Closing the College Hunger Gap Act
Latest action · Feb 20, 2024 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.
- IntroducedFeb 20, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 20, 2024 to Dec 5, 2024; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-MD | Glenn Ivey | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Feb 20, 2024 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | May 14, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | May 14, 2024 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Dec 5, 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 Feb 20, 2024 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 20, 2024Introduced in House
- Feb 20, 2024Referred 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. 170, no. 32, February 20, 2024, page H687.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To address food and housing insecurity on college campuses.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Closing the College Hunger Gap Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 20, 2024Introduced 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.
