United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4259 (116th)
SPARK Act
Introduced
9 September 2019
Last action
9 September 2019 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sponsors
Susan Wild, Aumua Amata Radewagen, Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Donald Payne, Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1], Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Karen Bass, Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], David Trone, Cheri Bustos, ALCEE HASTINGS, Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6], Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36], Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4], Al Lawson, Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5], Sean Maloney, Debra Haaland, Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Josh Harder, JOSE SERRANO, Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44], JAMES LANGEVIN, TIM RYAN, Chris Pappas, Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5], Earl Blumenauer, Kendra Horn, Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Subjects
Education
Source updated
21 July 2025
Summary
Schools Preventing Hunger in At-Risk Kids Act or the SPARK Act This bill expands automatic eligibility for the National School Lunch Program to foster children who have been placed with a relative or family friend with the involvement of the state child welfare agency. To enroll in the program, a family must document the foster child's status to the child's school.
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Timeline
9 September 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 September 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 September 2019
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 9 September 2019 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 9 September 2019
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 9 September 2019
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 9 September 2019
Sponsors
- Susan Wild · D · Sponsor
- Aumua Amata Radewagen · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] · D · Sponsor
- Donald Payne · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] · D · Sponsor
- Karen Bass · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] · D · Sponsor
- David Trone · D · Sponsor
- Cheri Bustos · D · Sponsor
- ALCEE HASTINGS · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] · D · Sponsor
- Al Lawson · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] · D · Sponsor
- Sean Maloney · D · Sponsor
- Debra Haaland · D · Sponsor
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] · D · Sponsor
- Josh Harder · D · Sponsor
- JOSE SERRANO · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] · D · Sponsor
- JAMES LANGEVIN · D · Sponsor
- TIM RYAN · D · Sponsor
- Chris Pappas · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Earl Blumenauer · D · Cosponsor
- Kendra Horn · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] · D · Cosponsor
- · hsed00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → SPARK Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4259
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4259
- us · 116-hr-4259 · source updated 21 July 2025