House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
MEALS Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require certain State agencies and covered Indian Tribal organizations to replace summer EBT benefits that are determined to have been stolen, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 4, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3700.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BONAMICI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 95, June 4, 2025, Page H2469):Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3700, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3700
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.