# 119-hr-5753: Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2025

119-hr-5753, Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5753
- Congress: 119
- Title: Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-14
- Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 21
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-21

## Summary

**Raises federal school meal reimbursements.** This bill would create new, non-performance-based additional payments to school meal programs, adding 45 cents per lunch and 28 cents per breakfast starting November 1, 2025, with those amounts adjusted under Section 11(a)(3) beginning July 1, 2026. - School food authorities would receive an extra 45 cents for every lunch served and an extra 28 cents for each breakfast served beginning November 1, 2025. These added amounts would be modified over time using the adjustment method in Section 11(a)(3) starting July 1, 2026. - Students and families: the breakfast increase explicitly covers free, reduced-price, and paid breakfasts. The lunch increase applies to every lunch served in a school food authority. - Program rules: the new payments are labeled "Non-performance-based Additional Reimbursements," meaning the extra money would not be tied to performance metrics.

## Cosponsors (21)

- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2025-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2025-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2025-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1] (D-IN), 2025-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2026-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22] (D-NY), 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2026-08-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More money for school meals: benefit, low. Starting November 1, 2025, your child’s school would get $0.45 more for each lunch served. It would also get $0.28 more for each breakfast, including free, reduced-price, and paid meals. These amounts would be adjusted starting July 1, 2026 under existing school lunch adjustment rules. The extra mo…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act
- 119-hr-15: Equality Act
- 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025
- 119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5753 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5753)

## Related
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
- [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15)
- [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589)
- [119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-17)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5753 (as of 2026-10-21).