EDIBLE Act

Bill: 113-hr-5597
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2014-09-18
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Child health

Department of Agriculture

Elementary and secondary education

Food assistance and relief

Nutrition and diet

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Eliminate Dogmatic Interference by Bureaucratic Lunch Extremists Act or the EDIBLE Act - Prohibits the federal government from issuing or enforcing requirements for elementary or secondary schools with respect to food for which there is or will be a cost not covered by the federal government.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5597 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2014 Mr. Gohmert (for himself, Mr. Harris , Mrs. Bachmann , Mr. Westmoreland , Mr. Marchant , Mr. Stockman , Mr. Rogers of Alabama , Mr. Roe of Tennessee , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Bridenstine , Mr. Yoho , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Brooks of Alabama , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , and Mr. McHenry ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To prohibit the Federal Government from issuing or enforcing certain requirements for schools relating to food.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as— (1) the Eliminate Dogmatic Interference by Bureaucratic Lunch Extremists Act ; or (2) the EDIBLE Act . 2. Prohibition on certain requirements for schools relating to food Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal Government shall not issue or enforce any requirements for elementary schools or secondary schools (as such terms are defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 )) with respect to food for which there is or will be a cost not covered by the Federal Government.