# 114-hr-5043: Protecting School Meals from Fines Act

114-hr-5043, Protecting School Meals from Fines Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5043
- Congress: 114
- Title: Protecting School Meals from Fines Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Introduced: 2016-04-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Protecting School Meals from Fines Act This bill prohibits the implementation of proposed Department of Agriculture regulations to establish criteria for imposing fines on school funding authorities, schools, and state agencies that are administering federal child nutrition programs and have: (1) failed to correct severe mismanagement of any program, (2) failed to correct repeated violations of program requirements, or (3) disregarded a requirement of which they have been informed.

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## Sources
- [114-hr-5043 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5043)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5043 (as of 2025-11-18).