Better Nutrition for School Children Act of 2003
Latest action · May 6, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5787-5788)
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 6, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to base regulations for the school breakfast and lunch programs on sound nutritional science.
Authorizes the Secretary, through such Federal regulations, to prohibit the sale of certain competitive foods in food service facilities or areas during the time of school breakfast or school lunch program service (by eliminating a provision of current law that bars such regulations from prohibiting such sale of competitive foods approved by the Secretary during such time).
Requires Federal regulations relating to service of foods in schools participating in the breakfast or lunch programs to apply throughout the entire school, including the school grounds, until the end of the time of service of food under the school lunch program.
Directs the Secretary, in promulgating such regulations, to consider: (1) the nutritional needs of students in various grade levels; (2) the proximity of any area where foods of minimal nutritional value may be sold, donated, or served without charge to the food service facilities or areas; (3) the extent to which students will likely substitute consumption of foods of minimal nutritional value for other food served in participating schools; and (4) the benefits to a school of permitting the sale, donation, or service without charge of foods of minimal nutritional value, including the extent to which the proceeds of such sales inure to the benefit of a school or an organization of students approved by a school.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 6, 2003 to Sep 2, 2003, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | May 6, 2003 |
| I-VT | James M. Jeffords | Original | May 6, 2003 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | May 6, 2003 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | May 6, 2003 |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Sep 2, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 6, 2003Introduced in Senate
- May 6, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5787-5788)
- May 6, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5787)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
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