[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2562 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2562

   To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to implement a certain 
  interim final or final rule regarding nutrition programs under the 
 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition 
                              Act of 1966.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 2013

  Mr. Polis (for himself, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. Rangel) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to implement a certain 
  interim final or final rule regarding nutrition programs under the 
 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition 
                              Act of 1966.

    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 ``School Lunch Improvements for 
Children's Education Act'' or the ``SLICE Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO IMPLEMENT A 
              CERTAIN INTERIM FINAL OR FINAL RULE.

    The Secretary of Agriculture may implement an interim final or 
final rule regarding nutrition programs under the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) that--
            (1) requires crediting of tomato paste and puree based on 
        volume;
            (2) implements science-based sodium reduction targets; and
            (3) establishes a whole grain requirement.
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