House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
School Food Modernization Act
Official title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make loan guarantees and grants to finance certain improvements to school lunch facilities, to train school food service personnel, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 2, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5731.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeSAULNIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 168, October 10, 2025, Page H4533):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5731, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5731
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 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
21 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 19 Democrats
2 of 21 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Comer (R-KY), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Lucy McBath (D-GA), James McGovern (D-MA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), George Whitesides (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark DeSaulnier.
- H.R. 4948 (119th) HOV Lane Exemption Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 8465 (119th) Funding Early Childhood is the Right IDEA Act
- H.R. 6849 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2121 Meridian Park Boulevard in Concord, California, as the "Carl…
- H.R. 7590 (119th) Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act
- H.R. 8073 (119th) Protection and Advocacy for Student Success Act
- H.R. 4918 (119th) Advancing Gun Safety Technology Act
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.