I will continue working to get H.R. 5439, the Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act, passed by the House and signed into law before the end of 2026.

James P. McGovern · Massachusetts · Democratic

policy impact 0.64 specificity 0.82 extraction confidence 86%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Continue working to get H.R. 5439 across the finish line and signed into law.. Promised outcome: H.R. 5439 becomes law, creating a Medicare pilot program for medically tailored home-delivered meals.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Official congressional press release about H.R. 5439 after passage by the House Ways and Means Committee.

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Now that the legislation has been approved by the committee, it can advance to the House floor for a vote. Both lawmakers will continue working to get the bill across the finish line and signed into law before the end of the year.

McGovern and Malliotakis commit to continue working to enact their medically tailored meals bill before the end of 2026.

McGovern & Malliotakis Applaud Passage of Bipartisan Medically Tailored Meals Bill from Ways & Means Committee | U.S. House of Representatives
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Evidence

verified · Source version 68105 · locator 4391

H.R. 5439, the “Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act” was ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives as amended by an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, offered by Chairman Smith, by a roll call vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Latest concrete official action found: House Ways and Means advanced H.R. 5439, showing effort but not House passage or enactment. No newer official delivery/reversal evidence was found in the 2026-10-03 to 2026-10-05 lookback window.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Markup of H.R. 10357, H.R. 10334, H.R. 6130, H.R. 5439, H.R. 4093, H.R. 10346, and H.R. 10356 - Ways and Means
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Now that the legislation has been approved by the committee, it can advance to the House floor for a vote. Both lawmakers will continue working to get the bill across the finish line and signed into law before the end of the year.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): McGovern's office characterized committee approval as an intermediate step and said further House floor action and enactment were still needed before year-end 2026.

unresolved same_term A for effort

McGovern & Malliotakis Applaud Passage of Bipartisan Medically Tailored Meals Bill from Ways & Means Committee | U.S. House of Representatives
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Public state: pending As of 2026-10-05 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified commitment was to continue working to get H.R. 5439 passed and signed into law by the end of 2026. As of 2026-10-05, the verified evidence shows only committee approval and that further House floor action and enactment were still needed. Because the deadline has not expired and enactment is not documented, the promise is unresolved, with documented same-term effort but no delivered or partial policy outcome.

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