House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits be calculated using the value of the low-cost food plan, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Alma Adams D-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5129.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 145, September 4, 2025, Page H3862):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5129, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5129
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Summer Lee (D-PA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams.
- H.R. 2357 (119th) Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 114 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.
- H.Con.Res. 42 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.
- H.R. 8074 (119th) Kira Johnson Act
- H.Res. 332 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2025, as the eighth annual "Black Maternal Health Week", founded by…
- H.Res. 1183 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2026, as "Black Maternal Health Week", founded by Black Mamas Matter…
Related bills
- S. 2792 (119th) Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.