[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1781 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1781

 To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to prohibit the donation of 
competitive foods of minimal nutritional value in schools participating 
   in Federal meal service programs before the end of the last lunch 
                         period of the schools.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 1999

 Mr. Hinchey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to prohibit the donation of 
competitive foods of minimal nutritional value in schools participating 
   in Federal meal service programs before the end of the last lunch 
                         period of the schools.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Better Nutrition for School Children 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to close the loophole that allows competitive foods of 
        minimum nutritional value that cannot be sold during meals in 
        schools participating in the school breakfast and lunch 
        programs to instead be given away to students during or before 
        breakfast or lunch;
            (2) to protect 1 of the major purposes of the Child 
        Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) and the National 
        School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), which is to promote 
        better nutrition among school children participating in the 
        school breakfast and lunch programs; and
            (3) to promote better nutritional habits among school 
        children and improve the health of school children 
        participating in the school breakfast and lunch programs.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON DONATION OF COMPETITIVE FOODS OF MINIMAL 
              NUTRITIONAL VALUE.

    Section 10 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1779) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``(b) The'' and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Donation of Competitive Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value.--
            ``(1) Sales.--The''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Donations.--The regulations shall prohibit the 
        donation of competitive foods of minimal nutritional value in a 
        school participating in a meal service program authorized under 
        this Act or the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 
        seq.) before the end of the last lunch period of the school.''.
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