HR5753Referred to Committee
Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2025
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-10-14
Introduced
19
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
James P. McGovern
Democrat · MA · Representative
Votes with party: 96.5% (593 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/M000312
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (19)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12)· 2025-10-17
- David Scott (D-GA-13)· 2025-10-17
- Seth Moulton (D-MA-6)· 2025-10-17
- Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11)· 2025-10-17
- Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1)· 2025-11-12
- Lori Trahan (D-MA-3)· 2025-11-12
- William R. Keating (D-MA-9)· 2025-11-12
- Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1)· 2025-12-05
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1)· 2026-01-12
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)· 2026-01-21
- Mike Thompson (D-CA-4)· 2026-01-21
- Emily Randall (D-WA-6)· 2026-02-03
- George Whitesides (D-CA-27)· 2026-04-09
- Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10)· 2026-04-09
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)· 2026-04-28
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10)· 2026-05-12
Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on Education and WorkforceReferred To · 2025-10-14
Previously
- Education and Workforce CommitteeReferred To · 2025-10-14
Plain-English Summary
Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2025 This bill permanently increases the federal reimbursement rates for the school lunch and breakfast programs of the Department of Agriculture. Specifically, beginning November 1, 2025, the bill provides an additional 45 cents per lunch served in the National School Lunch Program and an additional 28 cents per breakfast served in the School Breakfast Program. These amounts must be adjusted annually for inflation beginning July 1, 2026.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Agriculture and Food
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