Title: Safe School Meals for Kids Act of 2021
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
Safe School Meals for Kids Act of 2021
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to ban from the school meal programs all food that has been treated with chlorpyrifos or has a chlorpyrifos residue greater than 0.001 micrograms per kilogram of food. Chlorpyrifos is a pesticide that some studies have linked to developmental disabilities in children.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1830 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1830

 To prevent childhood exposure to chlorpyrifos through certain school 
                             meal programs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 26, 2021

Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Sanders) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prevent childhood exposure to chlorpyrifos through certain school 
                             meal programs.

    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 ``Safe School Meals for Kids Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. PREVENTING CHILDHOOD DIETARY EXPOSURE TO CHLORPYRIFOS.

    (a) In General.--Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, the 
Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the 
``Secretary'') shall phase out all food that has been treated with, or 
has levels in excess of the threshold established by the Secretary 
under subsection (b)(1) of, chlorpyrifos residue in food--
            (1) in school meals provided under the Richard B. Russell 
        National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.);
            (2) in school meals provided under the school breakfast 
        program established by section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
        1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); and
            (3) provided by the Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and 
        Vegetable Program.
    (b) Requirements.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall--
            (1) establish a threshold for chlorpyrifos for the food 
        described in subsection (a) of not more than .001 micrograms of 
        chlorpyrifos per kilogram of food, as the Secretary determines 
        to be necessary;
            (2) provide guidance, in consultation with State and local 
        educational agencies, to eliminate chlorpyrifos from meals 
        provided by schools, which may include guidance or criteria 
        related to food procurement or supply contract policies;
            (3) periodically update the guidance described in paragraph 
        (2); and
            (4) provide technical assistance to State and local 
        educational agencies to enforce the requirements of this 
        section.
    (c) Review by the Secretary.--Not later than January 1, 2021, and 
every 2 years thereafter until January 1, 2028, the Secretary shall 
conduct a review to evaluate whether, based on reports provided by 
State and local educational agencies, any of the food described in 
subsection (a) exceeds the threshold for chlorpyrifos established by 
the Secretary under subsection (b)(1).
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