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H.R. 7416 118th Congress House

Closing the College Hunger Gap Act

Official title: To address food and housing insecurity on college campuses.

Introduced: February 20, 2024 Introduced by: Jahana Hayes Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Feb 20, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 20, 2024
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 20, 2024

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Democratic 24
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Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Dec 5, 2024
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DeSaulnier, Mark
California · May 14, 2024
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · May 14, 2024
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Feb 20, 2024
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 20, 2024
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Brown, Shontel M.
Ohio · Feb 20, 2024
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 20, 2024
 D
Crockett, Jasmine
Texas · Feb 20, 2024
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 20, 2024
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Feb 20, 2024
 D
Ivey, Glenn
Maryland · Feb 20, 2024
 D
Jackson, Jonathan L.
Illinois · Feb 20, 2024
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Feb 20, 2024
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Feb 20, 2024
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Feb 20, 2024
Lee, Barbara
· Feb 20, 2024
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 20, 2024
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 20, 2024
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Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Feb 20, 2024
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Ramirez, Delia C.
Illinois · Feb 20, 2024
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Feb 20, 2024
 D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · Feb 20, 2024
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Takano, Mark
California · Feb 20, 2024
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Thompson, Mike
California · Feb 20, 2024
 D
Tokuda, Jill N.
Hawaii · Feb 20, 2024
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 20, 2024
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Feb 20, 2024
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7416: Closing the College Hunger Gap Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7416/
MLA
"H.R. 7416: Closing the College Hunger Gap Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7416/.
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H.R. 7416, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7416/.
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[H.R. 7416: Closing the College Hunger Gap Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7416/)
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