Renaming the National School Lunch Program Act of 2023

H.R. 4466, the Renaming the National School Lunch Program Act of 2023, proposes to change the official name of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to the Jean E. Fairfax National School Lunch Act. This legislation would replace the name of a former Georgia senator with that of Jean E. Fairfax, a prominent civil rights activist who played a key role in desegregating school lunch programs and expanding access to free meals for low-income children. If passed, the bill would update the title of the law in federal records and official documents, but it would not change the funding, eligibility, or daily operations of the school meal programs themselves.