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S. 2070 116th Congress Senate

Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2019

Official title: A bill to create a new Federal grant program that provides grants to State libraries to allow schools with summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for student use during the summer months.

Introduced: July 10, 2019 Introduced by: Jeff Merkley Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
Education Education programs fundingElementary and secondary educationFood assistance and reliefLibraries and archivesPoverty and welfare assistance
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Jul 10, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 10, 2019
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 Latest action July 10, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2019

This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to state library administrative agencies to enable them to award subgrants to eligible local educational agencies for summer early reading programs held at schools with a summer lunch site.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3667 Identical bill Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jul 10, 2019
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jul 10, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2070: Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2070/
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"S. 2070: Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2070/.
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