House Bill 6187
116th Congress(2019-2020)
MEALS Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Mar 11, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
6187
Congress
116
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
Primary focus of measure is agricultural practices; agricultural prices and marketing; agricultural education; food assistance or nutrition programs; food industry, supply, and safety; aquaculture; horticulture and plants. Measures concerning international trade in agricultural products may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students Act or the MEALS Act
This bill modifies food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture to allow certain waivers to requirements for the school meal programs, including waivers that increase federal costs during a school closure related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Such waivers must be requested by a state or service provider and be for purposes of providing meals and snacks during such a closure.
March 11, 2020
03/11/2020
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
03/11/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:17:33 PM