HR8728-119

In Committee

Feed Our Kids Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced May 11, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Feed Our Kids Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Agriculture, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H9A07DFF3834245529B5D44247DBABF00: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Feed Our Kids Act of 2026. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
  • Section H93ABB5C2C4D540D09D393E01664D6A5E: 2. Effective date Unless otherwise provided, this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.
  • Section HE320CBF075DE43869C90A5DBE009827B: 101. Free school breakfast program Section 4(a) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773(a)) is amended, in the first sentence— by striking is hereby...
  • Section H0E53891CC00B40FC9603C2B8E6A8D0DF: 201. Apportionment to States Section 4(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1753(b)) is amended— by striking paragraph (2) and...
  • Section HBDCDD395AE24416FA9685FAE7893F120: 202. Nutritional and other program requirements Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758) is amended by striking...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Feed Our Kids Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Agriculture, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Feed Our Kids Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Agriculture Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
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schools, students, and education providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
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federal implementing agencies:
schools, students, and education providers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 11, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

May 11, 2026

Introduced in House

May 11, 2026

Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Mr. Soto, and Ms. Pettersen) introduced …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Agriculture Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"locally-sourced farm product" §H0E53891CC00B40FC9603C2B8E6A8D0DF

a farm product that— is marketed to consumers— directly

"delinquent debt" §HD83FA7F42425446BB53FE537C468BA2B

the debt owed by a parent or guardian of a child to a school— as of the effective date specified in section 2

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