Better Nutrition for School Children Act of 1999 (Introduced in the
Senate)
S 998 IS
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 998
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to prohibit the donation or
service without charge of competitive foods of minimal nutritional value
in schools participating in Federal meal service programs before the end
of the last lunch period of the schools.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 11, 1999
Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. FEINGOLD, and Mr.
KOHL) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to prohibit the donation or
service without charge of competitive foods of minimal nutritional value
in schools participating in Federal meal service programs before the end
of the last lunch period of the schools.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Better Nutrition for School Children
Act of 1999'.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to close the loophole that allows competitive foods of minimum
nutritional value that cannot be sold during meals in schools participating
in the school breakfast and lunch programs to instead be donated or served
without charge to students during or before breakfast or lunch;
(2) to protect 1 of the major purposes of the Child Nutrition Act of
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) and the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1751 et seq.), which is to promote better nutrition among school children
participating in the school breakfast and lunch programs; and
(3) to promote better nutritional habits among school children and
improve the health of school children participating in the school breakfast
and lunch programs.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON DONATION OR SERVICE WITHOUT CHARGE OF COMPETITIVE
FOODS OF MINIMAL NUTRITIONAL VALUE.
Section 10 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1779) is amended--
(1) by striking `(b) The' and inserting the following:
`(b) DONATION OR SERVICE WITHOUT CHARGE OF COMPETITIVE FOODS OF MINIMAL
NUTRITIONAL VALUE-
(2) by adding at the end the following:
`(2) DONATIONS OR SERVICE WITHOUT CHARGE- The regulations shall prohibit
the donation or service without charge of competitive foods not approved
by the Secretary under paragraph (1) in a school participating in a meal
service program authorized under this Act or the National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) before the end of the last lunch period of
the school.'.