Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 6, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to revise the definition of "food of minimal nutritional value," the sale of which in areas where school meals are sold or eaten is prohibited as a condition for federal funding of school lunch and breakfast programs.
Applies such definition (and prohibition) to all food sold outside such programs anywhere on school campuses at any time of the day, with the possible limited exemption of food sold at school fundraisers.
Requires the Secretary, when revising such definition, to consider the recommendations of authoritative scientific organizations and evidence concerning the relationship between diet and health.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2007 to Aug 1, 2008; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | Mar 7, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Mar 13, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Apr 12, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Jun 6, 2007 | |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Jun 29, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Jul 12, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Jul 12, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Jul 16, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Jul 31, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Aug 3, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Aug 3, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Sep 6, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| D-ND | Kent Conrad | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Oct 3, 2007 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Nov 1, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Nov 1, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Nov 1, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Apr 23, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Herb Kohl | Apr 23, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jun 5, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Aug 1, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 6, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2707-2708)
- Mar 6, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2707 | Tom Harkin D-IA | Mar 6, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-447 | CHILDHOOD OBESITY: THE DECLINING HEALTH OF AMERICA'S NEXT GENERATION--PART I61 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Jul 16, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-100 | THE RISING COST OF FOOD AND ITS IMPACT ON FEDERAL CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS99 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Jul 9, 2008 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33829 | Domestic Food Assistance and the 2008 Farm Bill Archived | Report | Aug 22, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1363 | Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2007 | Identical bill | Jun 27, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and health of schoolchildren by updating the definition of "food of minimal nutritional value" to conform to current nutrition science and to protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch and breakfast programs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Administrative procedure
- Agriculture and Food
- Body weight
- Child health
- Child nutrition
- Chronically ill
- Department of Agriculture
- Diet
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Families
- Fund raising
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Law
- Obesity
- Oils and fats
- Salt
- School lunch program
- Sugar
- Vending machines
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
