House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Food for Thought Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to certain institutions of higher education to provide free meals to low-income students, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Nanette Barragán D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 16, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10415.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BARRAGAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 146, September 16, 2026, Page H5983):Article 1 Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10415, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10415
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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.
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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
36 cosponsors — 36 Democrats
0 of 36 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Christian Menefee (D-TX), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nanette Barragán.
- H.Res. 543 (119th) Recognizing the right to peacefully protest and condemning violence and authoritarian responses to expressions of dissent.
- H.R. 5673 (119th) Stop the Trump Electricity Price Hikes Act
- H.Res. 1402 (119th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month.
- H.R. 576 (119th) To codify Executive Order 14096 relating to revitalizing our Nation's commitment to environmental justice for all.
- H.R. 1449 (119th) Energy Resilient Communities Act
- H.R. 1901 (119th) CHIPP Act
Related bills
- S. 5432 (119th) Food for Thought Act of 2026Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.