H.R. 2530

Summary

H.R. 2530, the Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act, was introduced in the House on Apr 1, 2025 by Rep. Mike Kennedy (R). It was referred to Education and Workforce, and last saw action on Apr 1, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Record

Text

H.R. 2530 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 2530 IH: Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-04-01
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2530  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    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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act  .
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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Sponsors

Rep. Mike Kennedy (R) sponsors H.R. 2530 alone.

Mike Kennedy

Rep. · R–UT-3 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 2530 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce

Education and Workforce

Referred To · Apr 1, 2025 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 2530 has taken 2 actions since Apr 1, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 2530 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 2530 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act — Display Title
• Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

6 clients hired 3 firms and 3 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2530 in 10 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Medicare/Medicaid.

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2530 under Agriculture and Food, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 2530’s is Agriculture and Food.

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