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Expanding Access to School Meals Act of 2025

2680

119th Congress

Agriculture and Food

In Committee

Legislative Progress

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Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

April 7, 2025

Latest Action

April 7, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Josh GottheimerDemocratic(NJ)

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Summary

Expanding Access to School Meals Act of 2025 This bill increases student access to free school lunches and breakfasts under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA). Specifically, the bill expands program eligibility to include students in households with income at or below 224% of the federal poverty level. (Currently, students in households with income at or below 130% are eligible.) The bill also eliminates the reduced price school lunch and breakfast programs and prohibits USDA from providing reimbursements for reduced price programs. States may use Medicaid participation data to directly certify students for free school meals. (Direct certification allows schools to approve meals without the need for a separate application for children who receive assistance under other programs.) Under current law, states may apply to participate in a USDA demonstration project to directly certify children for free and reduced price meals based on household income data acquired through Medicaid. Further, the bill increases the number of free meals a school in a high-poverty area may be reimbursed for at the free-meal rate under the Community Eligibility Provision. (This provision allows eligible schools, groups of schools, and school districts to offer free meals at no cost to all enrolled students without collecting separate applications.) Specifically, the bill increases from 1.6% to 2.5% the reimbursement multiplier, which is used to calculate how many meals USDA will reimburse the school for at the free meal rate.

Lobbying filings that explicitly cite this bill (9)

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Filing registrants (2)

FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER (4)HOUSTON FOOD BANK (1)

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2026 · third_quarter · Education

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

H.R. 2489 - Hunger-Free Future Act HR 4451 - Caregivers, Access and Responsible Expansion (CARE) for Kids Act of 2025 HR 5753 - Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act HR 6065/S. 3127 - Farm to School Act of 2025 HR 2680 - The Expanding Access to School Meals Act HR 2402 - No Hunger Kids in School Act S. 1431 - School Meal Modernization and Hunger Elimination Act HR 5731 - School Food Modernization Act HR 6819 - Bridge to Summer Nutrition Act S.1622/HR 3217 - Stop Child Hunger Act of 2025 S.1420/HR 2859 - The Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act S.1447/HR 2818 - The Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act HR 1464 - Modern WIC Act

Actions (2)

April 7, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

April 7, 2025

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Education and Workforce Committee	House	Referred To	April 7, 2025

Text Versions

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Introduced in House	April 7, 2025	XML

Cosponsors (48)

Name	Party	State
Adam Smith	Democratic	WA
Adelita S. Grijalva	Democratic	AZ
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Democratic	NY

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HOUSTON FOOD BANKclient→HOUSTON FOOD BANK

2026 · first_quarter · Agriculture

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Met with a few members of our House delegation on HR 5439 (Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act) which would create a 6 year Medicare pilot for individuals at high risk of hospital readmission if they don't have access to the proper nutrition; HR 2680 (Expanding Access to School Meals) which would eliminate the reduced price lunch category and codify Medicaid eligibility as a certification for free lunch; HR 1464 Modern WIC Act which would allow for the continued use of virtual participation options;

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

HR 2680

mrs KATHERINE BYERS

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERclient→FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER

2026 · first_quarter · Agriculture

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H.R. 2512/S. 1202 - Hot Foods Act H.R. 2489 - Hunger-Free Future Act HR 793 - SNAP Benefits Fairness Act HR 777 - Closing the College Hunger Gap Act S.2717 Student Loan Deduction Act of 2025 HR 4451 - Caregivers, Acess and Responsible Expansion (CARE) for Kids Act of 2025 HR 5753 - Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act HR 6065/S. 3127 - Farm to School Act of 2025 HR 2680 - The Expanding Access to School Meals Act HR 2402 - No Hunger Kids in School Act S. 1431 - School Meal Modernization and Hunger Elimination Act HR 5731 - School Food Modernization Act HR 6819 - Bridge to Summer Nutrition Act S.1622/HR 3217 - Stop Child Hunger Act of 2025 HR 6088/S 3281 - Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025 HR 3117/S 1540 - Fairness for Victims of SNAP Skimming Act of 2025 S.1420/HR 2859 - The Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act S.1447/HR 2818 - The Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act HR 1464 - Modern WIC Act

Client expense: $28,721 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 2680

ELLEN TELLER

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERclient→FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER

2026 · first_quarter · Education

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

H.R. 2489 - Hunger-Free Future Act HR 4451 - Caregivers, Access and Responsible Expansion (CARE) for Kids Act of 2025 HR 5753 - Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act HR 6065/S. 3127 - Farm to School Act of 2025 HR 2680 - The Expanding Access to School Meals Act HR 2402 - No Hunger Kids in School Act S. 1431 - School Meal Modernization and Hunger Elimination Act HR 5731 - School Food Modernization Act HR 6819 - Bridge to Summer Nutrition Act S.1622/HR 3217 - Stop Child Hunger Act of 2025 S.1420/HR 2859 - The Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act S.1447/HR 2818 - The Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act HR 1464 - Modern WIC Act

Client expense: $28,721 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 2680

ELLEN TELLER

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERclient→FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER

2025 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

H.R. 2512/S. 1202 - Hot Foods Act H.R. 2489 - Hunger-Free Future Act HR 793 - SNAP Benefits Fairness Act HR 777 - Closing the College Hunger Gap Act S.2717 Student Loan Deduction Act of 2025 HR 4451 - Caregivers, Acess and Responsible Expansion (CARE) for Kids Act of 2025 HR 5753 - Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act HR 6065/S. 3127 - Farm to School Act of 2025 HR 2680 - The Expanding Access to School Meals Act HR 2402 - No Hunger Kids in School Act S. 1431 - School Meal Modernization and Hunger Elimination Act HR 5731 - School Food Modernization Act HR 6819 - Bridge to Summer Nutrition Act S.1622/HR 3217 - Stop Child Hunger Act of 2025 HR 6088/S 3281 - Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025 HR 3117/S 1540 - Fairness for Victims of SNAP Skimming Act of 2025 S.1420/HR 2859 - The Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act S.1447/HR 2818 - The Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act HR 1464 - Modern WIC Act

Client expense: $33,828 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 2680

ELLEN TELLER

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERclient→FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER

2025 · fourth_quarter · Education

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

H.R. 2489 - Hunger-Free Future Act HR 4451 - Caregivers, Access and Responsible Expansion (CARE) for Kids Act of 2025 HR 5753 - Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act HR 6065/S. 3127 - Farm to School Act of 2025 HR 2680 - The Expanding Access to School Meals Act HR 2402 - No Hunger Kids in School Act S. 1431 - School Meal Modernization and Hunger Elimination Act HR 5731 - School Food Modernization Act HR 6819 - Bridge to Summer Nutrition Act S.1622/HR 3217 - Stop Child Hunger Act of 2025 S.1420/HR 2859 - The Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act S.1447/HR 2818 - The Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act HR 1464 - Modern WIC Act

Client expense: $33,828 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 2680

ELLEN TELLER

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE