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