HR 8798 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026

Introduced May 13, 2026 Originated House Sponsor Ilhan Omar D-MN

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 13, 2026 Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 13, 2026
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 103

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 13, 2026 to Sep 16, 2026, with 88 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMay 13, 2026
D-AZAdelita S. GrijalvaOriginalMay 13, 2026
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalMay 13, 2026
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalMay 13, 2026
D-ORAndrea SalinasOriginalMay 13, 2026
D-MNAngie CraigOriginalMay 13, 2026
D-MAAyanna PressleyOriginalMay 13, 2026
D-VTBecca BalintOriginalMay 13, 2026
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMay 13, 2026
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalMay 13, 2026
D-COBrittany PettersenOriginalMay 13, 2026
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalMay 13, 2026
D-TXChristian D. MenefeeOriginalMay 13, 2026
D-NYDaniel S. GoldmanOriginalMay 13, 2026
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalMay 13, 2026
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 13, 2026Introduced in House
  2. May 13, 2026Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 4518Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026Identical billMay 13, 2026
HR 10421Transforming Education for the Future ActRelated billSep 16, 2026

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. May 13, 2026Introduced in House

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