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H.R. 309: Opportunity To Address College Hunger Act

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H.R. 309: Opportunity To Address College Hunger Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-01-12 · Education · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-01-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] · 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 the Workforce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Opportunity To Address College Hunger Act

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Official text

Opportunity To Address College Hunger Act

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr309.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] · 86 cosponsors

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Mark Takano (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Grace Meng (D-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Adam Smith (D-WA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Mike Levin (D-CA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), John Garamendi (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ed Case (D-HI), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Troy A. Carter (D-LA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Kathy Castor (D-FL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and 26 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] 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

Record fed-us-cong118-hr309 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118