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H.R. 6430: Suspend School Meal Debt Act

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H.R. 6430: Suspend School Meal Debt Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-04-03 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-04-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Suspend School Meal Debt Act

Plain summary

Suspend School Meal Debt Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to reimburse each school food authority and local educational agency participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program for unpaid meal fees owed to the authority or agency as of the date of the enactment of this bill. The bill also prohibits each school food authority and local educational agency from collecting unpaid meal fees or using a debt collector to collect such fees during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The prohibition ends 30 days after the date on which the public health emergency is terminated.

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Official text

Suspend School Meal Debt Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] · 33 cosponsors

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Gwen Moore (D-WI), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Darren Soto (D-FL), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Bill Foster (D-IL), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] reported raising $8.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr6430 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116