Protecting Kids, Protecting Lunches Act of 2022

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8364 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8364

To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from establishing or enforcing 
 certain requirements related to spaces reserved for biological males 
 and biological females in schools that participate in the school meal 
                   programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2022

   Mrs. Lesko (for herself, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Gohmert) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from establishing or enforcing 
 certain requirements related to spaces reserved for biological males 
 and biological females in schools that participate in the school meal 
                   programs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Kids, Protecting Lunches 
Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL 
              MEAL PROGRAMS.

    In carrying out the school lunch program authorized under the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) 
and the school breakfast program established by section 4 of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall not--
            (1) require a State or local educational agency, school 
        food authority, or any other entity that participates in such 
        school meal programs to, with respect to schools served by such 
        entities--
                    (A) prohibit the existence of spaces in such 
                schools, including sports teams, that are reserved 
                exclusively for biological males or biological females;
                    (B) allow biological males in such spaces reserved 
                exclusively for biological females; or
                    (C) allow biological females in such spaces 
                reserved exclusively for biological males; and
            (2) condition funding for participation in such school meal 
        programs on any such requirement described in subparagraphs (A) 
        through (C) of paragraph (1).
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