School Lunch Affordability Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1168.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 36, February 24, 2023, Page H876):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that only a school food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the year preceding the previous school year shall be required to establish a price, for paid lunches.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1168, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1168

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  b56f82f2d9f9d0ce73d5dac98194324146305055897ed1f0105e83c026d5a099

  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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