Bringing Awareness and Knowledge to Exempt Schools Against Legislative Encroachment Act

Bill: 113-hr-5417
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2014-09-09
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Agriculture

Elementary and secondary education

Food assistance and relief

Food industry and services

Nutrition and diet

Poverty and welfare assistance

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

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Bringing Awareness and Knowledge to Exempt Schools Against Legislative Encroachment Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from applying the rule entitled "National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in School as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010&quot; to food sold as a fundraiser that takes place on the grounds of a school. (The rule requires the Secretary to set nutrition standards for all foods sold in schools that are not foods sold under the school lunch and breakfast programs.)</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5417 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 9, 2014 Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mrs. Noem , and Mr. LaMalfa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To prohibit certain nutrition rules with respect to foods sold at schools as a fundraiser.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bringing Awareness and Knowledge to Exempt Schools Against Legislative Encroachment Act . 2. Prohibition of certain rules The Secretary of Agriculture shall not implement, administer, or enforce the rule entitled National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in School as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on June 28, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 39068 et seq.) with respect to food sold as a fundraiser that takes place on the grounds of a school.