3.0.0 1830 2023-01-11T13:50:02Z 2023-01-11T13:50:02Z Senate S 2021-05-26 117 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-05-26T15:43:13Z 2021-05-26 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2021-05-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2021-05-26 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-05-26 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-05-26 True Agriculture and Food Child health Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Food supply, safety, and labeling Fruit and vegetables Government studies and investigations Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Pest management Agriculture and Food 00 2021-05-26 Introduced in Senate 2021-07-21T15:02:42Z Safe School Meals for Kids Act of 2021

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to ban from the school meal programs all food that has been treated with chlorpyrifos or has a chlorpyrifos residue greater than 0.001 micrograms per kilogram of food. Chlorpyrifos is a pesticide that some studies have linked to developmental disabilities in children.

]]> Safe School Meals for Kids Act of 2021 Display Title Safe School Meals for Kids Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prevent childhood exposure to chlorpyrifos through certain school meal programs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Safe School Meals for Kids Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1830is/xml/BILLS-117s1830is.xml 2021-05-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.