HR 1676 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Weekends Without Hunger Act

Introduced Mar 26, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Dina Titus D-NV

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 16, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 26, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Weekends Without Hunger Act

Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to the availability of appropriations, to implement a pilot program providing commodities, on a competitive basis, to nonprofits for the provision of nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and during extended school holidays during the school year. (At-risk school children are those who participate in the school lunch program and reside in an area served by a school in which at least 50% of the students receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs.)

Includes elementary and secondary schools, school food authorities, food banks or pantries, homeless shelters, and other Secretary-approved emergency feeding agencies as eligible nonprofit recipients of such commodities.

Requires commodity recipients to satisfy safe food storage, handling, and delivery standards established by the Secretary.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) complete an interim evaluation of the pilot program by November 30, 2018, and (2) submit a final report to Congress by December 31, 2020, that contains an evaluation of such program and any recommendations the Secretary may have for legislative action.

Authorizes appropriations for the pilot program.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2015 to Jun 10, 2015, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalMar 26, 2015
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalMar 26, 2015
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMar 26, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 26, 2015
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMar 26, 2015
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalMar 26, 2015
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalMar 26, 2015
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 26, 2015
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalMar 26, 2015
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalMar 26, 2015
D-MAJames P. McGovernApr 14, 2015
D-CAJudy ChuApr 14, 2015
D-CAMark DeSaulnierApr 16, 2015
D-TNSteve CohenApr 28, 2015
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Jun 2, 2015
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
  2. Mar 26, 2015Introduced in House
  3. Mar 26, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 2721Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2015Related billNov 16, 2015

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

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  1. Mar 26, 2015Introduced in House

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