Food for Thought Act of 2023
Latest action · Jul 20, 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.
- IntroducedJul 20, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Food for Thought Act of 2023
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 56
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2023 to Oct 29, 2024; 31 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jul 24, 2023 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jul 26, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Aug 1, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Aug 15, 2023 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Aug 15, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Sep 5, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Oct 12, 2023 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Oct 25, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Oct 26, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Nov 2, 2023 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Nov 7, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Nov 13, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Dec 7, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Apr 9, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jun 3, 2024 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jun 11, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Wiley Nickel | Jun 18, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jun 27, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Jun 27, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jul 8, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Jul 10, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Jul 25, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Oct 29, 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 Jul 20, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2023Introduced in House
- Jul 20, 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. 125, July 20, 2023, page H3891.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2441 | Food for Thought Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Jul 20, 2023 |
| HR 6934 | Food for Thought Act of 2022 | Reintroduction of | Mar 3, 2022 |
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 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 20, 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.
