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Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act

Introduced: October 7, 2022 Introduced by: Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 7, 2022
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 394.
Nov 7, 2022
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 117-548.
Jul 27, 2022
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 20.
Jul 27, 2022
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 20, 2022
Introduced in House
Jul 20, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act

This bill reauthorizes and expands (1) child nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and other institutional food service programs; and (2) the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

What's happening now November 7, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 394.

 Related & companion bills 20
  • HR 783 Related bill Summer Meals Act of 2021
  • HR 2896 Related bill Kids Eat Local Act
  • HR 2897 Related bill Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act
  • S 1328 Related bill Farm to School Act of 2021
  • S 1401 Related bill Kids Eat Local Act of 2021
  • S 2930 Related bill Improving Mental Health and Wellness in Schools Act
  • S 3216 Related bill WIC Healthy Beginnings Act of 2021
  • S 3226 Related bill MODERN WIC Act of 2021
  • HR 1768 Related bill Farm to School Act of 2021
  • HR 5526 Related bill Improving Mental Health and Wellness in Schools Act
  • HR 5919 Related bill Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act
  • HR 5934 Related bill Supporting Healthy Mothers and Infants Act of 2021
  • HR 6526 Related bill Healthy Meal Time Act of 2022
  • HR 6743 Related bill LUNCHES Act of 2022
  • HR 6781 Related bill MODERN WIC Act of 2022
  • S 1170 Related bill Summer Meals Act of 2021
  • S 4602 Related bill No Shame at School Act of 2022
  • HR 8477 Related bill No Shame at School Act of 2022
  • HR 8509 Related bill National Advisory Council on Unpaid Meal Debt Act of 2022
  • HR 9482 Related bill No Hungry Kids in Schools Act
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 39
All 39 Democratic 28
Sarbanes, John
· Oct 31, 2022
Kilmer, Derek
· Oct 25, 2022
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Oct 25, 2022
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Oct 18, 2022
 D
Williams, Nikema
Georgia · Oct 18, 2022
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Oct 7, 2022
Brown, Anthony
· Oct 7, 2022
 D
Carter, Troy A.
Louisiana · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Oct 7, 2022
Ruppersberger, C.
· Oct 7, 2022
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Sep 26, 2022
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Sep 26, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 26, 2022
 D
Strickland, Marilyn
Washington · Sep 26, 2022
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Sep 26, 2022
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Sep 26, 2022
Deutch, Theodore
· Sep 15, 2022
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Sep 13, 2022
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Sep 13, 2022
Axne, Cynthia
· Sep 2, 2022
 D
Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Aug 30, 2022
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Aug 26, 2022
 D
Stevens, Haley M.
Michigan · Aug 26, 2022
Bowman, Jamaal
· Aug 23, 2022
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Aug 23, 2022
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Aug 23, 2022
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Aug 16, 2022
 D
McBath, Lucy
Georgia · Aug 16, 2022
Blumenauer, Earl
· Aug 12, 2022
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Aug 12, 2022
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Aug 12, 2022
 D
Swalwell, Eric
California · Aug 2, 2022
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jul 28, 2022
Jones, Mondaire
· Jul 28, 2022
McNerney, Jerry
· Jul 27, 2022
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Jul 20, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8450: Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8450/
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