FNS Documents & Resources

RICHARD B. RUSSELL NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT [Chapter 281 of the 79th Congress, Approved June 4, 1946, 60 Stat. 230]
[As Amended Through P.L. 117–328, Enacted Dec. 29, 2022]

This bill increases the federal debt limit, establishes new discretionary spending limits, rescinds unobligated funds, and expands work requirements for federal programs.

[As Amended Through PL 118-5, Enacted June 3, 2023]

To strengthen the agricultural economy; to help to achieve a fuller and more effective use of food abundances; to provide for improved levels of nutrition among low-income households through a cooperative federal-state program of food assistance to be operated through normal channels of trade; and for other purposes.

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2023, and for providing emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine, and for other purposes. 

To amend the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to extend child nutrition waiver authority, and for other purposes. 

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for assistance for the situation in Ukraine for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2022, and for other purposes.

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish waiver authority to address certain emergencies, disasters, and supply chain disruptions, and for other purposes.

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2022, and for providing emergency assistance, and for other purposes.

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2022, and for other purposes.

To authorize funds for federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.