Stop Child Hunger Act of 2023
Latest action · Jun 27, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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 27, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Child Hunger Act of 2023
This bill expands the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children (Summer EBT) to include coverage during a school closure period. (Summer EBT provides grocery-buying benefits to low-income families with school-aged children when schools are closed for the summer.) Under the bill, a school closure period means a period in which an elementary school or secondary school is closed, operating remotely, or operating in a hybrid manner for five or more consecutive weekdays during a calendar year.
The bill also increases the daily value of the benefit to cover the cost of breakfast, lunch, and a snack for every day school is closed.
USDA must pay each state agency and covered tribal organization 100% of the administrative expenses (currently 50%) incurred in operating the program.
USDA must also provide grants to states to support the development or upgrading of data systems that are necessary to implement Summer EBT.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 27, 2023 to Apr 16, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Jun 27, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 12, 2023 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jul 12, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Jul 12, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Jul 12, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Jul 12, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Jul 12, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Jul 12, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jul 19, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jul 19, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Jul 19, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Jul 19, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Aug 4, 2023 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Aug 4, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Sep 5, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 5, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Apr 16, 2024 |
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 27, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2023Introduced in House
- Jun 27, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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. 169, no. 112, June 27, 2023, page H3152.
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 expand the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program to include benefit transfer during school closures, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Stop Child Hunger Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2023Introduced 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.
