SNACKS Act

Bill: 116-hr-3291
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Wright, Ron [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2019-06-14
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education

Food assistance and relief

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Nutrition and diet
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Smart Nutrition And Choices for Kids and Schools Act or the SNACKS Act</b></p> <p>This bill ensures that the Department of Agriculture school nutrition standards allow any food that may be served as part of a reimbursable meal under the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program to be sold: (1) outside the school meal programs, (2) on the school campus, and (3) at any time during the school day.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3291 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 14, 2019 Mr. Wright (for himself, Mr. David P. Roe of Tennessee , and Mr. Watkins ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to ensure that any food that may be served as part of a reimbursable meal under the school lunch program or the school breakfast program may be sold in schools, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Smart Nutrition And Choices for Kids and Schools Act or the SNACKS Act . 2. Sale of certain meals Section 10(b)(1)(C) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1779(b)(1)(C) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by striking and at the end; (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (iii) ensure that the nutrition standards under this paragraph allow any food that may be served as part of a reimbursable meal under the school lunch program under Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or the school breakfast program under section 4 of this Act to be sold in schools as described in subparagraph (B). .