HR 6430
116th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Debt collection
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Nutrition and diet
Suspend School Meal Debt Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 3, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Apr 3, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Suspend School Meal Debt Act
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to reimburse each school food authority and local educational agency participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program for unpaid meal fees owed to the authority or agency as of the date of the enactment of this bill.
The bill also prohibits each school food authority and local educational agency from collecting unpaid meal fees or using a debt collector to collect such fees during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The prohibition ends 30 days after the date on which the public health emergency is terminated.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Committees of jurisdiction
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