Title: Local Control of School Lunch Act
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
Local Control of School Lunch Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from establishing or applying certain minimum nutrition requirements for the National School Lunch Program. The bill applies to requirements regarding:
With respect to grains and meats served in school breakfasts, USDA must apply meal requirements in regulations that were in effect on September 12, 2008.
This bill also amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to repeal requirements for school food authorities to use a specified formula (known as paid lunch equity requirements) to establish a price for paid lunches served to students who are not certified to receive free or reduced price meals.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6541 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6541

 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide 
for flexibility under the school lunch program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2018

 Mrs. Hartzler (for herself and Mr. Crawford) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide 
for flexibility under the school lunch program, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Local Control of School Lunch Act''.

SEC. 2. FLEXIBILITY UNDER SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.

    (a) Minimum Nutrition Requirements.--For purposes of determining 
minimum nutrition requirements under section 9(a)(1)(A) of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(1)(A)) the 
Secretary shall--
            (1) not establish or apply any requirements with respect 
        to--
                    (A) target 1 sodium;
                    (B) calorie limitations; or
                    (C) the percentage of grains made with enriched or 
                whole grain flour; and
            (2) with respect to grains and meats served in school 
        breakfasts, apply section 220.8 of title 7, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, as such section was in effect on September 12, 
        2008.
    (b) Repeal of Paid Equity Requirements.--Subsection (p) of section 
12 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760) 
is repealed.
    (c) Regulations.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall update 
        and issue regulations to carry out this section and the 
        amendments made by this section.
            (2) Waiver.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall offer a 
        State and local waiver for secondary schools with respect to 
        the requirements under section 210.14(e) of title 7, Code of 
        Federal Regulations.
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