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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2152 

To ban meat and poultry products processed in China from school lunches, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 30, 2015 

Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. ESTY, Ms. 

CLARKE of New York, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, 

Ms. SLAUGHTER, and Ms. PINGREE) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To ban meat and poultry products processed in China from 

school lunches, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Chicken and Meat 

5 for Children Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. BANNING MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS PROC7 ESSED IN CHINA FROM SCHOOL LUNCHES. 

8 (a) SCHOOL LUNCH AND BREAKFAST.—Section 9(h) 

9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 


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1 U.S.C. 1758(h)) is amended by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(6) PROHIBITING THE USE OF CERTAIN MEAT

4 AND POULTRY.—A school participating in the school 

5 lunch program under this Act or the school break6 fast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition 

7 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) may not serve under 

8 such a program: 

9 ‘‘(A) Poultry or poultry products (as de10 fined in sections 4(e) and (f) of the Poultry 

11 Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 453(e) and 

12 (f))), produced or processed, in whole or in 

13 part, in the People’s Republic of China. 

14 ‘‘(B) Meat or meat food products (as de15 fined in section 1(j) of the Federal Meat In16 spection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(j))), produced or 

17 processed, in whole or in part, in the People’s 

18 Republic of China.’’. 

19 (b) CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM.—Sec20 tion 17(g)(2)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National 

21 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(g)(2)(A)) is amended 

22 by striking ‘‘this section shall consist of a combination of 

23 foods that meet minimum nutritional requirements pre24 scribed by the Secretary on the basis of tested nutritional 

25 research.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘this section— 


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1 ‘‘(i) shall consist of a combination of 

2 foods that meet minimum nutritional re3 quirements prescribed by the Secretary on 

4 the basis of tested nutritional research; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(ii) may not include the products de7 scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 

8 section 9(h)(6).’’. 

9 (c) SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHIL10 DREN.—Section 13(f)(1) of the Richard B. Russell Na11 tional School Lunch Act (7 U.S.C. 1431(f)(1)) is amended 

12 by striking ‘‘this section shall serve meals consisting of 

13 a combination of foods and meeting minimum nutritional 

14 standards prescribed by the Secretary on the basis of test15 ed nutritional research.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘this 

16 section— 

17 ‘‘(A) shall serve meals consisting of a com18 bination of foods and meeting minimum nutri19 tional standards prescribed by the Secretary on 

20 the basis of tested nutritional research; and 

21 ‘‘(B) may not serve the products described 

22 in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 

23 9(h)(6).’’. 

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