House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Afterschool Meals Act of 2022
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 6, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6357.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWN of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 6, January 10, 2022, Pages H8-H9):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6357, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6357
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Shontel Brown.
- H.R. 7618 (117th) To designate the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford Heights, Ohio, as a national memorial.
- H.R. 6356 (117th) MOVE Act
- H.R. 7317 (117th) FIND Food Act of 2022
- H.R. 6560 (117th) GAO Audit Mandates Revision Act of 2022
- H.R. 9038 (117th) Thriving Community Gardens Act
- H.R. 9144 (117th) SNAP Access for Medically Vulnerable Children Act of 2022
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.