House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-149
Healthy Meals for Children Act
Became law on May 29, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Goodling R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 19, 1995
- Committee actionMay 1, 1996
- Passed HouseMay 14, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMay 16, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentMay 22, 1996
- Became lawMay 29, 1996
Latest action: May 29, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-149.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2066.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-561 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on May 7, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 7, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/561
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2066, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/2066
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29919b25474b649ae48e4e233a4d84eee21c77b8f320f1391992206f700b7c9a
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
29 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 29 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Michael Castle (R-DE), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Robert Dornan (R-CA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Gene Green (D-TX), James Greenwood (R-PA), Steve Gunderson (R-WI), Martin Hoke (R-OH), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), William Lipinski (D-IL), James Longley (R-ME), David McIntosh (R-IN), Howard McKeon (R-CA), George Miller (D-CA), Ron Packard (R-CA), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Frank Riggs (R-CA), Marge Roukema (R-NJ), Mark Souder (R-IN), Pete Stark (D-CA), Bob Stump (R-AZ), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Curt Weldon (R-PA), Dave Weldon (R-FL), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Goodling.
- H.R. 1715 (104th) Respecting the relationship between workers' compensation benefits and the benefits available under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural…
- H.R. 1045 (104th) To amend the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to eliminate the National Education Standards and Improvement Council, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3863 (104th) Student Debt Reduction Act of 1996
- H.Res. 470 (104th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Department of Education should play a more active role in monitoring and enforcing…
- H.R. 3049 (104th) To amend section 1505 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the continuity of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of…
- H.Con.Res. 108 (104th) To correct technical errors in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 1594.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.