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HR 7185 115th Congress House

Weekends Without Hunger Act

Official title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a weekend and holiday feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk school child… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a weekend and holiday feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and during extended school holidays throughout the year.

Introduced: November 28, 2018 Introduced by: Titus, Dina Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Elementary and secondary educationFood assistance and reliefNutrition and dietPoverty and welfare assistance
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Nov 28, 2018
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 Latest action November 28, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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Weekends Without Hunger Act

This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Department of Agriculture to establish a program to provide commodities, on a competitive basis, to public or private nonprofit institutions to provide nutritious food to at-risk children on weekends and during extended school holidays throughout the year

(At-risk children are children who are eligible to receive free or reduced price meals under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.)

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 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 16
D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Nov 28, 2018
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Nov 28, 2018
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Nov 28, 2018
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Nov 28, 2018
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Nov 28, 2018
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Nov 28, 2018
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Nov 28, 2018
Esty, Elizabeth
· Nov 28, 2018
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Nov 28, 2018
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 28, 2018
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Nov 28, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 28, 2018
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Nov 28, 2018
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Nov 28, 2018
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Nov 28, 2018
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Nov 28, 2018
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Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Nov 28, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7185: Weekends Without Hunger Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7185/
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