[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1650 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1650

 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve 
the purchase and processing of healthful commodities for use in school 
                             meal programs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 8, 2009

 Mrs. Lincoln introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve 
the purchase and processing of healthful commodities for use in school 
                             meal programs.

    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 ``Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act 
of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PROCUREMENT AND PROCESSING OF FOOD SERVICE PRODUCTS AND 
              COMMODITIES.

    Section 9(a)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Procurement and processing of food service 
                products and commodities.--The Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) identify, develop, and disseminate to 
                        State departments of agriculture and education, 
                        school food authorities, local educational 
                        agencies, and local processing entities, model 
                        product specifications and practices for foods 
                        offered in school nutrition programs under this 
                        Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
                        U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) to ensure that the foods 
                        reflect the most recent Dietary Guidelines for 
                        Americans;
                            ``(ii) not later than 1 year after the date 
                        of enactment of this subparagraph--
                                    ``(I) carry out a study to analyze 
                                the quantity and quality of nutritional 
                                information available to school food 
                                authorities about food service products 
                                and commodities; and
                                    ``(II) submit to Congress a report 
                                on the results of the study that 
                                contains such legislative 
                                recommendations as the Secretary 
                                considers necessary to ensure that 
                                school food authorities have access to 
                                the nutritional information needed for 
                                menu planning and compliance 
                                assessments; and
                            ``(iii) to the maximum extent practicable, 
                        in purchasing and processing commodities for 
                        use in school nutrition programs under this Act 
                        and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
                        1771 et seq.), purchase the widest variety of 
                        healthful foods that reflect the most recent 
                        Dietary Guidelines for Americans.''.
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