Bill Text: MO HCR34 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reevaluate the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-08 - Referred: Senate Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions, and Ethics(S) [HCR34 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2013-HCR34-Introduced.html
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
House Concurrent Resolution No. 34
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES HOUGHTON (Sponsor), SPENCER, WOOD AND SCHIEFFER (Co-sponsors).
WHEREAS, the National School Lunch Program was reauthorized in 2010 by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act; and
WHEREAS, since the policies of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act have gone into effect, children across the state are suffering from extreme hunger, headaches from lack of nutrition and food, and inadequate energy to participate in after-school athletic activities; and
WHEREAS, the extreme caloric and protein limits cannot be altered for any student, regardless of weight, nutritional needs, or participation in after-school athletic activities; and
WHEREAS, children in Kindergarten and children in the fifth grade receive the same amount of food and are restricted to the same number of calories under the new policies; and
WHEREAS, children in the sixth grade and children in the twelfth grade receive the same amount of food and are restricted to the same number of calories under the new policies; and
WHEREAS, students need nutritious, filling, and balanced meals in order to learn effectively; and
WHEREAS, students that are hungry from lack of adequate nutrition are more likely to make unhealthy snack choices; and
WHEREAS, children should be taught how to make positive nutritional choices and encouraged to exercise; and
WHEREAS, any program that purports to address the health needs of our children, but neglects to include any provisions regarding exercise and physical activity is inadequate; and
WHEREAS, while changes in the school lunch program are needed, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act is not an adequate solution:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-seventh General Assembly, First Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby urge the United States Congress and the United States Department of Agriculture to reevaluate the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture; the Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Congress; and each member of the Missouri Congressional delegation.
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