HR 7185
115th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Weekends Without Hunger Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 28, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Nov 28, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.)
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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