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HR 6801 116th Congress House Education Cardiovascular and respiratory health Child health Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Emergency medical services and trauma care Food assistance and relief Infectious and parasitic diseases Nutrition and diet

FEED the Children Act

Introduced: May 19, 2020 Introduced by: Adams, Alma S. Democratic · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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May 12, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
May 12, 2020
Introduced in House
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Funding Emergency Eating Distribution for the Children or the FEED the Children Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to allocate additional funds to states to reimburse school food authorities for a specified percentage of the costs incurred from March 2020 through June 2020 to operate school food programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, USDA must issue guidance for the implementation of this bill not later than 10 days after enactment.

What's happening now May 12, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 18
D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Jun 22, 2020
Loebsack, David
· May 19, 2020
McNerney, Jerry
· May 19, 2020
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · May 19, 2020
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · May 19, 2020
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 19, 2020
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 14, 2020
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · May 14, 2020
McEachin, A.
· May 14, 2020
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · May 12, 2020
Bustos, Cheri
· May 12, 2020
Butterfield, G. K.
· May 12, 2020
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · May 12, 2020
Fudge, Marcia
· May 12, 2020
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · May 12, 2020
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · May 12, 2020
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · May 12, 2020
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 12, 2020
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · May 12, 2020
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 12, 2020
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 12, 2020
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · May 12, 2020
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 12, 2020
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · May 12, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6801: FEED the Children Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6801/
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"H.R. 6801: FEED the Children Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6801/.
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H.R. 6801, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6801/.
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