Food for Thought Act of 2022
Latest action · Mar 3, 2022 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.
- IntroducedMar 3, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Food for Thought Act of 2022
This bill allows the Department of Education to award grants for eligible institutions of higher education to provide free meals to low-income students through on-campus meal programs.
Cosponsors 44
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 3, 2022 to Dec 13, 2022; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Mar 3, 2022 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 3, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Mar 3, 2022 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 3, 2022 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 3, 2022 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Mar 3, 2022 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Mar 3, 2022 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Mar 3, 2022 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Mar 3, 2022 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Mar 3, 2022 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Mar 3, 2022 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Mar 3, 2022 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Mar 3, 2022 |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Mar 17, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Mar 17, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | May 19, 2022 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Jun 9, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jun 21, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Jul 5, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Jul 13, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jul 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Nov 29, 2022 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Dec 1, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Dec 1, 2022 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Dec 2, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Dec 2, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Dec 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Dec 13, 2022 |
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 Mar 3, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2022Introduced in House
- Mar 3, 2022Referred 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. 168, no. 39, March 3, 2022, page H1303.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-37 | MONETARY POLICY AND THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY165 pages | Financial Services Committee | Jul 14, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4812 | Food for Thought Act of 2023 | Reintroduced Bill | Jul 20, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education to provide free meals to low-income students through existing on-campus meal programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Food for Thought Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2022Introduced 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.
