# 115-hr-3738: Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2017

115-hr-3738, Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2017, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-3738
- Congress: 115
- Title: Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2017
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- Introduced: 2017-09-12
- Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 60
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2017 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to authorize the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide additional food (known as commodity assistance) to states participating in the School Breakfast Program (SBP). (Under current law, USDA provides commodity assistance to states participating in the National School Lunch Program based on the number of lunches served. The food may also be served as part of the SBP or other child nutrition programs.) The bill modifies the requirements to: (1) repeal a provision that prohibits USDA from offering commodity assistance based on the number of school breakfasts served, and (2) require USDA to use a specified formula to provide additional commodity assistance for each school breakfast served.

## Cosponsors (60)

- Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL), 2017-09-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2017-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
- PETER VISCLOSKY (D-IN), 2017-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2017-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2017-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- GENE GREEN (D-TX), 2017-10-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2017-10-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2017-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2017-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2017-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2017-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2017-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2017-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2017-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2017-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] (D-AZ), 2017-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2017-11-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2017-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2017-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2017-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2018-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2018-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2018-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2018-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2018-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2018-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2018-01-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2018-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2018-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2018-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY), 2018-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2018-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2018-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D-MD), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2018-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- COLLIN PETERSON (D-MN), 2018-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2018-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2018-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2018-03-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2018-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
- RICHARD NOLAN (D-MN), 2018-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN LEWIS (D-GA), 2018-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2018-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2018-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kihuen, Ruben J. [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2018-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2018-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2018-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2018-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2018-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2018-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2018-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2018-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2018-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2018-08-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2018-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-3738 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3738)

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