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HR 6608 117th Congress House

Scratch Cooked Meals for Students Act

Official title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a pilot program promoting scratch cooking in school meal programs.

Introduced: February 4, 2022 Introduced by: Hayes, Jahana Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 4, 2022
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 Latest action February 4, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Scratch Cooked Meals for Students Act

This bill establishes a pilot program to award competitive grants to school food authorities and local educational agencies for activities that promote the use of ingredients that are unprocessed or minimally processed (i.e., scratch cooking) in school meals.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 8 Republican 1
D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Jun 17, 2022
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Jun 17, 2022
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Apr 21, 2022
Bowman, Jamaal
· Apr 5, 2022
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 5, 2022
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Feb 4, 2022
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Feb 4, 2022
 D
McBath, Lucy
Georgia · Feb 4, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6608: Scratch Cooked Meals for Students Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6608/
MLA
"H.R. 6608: Scratch Cooked Meals for Students Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6608/.
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H.R. 6608, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6608/.
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