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    <introducedDate>2014-09-18</introducedDate>
    <congress>113</congress>
    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GOHMERT:H.R. 5597.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Under the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ``Thepowers not delegated to the United States by theConstitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, arereserved to the States respectively.'' The power tocompletely control what school children eat for breakfast orlunch is not an enumerated power of Congress and therefore adecision best left to the States.[Page H7890]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]</fullName>
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        <state>FL</state>
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        <fullName>Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]</fullName>
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        <lastName>McHenry</lastName>
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        <state>NC</state>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Eliminate Dogmatic Interference by Bureaucratic Lunch Extremists Act or the EDIBLE Act - Prohibits the federal government from issuing or enforcing requirements for elementary or secondary schools with respect to food for which there is or will be a cost not covered by the federal government.</p>]]></text>
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      <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.</text>
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