# 116-hr-5686: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that only a school food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the year preceding the previous school year shall be required to establish a price for paid lunches.

116-hr-5686, To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that only a school food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the year preceding the previous school year shall be required to establish a price for paid lunches., is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] (R-MO); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5686
- Congress: 116
- Title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that only a school food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the year preceding the previous school year shall be required to establish a price for paid lunches.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Introduced: 2020-01-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] (R-MO)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill provides that only school food authorities with a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the year preceding the previous school year are required to establish a price for paid lunches using the formula specified under current law (known as Paid Lunch Equity requirements).

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-6365: Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020
- 116-hr-5995: Major Richard Star Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-5686 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5686)

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- [116-hr-6829: EMPIL–DOC Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6829)
- [116-hr-6788: Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6788)
- [116-hr-6611: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6611)
- [116-hr-6365: Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6365)
- [116-hr-5995: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5995)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5686 (as of 2025-11-18).