HR 1500 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Nutrition Education Act

Introduced Apr 11, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Matt Cartwright D-PA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 8, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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.

  1. IntroducedApr 11, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Nutrition Education Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require local educational agencies participating in the school lunch or breakfast programs to include in their school wellness policies the requirement that each student receive 50 hours of nutrition education each school year.

Requires such instruction to meet specified standards, including that it is consistent with nutritional requirements for food served under the school lunch, school breakfast, and child and adult care food programs.

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 11, 2013 to Jul 17, 2014, with 23 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXBeto O'RourkeOriginalApr 11, 2013
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalApr 11, 2013
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalApr 11, 2013
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalApr 11, 2013
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalApr 11, 2013
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalApr 11, 2013
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalApr 11, 2013
D-TXFilemon VelaOriginalApr 11, 2013
D-CAGloria Negrete McLeodOriginalApr 11, 2013
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalApr 11, 2013
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalApr 11, 2013
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyOriginalApr 11, 2013
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalApr 11, 2013
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalApr 11, 2013
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalApr 11, 2013
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
  2. Apr 11, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Apr 11, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 11, 2013Introduced in House

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