,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cffc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #e1        
#bjac,mrs4 ,noem 7for herself1 ,mr4     
,conaway1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,roe  
of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of   
,illinois1 and ,mr4 ,aderholt7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to prohibit regulations establishing 
certain limits for the school lunch     
program1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,reducing ,federal ,mandates on     
,school ,lunch ,act 4  #b4 ,prohibition 
of regulations establishing certain     
limits for the school lunch program     
,beginning on the date of enactment of  
this ,act and until the date of         
enactment of a law that extends by not  
less than #e fiscal years the           
authorization or duration of #a or more 
programs under the ,richard ,b4 ,russell
 ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4     

#agea et seq47 or the ,child ,nutrition 
,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agga et   
seq471 the ,secretary of ,agriculture   
shall not-- 7#a7 implement1 administer1 
or enforce part #baj of title #g1 ,code 
of ,federal ,regulations 7as such part  
relates to the establishment of a       
maximum calorie limit and a maximum     
quantity of grains1 meat1 or meat       
alternatives for the school lunch       
program71 as amended by the final       
regulations published by the ,department
 of ,agriculture in the ,federal        
,register on ,january #bf1 #bjab 7#gg   
,fed4 ,reg4 #djhh et seq472 or  7#b7    
promulgate or enforce any new rule or   
regulation that establishes a maximum   
calorie limit or maximum quantity of    
grains1 meat1 or meat alternatives for  
the school lunch program established    
under the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,school 
,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agea et     
seq474  #c4 ,prohibition of other       
nutrition regulations for certain school
 food authorities  7a7 ,prohibition     

7#a7 ,in general ,beginning on the date 
of enactment of this ,act and until the 
date of enactment of a law that extends 
by not less than #e fiscal years the    
authorization or duration of #a or more 
programs under the ,richard ,b4 ,russell
 ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4     
#agea et seq47 or the ,child ,nutrition 
,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agga et   
seq471 the ,secretary of ,agriculture   
shall not implement1 administer1 or     
enforce the rules or regulations        
described in subsection 7b7 with respect
 to any school food authority that      
certifies to the ,state in which the    
school food authority is located that   
the school food authority-- 7,a7 has    
calculated the costs of complying with  
such rules and regulations2 and  7,b7   
has determined1 in a manner consistent  
with school district operational        
procedures1 that the school food        
authority is not capable of operating a 
food service program without increased  
costs as a result of complying with any 

or all of such rules and regulations4   
7#b7 ,prohibition on defining costs ,for
 purposes of this subsection1 the       
,secretary of ,agriculture shall not--  
7,a7 define the phrase costs of         
complying2 or  7,b7 establish or suggest
 how a school food authority shall      
calculate the costs of complying under  
paragraph 7#a77;,a7 or increased costs  
under paragraph 7#a77;,b74  7b7         
,regulations ,the rules and regulations 
described in subsection 7a77#a7 are the 
following3 7#a7 ,the rule entitled      
,national ,school ,lunch ,program and   
,school ,breakfast ,program3 ,nutrition 
,standards for ,all ,foods ,sold in     
,school as ,required by the ,healthy1   
,hunger-,free ,kids ,act of #bjaj       
published by the ,department of         
,agriculture in the ,federal ,register  
on ,june #bh1 #bjac 7#gh ,fed4 ,reg4    
#cijfh et seq471 or any new rule with   
respect to foods sold in schools other  
than those foods provided under the     
,richard ,b4 ,russell ,school ,lunch    

,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agea et seq47 or   
the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #agga et seq474  7#b7 ,part  
#baj of title #g1 ,code of ,federal     
,regulations 7as amended by the interim 
regulations published by the ,department
 of ,agriculture in the ,federal        
,register on ,june #ag1 #bjaa 7#gf ,fed 
,reg4 #cecja et seq4771 as such part    
relates to school lunch price increases1
 or any new rule or regulation with     
respect to increasing the price of      
school lunches under the ,richard ,b4   
,russell ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db       
,u4,s4,c4 #agea et seq474  7#c7 ,part   
#bbj of title #g1 ,code of ,federal     
,regulations 7as amended by the final   
regulations published by the ,department
 of ,agriculture in the ,federal        
,register on ,january #bf1 #bjab 7#gg   
,fed4 ,reg4 #djhh et seq4771 as such    
part relates to establishing new        
food-based meal patterns1 nutrition     
standards1 and meal planning approaches 
for the school breakfast program1 or any

 new rule or regulation which           
establishes new food-based meal         
patterns1 nutrition standards1 or meal  
planning approaches for the school      
breakfast program established under the 
,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #agga et seq474  #d4 ,rules of
 construction ,nothing in this ,act     
prohibits the ,secretary of ,agriculture
 from implementing1 administering1 or   
enforcing-- 7#a7 any rules or           
regulations not described in this ,act2 
or  7#b7 parts #baj and #bbj of title   
#g1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1 as  
such parts were in effect on the day    
before the effective dates of the       
amendments made to such parts described 
in paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c7 of section  
#c7;b71 respectively4