Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 4870 (111th)

Healthy School Meals Act of 2010

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

17 March 2010

Last action

30 April 2010 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

Sponsors

Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2], Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3], Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10], Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11], Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13], Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13], Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43], Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]

Subjects

Agriculture, Education

Source updated

14 August 2025

Agriculture · Education

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Healthy School Meals Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to select school food authorities to participate in a pilot program evaluating the use of plant-based alternate protein products and fluid milk substitutes under the school lunch and breakfast programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) deliver plant-based alternate protein products and fluid milk substitutes to such food authorities at no cost for the preparation of meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs; and (2) assess which of such foods would be best for more general use in the school lunch and breakfast programs, and deliver them for general use under such programs, within two years of this Acts' enactment. Requires the Secretary, within two years of this Act's enactment, to promulgate regulations that: (1) reflect specific recommendations for increased consumption of plant-based foods; and (2) provide for the distribution of supplemental commodity assistance or cash in lieu thereof to states and certain school food authorities that offer a plant-based entree on their daily lunch menus, for the purchase of entirely plant-based commodity food products or fluid milk substitutes. Requires schools participating in the school lunch program to serve a nondairy beverage that is nutritionally equivalent to fluid milk and meets certain nutritional standards to students who cannot consume fluid milk because of a disability or medical or other special dietary need. (Eliminates the requirement that students who cannot consume fluid milk due to a disability provide schools with a statement from a physician that identifies such disability and specifies the fluid milk substitute.)

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 17 March 2010

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 17 March 2010

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 17 March 2010

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 30 April 2010

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 17 March 2010

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 17 March 2010

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 17 March 2010

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Showing 48 of 71 sponsors and actors.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.