HR 6430 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Suspend School Meal Debt Act

Introduced Apr 3, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Ilhan Omar D-MN

Latest action · Apr 3, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Progress

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IntroducedApr 3, 2020
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Suspend School Meal Debt Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to reimburse each school food authority and local educational agency participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program for unpaid meal fees owed to the authority or agency as of the date of the enactment of this bill.

The bill also prohibits each school food authority and local educational agency from collecting unpaid meal fees or using a debt collector to collect such fees during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The prohibition ends 30 days after the date on which the public health emergency is terminated.

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 3, 2020 to Jun 24, 2020; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-MI	Andy Levin	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-NM	Debra A. Haaland	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-CT	Jahana Hayes	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib	Original	Apr 3, 2020
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Apr 10, 2020
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Apr 10, 2020
D-IL	Bill Foster		Apr 17, 2020
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Apr 17, 2020
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Apr 17, 2020
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jun 24, 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 Apr 3, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 3, 2020Introduced in House
Apr 3, 2020Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1 Section 1

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 65, April 3, 2020, page H1875.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require that school food authorities and local educational agencies not collect unpaid meal fees during the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Suspend School Meal Debt Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 3, 2020Introduced in House

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