S. 1966: Hunger Free Summer for Kids Act of 2015
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S. 1966: Hunger Free Summer for Kids Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-08-05 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-08-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Hunger Free Summer for Kids Act of 2015
Plain summary
Hunger Free Summer for Kids Act of 2015 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish electronic benefit (EBT) cards and off-site consumption as two alternative delivery options for schools and service institutions in the summer food service program for children. These options shall be available to a child only if the child lives either in a rural area or outside of an area in which poor economic conditions exist, or, in the case of off-site consumption, if the summer program is available to the child at a congregate feeding site but the site is inaccessible, as specified by the bill. A state may not operate the EBT card option and the off-site consumption option simultaneously in the same area. Each state desiring to participate in the summer food service program shall include in its annual management and administration plan the state's plans for using one or both of these alternative delivery options.
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Hunger Free Summer for Kids Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] · 16 cosponsors
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Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] reported raising $579,216 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1966.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s1966 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114