast After the Bell Act of 2026

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