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HR 3800 114th Congress House

Nutrition Education Act

Official title: To amend section 9A of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that local school wellness policies include a requirement that students rece… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend section 9A of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that local school wellness policies include a requirement that students receive 50 hours of school nutrition education per school year.

Introduced: October 22, 2015 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Child healthElementary and secondary educationHealth promotion and preventive careNutrition and dietTeaching, teachers, curricula
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Became law
Mar 23, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Oct 22, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Oct 22, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 23, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nutrition Education Act

This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require a local educational agency that participates in a school lunch or breakfast program to require each student to receive 50 hours of nutrition education per school year. Such instruction must be consistent with applicable school meal program requirements as well as meet certain other standards with respect to content and delivery.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 11
D
Garamendi, John
California · Oct 28, 2015
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Oct 22, 2015
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Oct 22, 2015
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 22, 2015
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Oct 22, 2015
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 22, 2015
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 22, 2015
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Oct 22, 2015
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Oct 22, 2015
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Oct 22, 2015
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Oct 22, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3800: Nutrition Education Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3800/
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"H.R. 3800: Nutrition Education Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3800/.
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H.R. 3800, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3800/.
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