S 2876
118th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
School Lunch Debt Cancellation Act of 2023
Introduced: September 21, 2023
Introduced by:
Fetterman, John
Democratic
· Pennsylvania
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 21, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sep 21, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
School Lunch Debt Cancellation Act of 2023
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to cancel and eliminate all household school meal debts (as of the date of the bill's enactment) under the school breakfast and lunch programs. USDA must also pay the amount of the cancelled debt to each local educational authority using Commodity Credit Corporation funds.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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