[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5597 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5597

 To prohibit the Federal Government from issuing or enforcing certain 
               requirements for schools relating to food.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2014

Mr. Gohmert (for himself, Mr. Harris, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Westmoreland, 
     Mr. Marchant, Mr. Stockman, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Roe of 
Tennessee, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Lankford, Mr. 
   Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, and Mr. McHenry) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Federal Government from issuing or enforcing certain 
               requirements for schools relating to food.

    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--
            (1) the ``Eliminate Dogmatic Interference by Bureaucratic 
        Lunch Extremists Act''; or
            (2) the ``EDIBLE Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOLS RELATING TO 
              FOOD.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal Government 
shall not issue or enforce any requirements for elementary schools or 
secondary schools (as such terms are defined in section 9101 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) with 
respect to food for which there is or will be a cost not covered by the 
Federal Government.
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