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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2530 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit |
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| 6 | 6 | | the serving of certain foods under the school lunch program, and for |
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| 7 | 7 | | other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL1, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. K |
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| 11 | 11 | | ENNEDYof Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch |
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| 15 | 15 | | Act to prohibit the serving of certain foods under the |
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| 16 | 16 | | school lunch program, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Healthy Lunch for 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Healthy Kids Act’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. NUTRITIONAL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 9(a)(1)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | School Lunch Act is amended— 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 2530 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(iii) shall prohibit— 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(I) ultraprocessed foods (as de-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | scribed in group 4 of the NOVA clas-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | sification system); and 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(II) foods containing— 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(aa) potassium bromate; 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(bb) propylparaben; 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(cc) titanium dioxide; 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(dd) brominated vegetable 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | oil; 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(ee) yellow dye 5; 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(ff) yellow dye 6; 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(gg) blue dye 1; 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(hh) blue dye 2; 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(ii) green dye 3; 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(jj) red dye 3; or 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(kk) red dye 40.’’. 20 |
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