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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1303 

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide 

flexibility to school food authorities in meeting certain nutritional requirements for the school lunch and breakfast programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 20, 2013 

Mr. STIVERS (for himself, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 

BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, and Mr. 

TIBERI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

Act to provide flexibility to school food authorities in 

meeting certain nutritional requirements for the school 

lunch and breakfast programs, 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 ‘‘School Nutrition Flexi5 bility Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL 

2 LUNCH AND BREAKFAST PROGRAMS. 

3 (a) ADDITIONAL REIMBURSEMENT.—Section 

4 4(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

5 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1753(b)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by 

6 adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(III) MAXIMUM QUANTITIES.— 

8 The interim or final regulations re9 quired under this clause shall not es10 tablish a maximum quantity of grains, 

11 meat, or meat alternates that may be 

12 served in any meal or during any pe13 riod of time of any school year.’’. 

14 (b) RULES.—Section 9(a)(4)(B) of the Richard B. 

15 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

16 1758(a)(4)(B)) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘Not later’’ and inserting the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

20 (ii), not later’’; and 

21 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(ii) MAXIMUM QUANTITIES.—The 

23 rules required under clause (ii) shall not 

24 establish a maximum quantity of grains, 

25 meat, or meat alternates that may be 


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1 served in any meal or during any period of 

2 time of any school year.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. PAID LUNCHES. 

4 Section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 

5 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 

8 as follows: 

9 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—For each school 

10 year beginning on or after July 1, 2013, each 

11 school food authority that had a negative bal12 ance of funds in the nonprofit school food serv13 ice account of the school food authority for the 

14 previous school year shall establish a price for 

15 paid lunches in accordance with this sub16 section.’’; 

17 (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting 

18 ‘‘described in subparagraph (A)’’ after ‘‘author19 ity’’; and 

20 (C) in subparagraph (C)(i), by inserting 

21 ‘‘described in subparagraph (A)’’ after ‘‘author22 ity’’; and 

23 (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ‘‘described 

24 in paragraph (2)(A)’’ after ‘‘authority’’. 

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