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H.R. 2402

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 2402, the No Hungry Kids in Schools Act, was introduced in the House on Mar 27, 2025 by Rep. Pete Aguilar (D) with 24 co-sponsors. It was referred to Education and Workforce, and last saw action on Mar 27, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Record

Text

H.R. 2402 has 24 co-sponsors.

hb2402/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 2402 IH: No Hungry Kids in Schools Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-27
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2402  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 27, 2025   Mr. Aguilar  (for himself,  Mr. Carson ,  Ms. Chu ,  Mr. DeSaulnier ,  Mr. McGarvey ,  Ms. Jacobs ,  Mr. Gottheimer ,  Mr. Mullin ,  Ms. Norton ,  Mr. Panetta ,  Ms. Pingree ,  Ms. Tlaib , and  Mrs. Watson Coleman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Education and Workforce    A BILL
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish statewide community eligibility for certain special assistance payments, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   No Hungry Kids in Schools Act  .
2.
Statewide community eligibility
Section 11(a)(1)(F) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)(F) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(xiv)
Statewide community eligibility
For each school year beginning on or after July 1, 2025, the Secretary shall establish an option for States to utilize a statewide community eligibility program, for purposes of which, in the case of a State agency that agrees to provide funding from sources other than Federal funds to ensure that local educational agencies in the State receive the free reimbursement rate for 100 percent of the meals served at applicable schools, as defined by the Secretary—
(I)
the multiplier described in clause (vii) shall apply;
(II)
the threshold described in clause (viii) shall be zero; and
(III)
the percentage of enrolled students who were identified students shall be calculated across all applicable schools in the State regardless of local educational agency.
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Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-03-27
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Mar 27, 2025

hb2402/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (03/27/2025)

No Hungry Kids in Schools Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish an option for states to utilize a statewide Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) for USDA school meal programs. As background, the CEP allows eligible schools, groups of schools, and school districts the option to offer free breakfast and lunch to all enrolled students without collecting household applications.

Specifically, USDA must establish a statewide CEP option that may be used by a state agency. The state agency must provide state (nonfederal) funding to local educational agencies to reimburse applicable schools at the free reimbursement rate for 100% of the meals served.

Eligibility for the statewide CEP must be based on a statewide calculation of the percentage of identified enrolled students, regardless of a school's local educational agency. Further, the bill lowers the CEP participation threshold for a statewide CEP to an identified student percentage (ISP) of zero, from a minimum of 25% under current regulations. The ISP is the percentage of students who are eligible for free school meals without a household application, primarily those who are directly certified through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

In addition, the bill specifies that the reimbursement multiplier for school meals remains at the current level of 1.6. The reimbursement multiplier is used to calculate how many meals will be reimbursed at the free meal rate.

Sponsors

Rep. Pete Aguilar (D) sponsors H.R. 2402, and 24 members have co-sponsored it, 12 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 2402 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce
Education and Workforce
Referred To · Mar 27, 2025 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 2402 has taken 2 actions since Mar 27, 2025.

ChamberAction
Mar 27, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Mar 27, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.Education and Workforce Committee

Votes

H.R. 2402 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 2402 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • No Hungry Kids in Schools Act — Display Title
  • No Hungry Kids in Schools Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish statewide community eligibility for certain special assistance payments, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 11 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2402 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Education, Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Defense, Government Issues, Health Issues, Immigration.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER—District of Columbia13—
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER13—
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ELLEN TELLER113
BARBARA MOLDAUER111
BONITA WILLIAMS111
CHRISTIN DRISCOLL111
DEBORAH KOOLBECK111
JOYE BARKSDALE111
JUAN RANGEL111
KIMBERLY TRINCA111
MARCUS EGAN111
RONNY LAU111
STEPHANIE SALVADOR111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$650K1st Quarter - Report
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2026 second_quarter$41.4K2nd Quarter - Report
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2025 fourth_quarter$33.8K4th Quarter - Report
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2026 first_quarter$28.7K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2402 under Agriculture and Food, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 2402’s is Agriculture and Food.

hr2402/policy-areas.txt
Agriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 2402, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 56 (Thursday, March 27, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. AGUILAR:H.R. 2402.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H1338]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com