Expand automatic eligibility for school meals.

Jahana Hayes · Connecticut · Democratic

policy impact 0.58 specificity 0.68 extraction confidence 78%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Her legislation would expand automatic eligibility for school meals

Hayes's office says her nutrition legislation would expand automatic eligibility for school meals.

Nutrition | Congresswoman Jahana Hayes
secondary · official_post · model gpt-5.5

Evidence

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Congress.gov lists Rep. Jahana Hayes as sponsor of H.R.6795, introduced December 17, 2025, with latest action referral to House Education and Workforce and status Introduced. The bill title says it would improve direct certification; sections include Expanding Direct Certification, Direct Certification Improvement Grants, Enhancing the Community Eligibility Option, and Enhancing Direct Certification.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Hayes took concrete legislative action in the 119th Congress to expand automatic/direct certification and community eligibility for school meals, but the bill had not advanced beyond introduction/referral, so delivery remains unresolved rather than completed.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R.6795 - School MEALS Act of 2025, Text as Introduced
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Jahana Hayes as sponsor of H.R.4451, introduced July 16, 2025, with latest action referral to House Education and Workforce and status Introduced. The bill includes Sec. 4, Expanding automatic eligibility, and Sec. 5, Medicaid direct certification, adding categories of children to school-meal eligibility.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Hayes sponsored a bill directly matching the promise to expand automatic school-meal eligibility, but official status shows it only introduced/referred, not enacted.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R.4451 - CARE for Kids Act of 2025, Text
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

Hayes materially advanced the promise during the 119th Congress by sponsoring H.R.4451, which includes an 'Expanding automatic eligibility' section and Medicaid direct certification, and H.R.6795, the School MEALS Act, to improve direct certification and community eligibility. Both bills directly match the promised expansion of automatic eligibility for school meals, but Congress.gov status shows they remained introduced/referred rather than enacted, so the promised outcome has not yet been delivered as of the current term.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%