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HR 1403 111th Congress House

School Food Recovery Act

Official title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require schools participating in the school lunch program under such Act to donate any excess food to local food banks.

Introduced: March 24, 2009 See on congress.gov
Education Elementary and secondary educationFood assistance and reliefGovernment information and archivesPoverty and welfare assistanceSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 29, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Mar 9, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 9, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E591)
Mar 9, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 29, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

School Food Recovery Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require schools participating in the school lunch program to donate any excess food under such program to tax-exempt food banks or charitable organizations in their localities.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6407 Related bill School Food Recovery Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 1
Perriello, Thomas
· Dec 2, 2009
Space, Zachary
· Apr 21, 2009
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Mar 24, 2009
Cao, Anh
· Mar 19, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1403: School Food Recovery Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1403/
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"H.R. 1403: School Food Recovery Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1403/.
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