United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 6187 (116th)
MEALS Act
Introduced
11 March 2020
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Status
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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21 July 2025
Summary
Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students Act or the MEALS Act This bill modifies food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture to allow certain waivers to requirements for the school meal programs, including waivers that increase federal costs during a school closure related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Such waivers must be requested by a state or service provider and be for purposes of providing meals and snacks during such a closure.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 11 March 2020
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 11 March 2020
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 11 March 2020
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6187
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6187