House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
FISCAL Act
Official title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require schools to offer a variety of milk to students participating in the school lunch program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Troy Carter D-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 1, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 1, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2539.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 58, April 1, 2025, Page H1404):This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl.1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2539, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2539
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 February 25, 2026). 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
11 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 9 Democrats
2 of 11 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Nancy Mace (R-SC), John Mannion (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Deborah Ross (D-NC), David Scott (D-GA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Carter.
- H.R. 5109 (119th) Transportation Worker Identification Credential Efficiency Act
- H.R. 8874 (119th) Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Reporting Act of 2026
- H.R. 2037 (119th) Open RAN Outreach Act
- H.R. 1374 (119th) Securing the Cities Improvement Act
- H.R. 6782 (119th) Public Health Air Quality Act of 2025
- H.R. 7602 (119th) State of Men’s Health Act
Related bills
- S. 1236 (119th) FISCAL ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.