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H.R. 4812: Food for Thought Act of 2023

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H.R. 4812: Food for Thought Act of 2023

118th Congress · introduced 2023-07-20 · Education · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-07-20 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-30] · 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Food for Thought Act of 2023

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-30] · 56 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Dina Titus (D-NV), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Adam Smith (D-WA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Troy A. Carter (D-LA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-30] reported raising $10.4 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-hr4812 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118