S. 2089: Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022
Bill · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Became law, 25 Jun 2022 · Public Law 117-158. Introduced 16 Jun 2021.
Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that grants provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for State veterans' cemeteries do not restrict States from authorizing the interment of certain deceased members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces in such cemeteries, and for other purposes.
Vote results
- House, 24 Jun 2022: agreed to by voice vote; the record lists no member’s position. In the record’s words: “Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment Agreed to by voice vote.”
- Senate, 23 Jun 2022: agreed to by unanimous consent; the record lists no member’s position. In the record’s words: “Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to the title by Unanimous Consent.”
- President: Signed 25 Jun 2022 · Public Law 117-158
How each member voted
White House
Signed (1): Joseph Biden (D, President).
Not in office (1): Donald Trump (R, President).
Senate
Agreed to by unanimous consent: the record lists no member’s position.
House
Agreed to by voice vote: the record lists no member’s position.
Summary
Main subject: Provides additional reimbursement for school meals and the Child and Adult Care Food Program for the school year beginning July 2022, extends and limits certain COVID-19 child nutrition waivers, and rescinds unobligated balances from earlier funding laws. Sec. 2, Sec. 3, Sec. 4
Its core areas: School lunch and breakfast reimbursement rates; Child nutrition program waiver authority; Child and Adult Care Food Program reimbursement and tier determinations; Rescissions of unobligated balances from earlier COVID-19 relief and appropriations laws.
Unexpected Items: 1 provision
These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.
Not related to the bill’s main subject (1)
- Sec. 4: Rescissions and sunset: Subsection (c) amends section 756 of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 so that it applies for each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022; the other subsections permanently rescind unobligated balances from earlier laws.
What it does
- Sec. 2: Provides additional reimbursement of 40 cents for each school lunch and 15 cents for each school breakfast, available only for the school year beginning July 2022.
- Sec. 2: Amends section 2202 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act so that the Secretary's authority for nationwide waivers expires on September 30, 2022, the Child and Adult Care Food Program waiver authority expires on June 30, 2022, and the meal pattern waiver authority expires on June 30, 2023.
- Sec. 2: Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to establish nationwide waivers under section 12(l) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act for school year 2022-2023 without requiring a waiver application, and ends any such waiver after June 30, 2023.
- Sec. 3: Provides additional reimbursement of 10 cents for each meal and supplement served under the Child and Adult Care Food Program for the school year beginning July 2022.
- Sec. 3: Treats a tier II family or group day care home as a tier I home for the school year beginning July 2022 under the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
- Sec. 4: Permanently rescinds unobligated balances of $1,000,000,000 and $400,000,000 for the Department of Agriculture, $400,000,000 for the Department of Education, and $1,200,000,000 for the Small Business Administration, plus a further $600,000,000 for the Department of Agriculture.
Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 15 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.
Changed after Senate passage
Compares the bill as passed by the Senate, 7 Mar 2022, with the final text passed by both chambers. About 0% of the wording the Senate passed stands in the final text.
Less than a tenth of the final text’s wording was in the text the Senate passed: 4 of its sections were not in it.
Removed before the final vote (2)
- Sec. 1: Short title:
- Sec. 2: Prohibitions on restricting interment of certain individuals in certain State veterans' cemeteries: