MEALS Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 116th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D OmarSponsor

38 cosponsors · 38 D

17 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students Act or the MEALS Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 11, 2020

Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students Act or the MEALS Act

This bill modifies food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture to allow certain waivers to requirements for the school meal programs, including waivers that increase federal costs during a school closure related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Such waivers must be requested by a state or service provider and be for purposes of providing meals and snacks during such a closure.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: MEALS Act

Also known as: Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students Act

Latest action (Mar 11, 2020): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 11, 2020

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.