House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
School Meals during School Closures Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 20, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 20, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2777.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. OMAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 66, April 20, 2023, Page H1911):Article 1, Section 1 The single subject of this legislation is: The School Meals During School Closures Act will ensure that schools have the necessary federal flexibilities to continue serving meals to students during unanticipated closures.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 20, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 242 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2777, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2777
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 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
45 cosponsors — 45 Democrats
0 of 45 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Summer Lee (D-PA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and 15 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ilhan Omar.
- H.R. 3204 (118th) Universal School Meals Program Act of 2023
- H.R. 6828 (118th) Brittany Clardy Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls Act
- H.R. 5573 (118th) Britanny Clardy Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls Act
- H.R. 9878 (118th) No Shame at School Act of 2024
- H.R. 3610 (118th) Neighbors Not Enemies Act
- H.R. 3985 (118th) Combating International Islamophobia 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.