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H.R. 5270 (97th)
A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to provide that income used for certain special hardship conditions shall not be included as income for purposes of determining eligibility for free or reduced-price lunches.
Introduced
16 December 1981
Last action
29 January 1982 · Referred
Status
Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.
Sponsors
Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-17]
Subjects
Education
Source updated
21 July 2025
Summary
Amends the National School Lunch Act to exclude as income in determining eligibility for the school lunch program, income used for: (1) unusually high medical expenses; (2) shelter costs in excess of thirty percent of income; (3) special education expenses; and (4) disaster or casualty losses.
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Timeline
16 December 1981
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Source: IntroReferral
16 December 1981
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
16 December 1981
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
29 January 1982
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Documents
1 official file
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 16 December 1981
Sponsors
- Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-17] · D · Sponsor
- · hsed00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/5270
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/97/hr/5270
- us · 97-hr-5270 · source updated 21 July 2025