I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Chicken and Meat 
for Children Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BANNING MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS PROC-
ESSED IN CHINA FROM SCHOOL LUNCHES. 
(a) SCHOOL LUNCH AND BREAKFAST.—Section 9(h) 
of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
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U.S.C. 1758(h)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) PROHIBITING THE USE OF CERTAIN MEAT 
AND POULTRY.—A school participating in the school 
lunch program under this Act or the school break-
fast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) may not serve under 
such a program: 
‘‘(A) Poultry or poultry products (as de-
fined in sections 4(e) and (f) of the Poultry 
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 453(e) and 
(f))), produced or processed, in whole or in 
part, in the People’s Republic of China. 
‘‘(B) Meat or meat food products (as de-
fined in section 1(j) of the Federal Meat In-
spection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(j))), produced or 
processed, in whole or in part, in the People’s 
Republic of China.’’. 
(b) CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 17(g)(2)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(g)(2)(A)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘this section shall consist of a combination of 
foods that meet minimum nutritional requirements pre-
scribed by the Secretary on the basis of tested nutritional 
research.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘this section— 
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‘‘(i) shall consist of a combination of 
foods that meet minimum nutritional re-
quirements prescribed by the Secretary on 
the basis of tested nutritional research; 
and 
‘‘(ii) may not include the products de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
section 9(h)(6).’’. 
(c) SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHIL-
DREN.—Section 13(f)(1) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (7 U.S.C. 1431(f)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘this section shall serve meals consisting of 
a combination of foods and meeting minimum nutritional 
standards prescribed by the Secretary on the basis of test-
ed nutritional research.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘this 
section— 
‘‘(A) shall serve meals consisting of a com-
bination of foods and meeting minimum nutri-
tional standards prescribed by the Secretary on 
the basis of tested nutritional research; and 
‘‘(B) may not serve the products described 
in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
9(h)(6).’’. 
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