School Nutrition Fairness Act

Bill: 113-hr-3686
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2013-12-10
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Department of Agriculture

Elementary and secondary education

Food assistance and relief

Food industry and services

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Nutrition and diet

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>School Nutrition Fairness Act - Requires official White House meals and meals served at White House or Department of Agriculture (USDA) cafeterias to comply with the nutrition requirements for meals served under the school lunch and breakfast programs.</p> <p>Defines an &quot;official meal&quot; as a lunch or dinner served at an official White House function and funded by annual appropriation Acts.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3686 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 10, 2013 Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Joyce , and Mr. Graves of Missouri ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To require official White House meals and meals served at White House or Department of Agriculture cafeterias to be in compliance with the nutrition requirements for the school breakfast program and the school lunch program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the School Nutrition Fairness Act . 2. Nutrition requirements (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each official meal served at the White House, and each meal served at a cafeteria located at the White House or at the Department of Agriculture shall be in compliance with the nutrition requirements for school meals under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq. ) and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq. ). (b) Definition For purposes of this Act, the phrase official meal means a lunch or dinner served at an official White House function and funded by annual appropriation Acts.