Bill · S. 1420· Senate(119-S-1420)
Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 4/10/2025
- Last activity
- 4/10/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Sponsored by
- Richard Blumenthal
- Cosponsors
- - 9 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act of 2025 aims to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. The primary focus of the bill is to increase the amount of reimbursements provided under the child and adult care food program. It introduces an additional reimbursement for each meal and supplement served. This change is set to begin on the first day of the first month following the bill's enactment.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
-
Increased funding for meals and supplements: Each meal and supplement served under the section will receive an additional reimbursement of 10 cents (Section 2(a)(1)(B)). This increase is intended to enhance the child and adult care food program.
-
Benefits for day care home sponsoring organizations: The additional reimbursement amount will apply to the reimbursements of meals and supplements for family or group day care homes (Section 2(b)(1)(A)(iv)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts are explicitly stated in the provided text.
- 9/8/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 4/28/2025
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 4/10/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- 7 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Tammy BaldwinDemocrat · Wisconsin
Kirsten GillibrandDemocrat · New York
Mazie HironoDemocrat · Hawaii
Edward MarkeyDemocrat · Massachusetts
John ReedDemocrat · Rhode Island
Bernie SandersIndependent · Vermont
Jeanne ShaheenDemocrat · New Hampshire
Tina SmithDemocrat · Minnesota
Peter WelchDemocrat · Vermont
Elizabeth WarrenDemocrat · Massachusetts