School-Based
H.R. 5128 – Feed Hungry Kids Act
Take Action: Urge your Members of Congress to cosponsor.
What it does:
- Codifies the eligibility threshold for schools using the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) at 25 percent Identified Student Percentage.
Rep. Gillen (D-NY-4) introduced on September 4, 2025. See press release. View House cosponsors here.
H.R. 4451 – Caregivers, Access and Responsible Expansion (CARE) for Kids Act of 2025
What it does:
- Expands direct certification and extends free or reduced-price school meal eligibility to specific children being raised by grandparents or other relatives.
H.R. 5753 – Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act
What it does:
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Increases federal reimbursement rates for school breakfast and lunch.
H.R. 6065 / S. 3127 – Farm to School Act of 2025
What it does:
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Expands and improves the farm to school program by increasing annual mandatory funding and reducing application barriers.
Sen. Welch (D-VT) introduced on November 6, 2025. View Senate cosponsors here. Rep. Plaskett (D-VI) introduced on November 21, 2025. View House cosponsors here. Read the press release here.
H.R. 2680 – The Expanding Access to School Meals Act
Take Action: Urge your Members of Congress to cosponsor.
What it does:
- Increases eligibility for free meals up to 224 percent of the federal poverty level
- Expands direct certification by including Medicaid as a category,
- Makes eligibility for free school meals retroactive to the beginning of the school year
- Increases funding for community eligibility schools by increasing the multiplier to 2.5.
Rep. Gottheimer (D-PA) introduced on April 7, 2025. View House cosponsors here.
H.R. 2402 – No Hungry Kids in School Act
Take Action: Urge your Members of Congress to cosponsor.
What it does:
- Creates a statewide community eligibility option.
Resources: Press release from Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA).
Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) introduced on March 27, 2025. View House cosponsors here.
S.1431 – School Meal Modernization and Hunger Elimination Act
Take Action: Urge your Members of Congress to cosponsor.
What it does:
- Increases federal funding for community eligibility schools
- Creates a statewide community eligibility option
- Improves direct certification
- Provides retroactive reimbursement for meals served to children who are certified for free or reduced-price meals later in the school year.
- Expand eligibility for free meals to children who receive SSI, as well as a subset of children being raised by grandparents or other relatives.
Sen. Fetterman (D-PA) introduced on April 11, 2025. View Senate cosponsors here.
H.R. 5731 – School Food Modernization Act
Take action: Urge your members of congress to co-sponsor.
What it does:
- Provides funding to help schools purchase equipment, upgrade infrastructure, and provide professional development that supports school nutrition professionals’ ability to provide students with nutritious school meals.
Rep. DeSaulnier (D-CA) and Rep. Thompson (R-PA) reintroduced in the House on October 10, 2025. Check to see current cosponsors in the House.
Out of School Time
S. 1622/H.R. 3217 – Stop Child Hunger Act of 2025
Take Action: Urge your members of Congress to cosponsor.
What it does:
- Expands the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (Summer EBT) Program by increasing the amount of benefits a family receives.
- Provides benefits during the school year for school breakfast and unanticipated school closures.
- Supports state implementation by phasing in the 50 percent administrative fund match.
- Provides $50 million in funds for implementation grants for states.
Sen. Murray (D-WA) introduced in the Senate and Rep. Levin (D-CA), and Hayes (D-CT) in the House on May 7, 2025. View Senate cosponsors here and House cosponsors here.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
H.R. 6088 / S. XXXX – Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025
Take Action: Use the FRAC Action Network to urge your Members of Congress to pass the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act. For more information on engaging with your Members, contact Tim Klipp-Lockhart, tklipp-lockhart@frac.org, or Ellen Teller, eteller@frac.org. For information on SNAP, contact Gina Plata-Nino, gplata-nino@frac.org.
What it does:
- Repeals the budget reconciliation cuts (H.R. 1) to SNAP.
Resources:
- Press Release from House Agriculture Committee Democrats.
- Press Release and Link to Press Conference announcing introduction of the legislation from Senate Committee on Agriculture Ranking Member Ben Ray Luján (D-NM).
- Letter by FRAC and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities — and signed by nearly 1,500 organizations — urging Members to cosponsor the bill and to restore SNAP benefits.
- Supporting quotes from advocacy groups.
In the House, Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Ranking Member Jahana Hayes (D-CT) and Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (D-MN) introduced on November 18, 2025. In the Senate, Agriculture Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition Ranking Member Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced on November 20, 2025.
H.R. 3117 / S. 1540 – Fairness for Victims of SNAP Skimming Act of 2025
Take Action: Urge your Members of Congress to cosponsor.
What it does:
- Requires states to replace 100% of snap benefits stolen through card skimming and similar fraud.
Resources: Press release from Rep. Lawler.
In the House, Rep. Meng (D-NY-6) and Rep. Lawler (R-NY-17) introduced on April 30, 2025. In the Senate, Sen. Fetterman (D-PA) introduced the same day.
H.R. 2489 – Hunger-Free Future Act
Take Action: Urge your Members of Congress to cosponsor.
What it does:
- Preserves the Thrifty Food Plan methodology to continue future SNAP benefit adjustments, ensuring that changes are not made to SNAP that would increase food insecurity.
Resources: Press release from Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH-11).
Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH-11) introduced on March 31, 2025. View House cosponsors here.
Early Childhood
S.1420/H.R.2859 – The Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act
Take Action: Urge your Members of Congress to cosponsor.
What it does:
- Increases the reimbursement for snacks and meals served by 10 cents
- Eliminates the two-tier system for qualifying family child care centers
Sens. Blumenthal (D-CT) and Smith (D-MN) introduced in the Senate and Reps. Bonamici (D-OR) and Landsman (D-OH) in the House on April 10, 2025. View Senate cosponsors here and House cosponsors here.
S.1447/H.R. 2818 – The Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act
Take Action: Urge your Members of Congress to cosponsor.
What it does:
- Adds a third meal service to CACFP
- Changes the payment system for family child care programs to align with centers
- Simplifies eligibility reporting for for-profit child care centers by allowing annual eligibility.
Sens. Blumenthal (D-CT) and Smith (D-MN) introduced in the Senate and Reps. Bonamici (D-OR), Mackenzie (R-PA), and Landsman (D-OH) in the House on April 10, 2025. View Senate cosponsors here and House cosponsors here.
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
H.R. 1464 – Modern WIC Act
Take Action: Urge your Members of Congress to cosponsor.
What it does:
- Makes permanent flexibilities that allow for remote enrollment, services, and benefit issuance for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
Resources: Press release from Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick. Read FRAC’s MODERN WIC Act one-pager.
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced on February 21, 2025. View House cosponsors here.
