No Shame at School Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 19, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 19, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Shame at School Act of 2019
This bill establishes requirements for the treatment of a child who is participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program and owes unpaid school meal fees.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 19, 2019 to Feb 28, 2020; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jun 28, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jun 28, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Jun 28, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 23, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Dec 11, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Feb 28, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 19, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 19, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 19, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 103, June 19, 2019, page H4919.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1907 | No Shame at School Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jun 19, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit the stigmatization of children who are unable to pay for school meals, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- No Shame at School Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 19, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
