School Meals during School Closures Act
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Became law
Apr 20, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Apr 20, 2023
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
School Meals during School Closures Act
This bill allows states or eligible service providers (e.g., school districts) to request a waiver of certain requirements to continue providing no-cost and reduced-cost meals to students during certain school closures. The Department of Agriculture may provide a waiver, with exceptions, to provide meals and meal supplements during a school closure due to
- a strike or other labor-management dispute;
- inclement weather, a natural disaster, a public health emergency, unsafe facilities, construction, or repairs; or
- other unanticipated events.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
45
D
Dingell, Debbie
D
Cohen, Steve
D
Smith, Adam
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
Bowman, Jamaal
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
D
Gottheimer, Josh
D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
D
Huffman, Jared
Kuster, Ann
D
Lee, Summer L.
D
Magaziner, Seth
D
Meng, Grace
D
Mfume, Kweisi
D
Nadler, Jerrold
Peltola, Mary
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
D
Carson, André
D
Carter, Troy A.
D
Casar, Greg
D
Crockett, Jasmine
D
Evans, Dwight
D
Frost, Maxwell
D
Garcia, Robert
D
Hayes, Jahana
D
Ivey, Glenn
D
Jacobs, Sara
D
Jayapal, Pramila
D
Landsman, Greg
D
McGarvey, Morgan
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Moulton, Seth
Napolitano, Grace
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
Payne, Donald
D
Peters, Scott H.
Porter, Katie
D
Schiff, Adam B.
D
Sewell, Terri A.
D
Takano, Mark
D
Tokuda, Jill N.
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2777: School Meals during School Closures Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2777/
"H.R. 2777: School Meals during School Closures Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2777/.
H.R. 2777, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2777/.
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