No Shame at School Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9878 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9878 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require mandatory certification for certain students and reduce stigma associated with unpaid school meal fees, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 27, 2024 Ms. Omar (for herself, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Bowman, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Correa, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Espaillat, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. McClellan, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pressley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wild, Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Mr. Amo) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require mandatory certification for certain students and reduce stigma associated with unpaid school meal fees, 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 ``No Shame at School Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. UNPAID MEAL DEBT. (a) Mandatory 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 heading, by st