1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Dependents School Meal Eligibility Act of 2020 . 2. Direct certification for dependent children of active duty Members of the Armed Forces (a) In general Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1758 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (5)— (i) by striking certification. —Subject and inserting the following: certification. — (A) Free lunches or breakfasts Subject ; (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (D) as clauses (i) through (iv) and adjusting the margins accordingly; (iii) in clause (iv), as so redesignated, by striking or at the end; (iv) by inserting after clause (iv), as so redesignated, the following: (v) a member of a household in which a child is a dependent of an active duty member of the Armed Forces and such active duty member has a military income (as defined in paragraph (16)(C)) that does not exceed 130 percent of the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget). ; (v) in subparagraph (E)— (I) by redesignating such subparagraph as clause (vi) and adjusting the margins accordingly; and (II) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) of such subparagraph as subclauses (I) and (II) and adjusting the margins accordingly; and (vi) by adding at the end the following: (B) Reduced price lunches or breakfasts Subject to paragraph (6), any local educational agency may certify any child who is not eligible for free school lunch or breakfast as eligible for reduced price lunches or breakfasts, without further application, by directly communicating with the appropriate State or local agency to obtain documentation of the status of the child as a member of a household in which a child is a dependent of an active duty member of the Armed Forces and such active duty member has a military income (as defined in paragraph (16)(C)) that does not exceed 185 percent of the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget).