TASTEE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1082
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-04-13
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Food industry and services

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Nutrition and diet

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Telling Agencies to Stop Tweaking what Employees Eat Act of 2021 or the TASTEE Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits a federal agency, or a contractor of an agency, that provides food services to a dining facility of the agency from establishing a policy that prohibits serving a particular type of food.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1082 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 13, 2021 Ms. Ernst (for herself and Mr. Marshall ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To prohibit Federal agencies from establishing policies that prohibit the service of particular types of food in dining facilities of agencies.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Telling Agencies to Stop Tweaking what Employees Eat Act of 2021 or the TASTEE Act of 2021 . 2. Prohibition on dining facilities (a) Definition of agency In this section, the term agency has the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. (b) Prohibition An agency, or a contractor of an agency that provides food services to a dining facility of the agency, may not establish a policy that prohibits a dining facility of the agency from serving a particular type of food.