[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2530 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 2025

 Mr. Kennedy of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred 
              to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids 
Act''.

SEC. 2. NUTRITIONAL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 9(a)(1)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) shall prohibit--
                                    ``(I) ultraprocessed foods (as 
                                described in group 4 of the NOVA 
                                classification system); and
                                    ``(II) foods containing--
                                            ``(aa) potassium bromate;
                                            ``(bb) propylparaben;
                                            ``(cc) titanium dioxide;
                                            ``(dd) brominated vegetable 
                                        oil;
                                            ``(ee) yellow dye 5;
                                            ``(ff) yellow dye 6;
                                            ``(gg) blue dye 1;
                                            ``(hh) blue dye 2;
                                            ``(ii) green dye 3;
                                            ``(jj) red dye 3; or
                                            ``(kk) red dye 40.''.
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