House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 9, 2023 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1218)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1269.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 39, March 1, 2023, Page H1050):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: educationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 107 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1269, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1269
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 December 6, 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
53 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 52 Democrats
1 of 53 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Donald Davis (D-NC), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Steven Horsford (D-NV), William Keating (D-MA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Chris Pappas (D-NH) and 23 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James McGovern.
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- H.Res. 77 (118th) Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
- H.R. 6780 (118th) Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act
- H.R. 4034 (118th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, and…
- H.R. 5085 (118th) Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.