House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Local Foods for Healthy Schools Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Local Foods for Healthy Schools Program.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 25, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9474.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. McDONALD RIVET, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 107, June 25, 2026, Page H4263):U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Sec. 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 36 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9474, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9474
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 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.
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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
11 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 7 Democrats
4 of 11 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet.
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- H.R. 5594 (119th) Protect Your PIN Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.