CHILD NUTRITION
Helping Local Schools and Parents
Promote Healthy Choices for Children
H.R.
3873, Child Nutrition Improvement
& Integrity Act
Sponsor:
Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE)
The
federal government invests more than $16 billion annually in child
nutrition programs under the Child Nutrition Act, Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act, and related programs.
This year, through reauthorization of these laws, Congress has an
opportunity to strengthen these programs and improve their effectiveness
for
America
’s most vulnerable children.
Education
Reform Subcommittee Chairman Mike Castle (R-DE) introduced the Child
Nutrition Improvement & Integrity Act to meet this goal.
The bipartisan legislation includes provisions to strengthen
nutritional service programs, promote healthy choices among children, and
address growing concerns that the federal school lunch program does not do
enough to ensure free and reduced-price lunch benefits go to children who
qualify.
The
bill reauthorizes the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, Child
and Adult Care Food Program, After-School Snack Program, Summer Food
Service Program, and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants, and Children (WIC) program, and makes common-sense reforms to
improve services and strengthen the programs on behalf of disadvantaged
children and families.
The
Child Nutrition Improvement & Integrity Act seeks to ensure the more than $16 billion taxpayers invest annually
in these programs is targeted effectively toward the health and
nutritional needs of our nation’s most vulnerable children and families.
On March 24, 2004, the U.S. House overwhelmingly approved the Child
Nutrition Improvement & Integrity Act by a vote of 419-5.
Issue Summary: Child
Nutrition
