S 1187
116th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Pest management
Safe School Meals for Kids Act
Introduced: April 11, 2019
Introduced by:
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 11, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Safe School Meals for Kids Act
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to ban from the school meal programs all food that has been treated with chlorpyrifos or has a chlorpyrifos residue greater than 0.001 micrograms per kilogram of food. (Chlorpyrifos is a pesticide that some studies have linked to developmental disabilities in children.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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