{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-9587","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":9587,"title":"Summer Meals REACH Act of 2026","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2026-07-02","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"M001229","fullName":"Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]","party":"D","state":"NJ","district":10}],"cosponsorsCount":1,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-07-02","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce."},"policyArea":"Agriculture and Food","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2026-07-02","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-07-02","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-07-02","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Summer Meals Reaching Every Area's Child Hunger Act of 2026&nbsp;or the Summer Meals REACH Act of 2026 </strong></p><p>This bill expands the Summer Food Service Program by permanently making all children eligible to participate in the&nbsp;program, requiring reimbursements to camps for meals served to all children, and allowing all locations to provide&nbsp;grab-and-go meal services.</p><p>This Department of Agriculture program provides free meals to children in low-income areas&nbsp;through eligible organizations (e.g., camps), primarily&nbsp;when school is not in session.</p><p>The bill permanently&nbsp;allows all locations to provide <em>non-congregate</em> meal distribution, which is meal distribution outside of the typically required group, or congregate, setting (e.g., grab-and-go meal service). Current law limits non-congregate meal distribution to rural communities without access to a congregate meal site.</p><p>Further, the bill expands&nbsp;eligible service institutions by permanently allowing for on-site or off-site (i.e., remote) food&nbsp;service monitoring.</p>","updateDate":"2026-07-31T16:30:42Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":306,"ts":"2026-10-13T07:18:42.002Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Summer%20Meals%20REACH%20Act%20of%202026"}]}}