House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Plant-Powered School Meals Pilot Act

H.R. 5867Introduced Oct 28, 2025Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Official title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a pilot grant program to make grants to school food authorities to provide 100 percent plant-based food and milk options, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Nydia Velázquez D-NY

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Where it went

IntroducedOct 28, 2025
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Latest action: Oct 28, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5867.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 179, October 28, 2025, Page H4560):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .
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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

20 cosponsors — 20 Democrats

0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nydia Velázquez.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-7 district

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Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.