HR 5619 United States House · 118th Congress

Military Dependents School Meal Eligibility Act of 2023

HR 5619, the Military Dependents School Meal Eligibility Act of 2023, requires the Secretary of Agriculture to study how to directly certify military children for free or reduced-price school meals without additional applications. The bill directs a report by October 2024 evaluating options like using military housing allowance data and excluding non-service income from household calculations under existing school nutrition laws. This would affect children in households of active-duty military members, potentially streamlining eligibility for meals at schools. The bill itself is procedural, focusing on feasibility study rather than immediate policy changes.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Sep 2023

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Introduced Sep 21, 2023 Last action Sep 21, 2023

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Sep 21, 2023

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Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Sep 21, 2023

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1 primary · 11 co-sponsors