House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Breakfast After the Bell Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide additional reimbursement to schools with a breakfast after the bell program, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 19, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 19, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7999.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 50, March 19, 2026, Page H2622):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7999, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7999
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 2, 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 April 2, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ami Bera.
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- H.R. 1902 (119th) HERO Act
- H.Res. 880 (119th) Recognizing the strategic value of the historical partnership between the United States and India.
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.