H.R. 8798

Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026

Sponsor: Ilhan Omar

103 cosponsors
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I School Breakfast Program

II School Lunch Program

Sec. 207. Child and adult care food program

Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:

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(B) any other private organization providing nonresidential child care or day care outside school hours for school children;

(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:

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(c) Free meals. Notwithstanding any other provision of law—

(1) all meals and supplements served under the program authorized under this section shall be provided for free to participants of the program; and

(2) an institution that serves those meals and supplements shall be reimbursed—

(A) in the case of breakfast, at the rate established for free breakfast under section 4(b)(1)(B)(i) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773(b)(1)(B)(i));

(B) in the case of lunch, at the rate established for free lunch under section 4(b)(2)(A); and

(C) in the case of a supplemental meal, $1.28, adjusted for inflation in accordance with section 4(b)(2)(C).

(3) in subsection (f)—

(A) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:

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(B) Limitation to reimbursements. An institution may claim reimbursement under this paragraph for not more than 3 meals and 1 supplement per day per child.

(B) by striking paragraph (3); and

(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3);

(4) in subsection (o)—

(A) by striking paragraph (4); and

(B) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and

(5) in subsection (r)—

(A) in the subsection heading, by striking Program for At-risk School Children and inserting Afterschool Meal and Snack Program;

(B) by striking at-risk school each place it appears and inserting eligible;

(C) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in the paragraph heading, by striking at-risk school and inserting eligible; and

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking operated and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting a period; and

(D) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking only for and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following:

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for—

(i) not more than 1 meal and 1 supplement per child per day served on a regular school day; and

(ii) not more than 3 meals and 1 supplement per child per day served on any day other than a regular school day.

III Elementary and Secondary Education Data

IV Amendments to Other Programs and Laws