No Shame at School Act of 2022
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 21, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jul 21, 2022
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
No Shame at School Act of 2022
This bill establishes requirements for the treatment of a child who is participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program and owes unpaid school meal fees. It also requires local educational agencies to certify certain children (e.g., homeless children) as categorically eligible for free lunches or breakfasts without an application.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Related & companion bills
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
50
D
Williams, Nikema
Bush, Cori
D
Evans, Dwight
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
D
Green, Al
D
Hayes, Jahana
D
Jacobs, Sara
D
Peters, Scott H.
D
Adams, Alma S.
D
Auchincloss, Jake
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
Bass, Karen
D
Carson, André
D
Carter, Troy A.
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
D
Correa, J. Luis
D
Davis, Danny K.
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
D
Espaillat, Adriano
D
Gallego, Ruben
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
D
Huffman, Jared
D
Jayapal, Pramila
Jones, Mondaire
D
Kelly, Robin L.
Lawson, Al
Lowenthal, Alan
MALONEY, CAROLYN
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Moore, Gwen
D
Nadler, Jerrold
Napolitano, Grace
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Pingree, Chellie
D
Pocan, Mark
D
Pressley, Ayanna
D
Raskin, Jamie
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
Ruppersberger, C.
D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Smith, Adam
D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
D
Takano, Mark
D
Thompson, Mike
D
Tlaib, Rashida
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
D
Welch, Peter
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8477: No Shame at School Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8477/
"H.R. 8477: No Shame at School Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8477/.
H.R. 8477, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8477/.
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