House Democrats proposed legislation this week aimed at expanding the school lunch program to help feed students over the weekend, a sign they will be looking to pass the bill when they control the House next year.

Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., introduced the Weekends Without Hunger Act, along with 28 other Democrats.

The bill would set up a five-year pilot program to provide commodities to eligible groups like schools and food banks, to help keep kids fed over the summer, weekends, and school holidays. Titus says a significant percentage of kids in her district rely on reduced-price school meals, and need help when school is out.

"When they're not in school, far too many students across the United States go hungry over the summer, on weekends, and on school holidays," she said in a statement Wednesday. "This legislation will fill a gap in federal programming to ensure that a vacation from school doesn't mean hunger for our children."

One of the groups that could be eligible for the program, Three Square, distributed thousand of "weekend bags" of food for students in the last school year. The group's president and CEO, Brian Burton, said he supports the bill as an attempt to "bridge the hunger gap" many kids face when not in school.

The bill doesn't include a cost estimate, and while it's unlikely to go anywhere in the House this year, Titus' office hinted it could move next year.

"The congresswoman wants to lay a marker down for the next Congress," Ben Rosenbaum, Titus' legislative director, told the Nevada Current.