# 117-hr-6526: Healthy Meal Time Act of 2022

117-hr-6526, Healthy Meal Time Act of 2022, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-6526
- Congress: 117
- Title: Healthy Meal Time Act of 2022
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Introduced: 2022-01-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Healthy Meal Time Act of 2022 This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to enter into an agreement with an independent, nonpartisan, science-based research organization to carry out a study on the time lunches are served, the time that recess is offered, and the duration of lunch periods at schools participating in the National School Lunch Program. USDA must also make the findings of the study publicly available online; establish a task force, in coordination with the Department of Education, to review the study, review other related research, and develop best practices for lunch and recess periods to ensure student health, including appropriate nutritional intake; and issue guidance regarding such best practices to schools participating in the National School Lunch Program.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2022-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2022-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2022-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2022-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2022-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2022-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2022-02-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2022-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] (D-CA), 2022-06-16T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-6526 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6526)

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- [117-hr-263: Big Cat Public Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-263)
- [117-hr-8373: Right to Contraception Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8373)
- [117-hr-8297: Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8297)
- [117-hr-7933: Keep Infant Formula Safe and On the Shelves Act of 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-7933)
- [117-hres-891: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the article of amendm…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-891)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-6526 (as of 2025-11-18).