House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
National Advisory Council on Unpaid School Meal Debt Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 12, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 12, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7639.
- 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. 170, No. 44, March 12, 2024, Page H1149):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Child NutritionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 12, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 79 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7639, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7639
- 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
14 cosponsors — 14 Democrats
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), André Carson (D-IN), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Katie Porter (D-CA), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Mark Takano (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
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. 2777 (118th) School Meals during School Closures Act
- H.R. 3610 (118th) Neighbors Not Enemies Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.