119th Congress
H.R. 5753
Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- James P. McGovern(D-MA)
- Introduced
- Oct 14, 2025
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food
- Committees
- House Committee on Education and Workforce
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (21)
Added later (21)
- Alma S. Adams (D-NC) · Oct 17, 2025
- S001157 · Oct 17, 2025
- Seth Moulton (D-MA) · Oct 17, 2025
- Shontel M. Brown (D-OH) · Oct 17, 2025
- Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL) · Nov 12, 2025
- Lori Trahan (D-MA) · Nov 12, 2025
- William R. Keating (D-MA) · Nov 12, 2025
- Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN) · Dec 5, 2025
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME) · Jan 12, 2026
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) · Jan 21, 2026
- Mike Thompson (D-CA) · Jan 21, 2026
- Emily Randall (D-WA) · Feb 3, 2026
- George Whitesides (D-CA) · Apr 9, 2026
- Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) · Apr 9, 2026
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA) · Apr 28, 2026
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) · May 12, 2026
- Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ) · Jun 3, 2026
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) · Jun 8, 2026
- John W. Mannion (D-NY) · Jul 13, 2026
- Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) · Aug 20, 2026
- Troy A. Carter (D-LA) · Oct 1, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2025
This bill permanently increases the federal reimbursement rates for the school lunch and breakfast programs of the Department of Agriculture.
Specifically, beginning November 1, 2025, the bill provides an additional 45 cents per lunch served in the National School Lunch Program and an additional 28 cents per breakfast served in the School Breakfast Program. These amounts must be adjusted annually for inflation beginning July 1, 2026.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Oct 14, 2025 · House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. - Oct 14, 2025
Introduced in House