H.R. 3738: Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-09-12 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-09-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2017

Plain summary

Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2017 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to authorize the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide additional food (known as commodity assistance) to states participating in the School Breakfast Program (SBP). (Under current law, USDA provides commodity assistance to states participating in the National School Lunch Program based on the number of lunches served. The food may also be served as part of the SBP or other child nutrition programs.) The bill modifies the requirements to: (1) repeal a provision that prohibits USDA from offering commodity assistance based on the number of school breakfasts served, and (2) require USDA to use a specified formula to provide additional commodity assistance for each school breakfast served.

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Official text

Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] · 60 cosponsors

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Peter Welch (D-VT), John Garamendi (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Darren Soto (D-FL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] reported raising $1.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr3738.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3738 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115