A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act, to provide for the serving of nutritionally superior lunches under such Act.

Summary

Amends the National School Lunch Act to require participating schools to: (1) serve specified items in their lunchs and limit or ban certain competitive foods; and (2) establish nutrition councils to oversee such lunch programs. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe implementing regulations within 90 days.

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Timeline

1. 29 June 1983

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 29 June 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 10 October 1984

   Committee

   Committee on Agriculture received executive comment from Agriculture Department. Unfavorable.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 29 June 1983

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
• · ssaf00 · Standing

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