1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Child Nutrition in the Build Back Better Act December 2, 2021 On November 19, 2021, the House passed the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376). Subtitle E, Child Nutrition and Related Programs, of Title II of the bill would ex
2、pand existing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-administered child nutrition activities and newly authorize others. According to an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the child nutrition policies in the House-passed bill would cost $10.09 billion over 10 years. Much of that spe
3、nding would occur in FY2022-FY2027. The child nutrition provisions in the House-passed bill are virtually identical to those in versions of the bill released by the House Rules Committee on November 3, 2021, and October 28, 2021, and are different from related proposals in the bill as reported by th
4、e House Budget Committee on September 27, 2021, and in the Biden Administrations American Families Plan released on April 28, 2021. Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Section 24001 would expand eligibility and funding for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), a policy through which a school,
