School Nutrition Flexibility Act

Bill: 113-hr-1303
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2013-03-20
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Agriculture

Elementary and secondary education

Food assistance and relief

Grain

Meat

Nutrition and diet

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>School Nutrition Flexibility Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from promulgating rules and regulations applicable to the school lunch and breakfast programs that establish a maximum quantity of grains, meat, or meat alternates that may be served in any meal or during any period of time of any school year.</p> <p>Makes the formula that school food authorities are required to use to establish the price for a paid lunch (a lunch provided to children who are not eligible for free or reduced price meals) applicable only to school food authorities that had a negative balance in their nonprofit school food service account for the previous school year.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1303 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 20, 2013 Mr. Stivers (for himself, Ms. Fudge , Mr. Cassidy , Ms. Kaptur , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Bucshon , Mr. Gibbs , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , and Mr. Tiberi ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide flexibility to school food authorities in meeting certain nutritional requirements for the school lunch and breakfast programs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the School Nutrition Flexibility Act . 2. Nutritional requirements for school lunch and breakfast programs (a) Additional reimbursement Section 4(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1753(b)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (III) Maximum quantities The interim or final regulations required under this clause shall not establish a maximum quantity of grains, meat, or meat alternates that may be served in any meal or during any period of time of any school year. . (b) Rules Section 9(a)(4)(B) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(4)(B)) is amended— (1) by striking Not later and inserting the following: (i) In general Subject to clause (ii), not later ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (ii) Maximum quantities The rules required under clause (ii) shall not establish a maximum quantity of grains, meat, or meat alternates that may be served in any meal or during any period of time of any school year. . 3. Paid lunches Section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1760(p) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: (A) Requirement For each school year beginning on or after July 1, 2013, each school food authority that had a negative balance of funds in the nonprofit school food service account of the school food authority for the previous school year shall establish a price for paid lunches in accordance with this subsection. ; (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting described in subparagraph (A) after authority ; and (C) in subparagraph (C)(i), by inserting described in subparagraph (A) after authority ; and (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting described in paragraph (2)(A) after authority .