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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1952 

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish 

a program for the procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits 

and vegetables to provide healthier school meals, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 25, 2019 

Mr. WYDEN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

Act to establish a program for the procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables to 

provide healthier school meals, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Local School Foods 

5 Expansion Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR PROCUREMENT OF DOMESTICALLY 

2 GROWN UNPROCESSED FRUITS AND VEGETA3 BLES. 

4 Section 6(f) of the Richard B. Russell National 

5 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(f)) is amended— 

6 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

7 ‘‘PILOT PROJECT FOR PROCUREMENT OF’’ and in8 serting ‘‘PROGRAM FOR PROCUREMENT OF DOMES9 TICALLY GROWN’’; 

10 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘conduct a pilot project’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘carry out a program (referred to 

13 in this subsection as the ‘program’)’’; 

14 (B) by inserting ‘‘domestically grown’’ be15 fore ‘‘unprocessed’’; and 

16 (C) by striking ‘‘more than 8’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘less than 15’’; 

18 (3) by striking ‘‘pilot project’’ each place it ap19 pears and inserting ‘‘program’’; 

20 (4) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 

21 subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘domestically 

22 grown’’ before ‘‘unprocessed’’; 

23 (5) in paragraph (5)— 

24 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

25 ‘‘RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING’’ and inVerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Jun 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1952.IS S1952

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1 serting ‘‘RECORDKEEPING, REPORTING, AND

2 EVALUATION’’; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

4 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

5 the end; 

6 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe7 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

8 (iii) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(iii) the challenges and opportunities 

11 presented by the program in the State.’’; 

12 and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(C) PROGRAM EVALUATION.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 

16 years after the date of enactment of this 

17 subparagraph, the Secretary shall evaluate 

18 the impact of the program, including with 

19 respect to— 

20 ‘‘(I) the quantity and cost of 

21 each type of unprocessed fruit and 

22 vegetable procured by each State 

23 under the program; 

24 ‘‘(II) the benefit of the procured 

25 unprocessed fruits and vegetables to 


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1 school food service in each State, in2 cluding the benefit to meeting school 

3 meal requirements; and 

4 ‘‘(III) the economic impact of the 

5 program on agricultural producers in 

6 the State. 

7 ‘‘(ii) REPORT.—Not later than 4 

8 years after the date of enactment of this 

9 subparagraph, the Secretary shall submit 

10 to the Committee on Agriculture of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Com12 mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For13 estry of the Senate a report that describes 

14 the results of the evaluation conducted 

15 under clause (i) and an analysis of that 

16 evaluation.’’; and 

17 (6) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(6) FUNDING.— 

19 ‘‘(A) MANDATORY FUNDING.—There is ap20 propriated to carry out this subsection 

21 $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

22 through 2024. 

23 ‘‘(B) RESERVATION.—Of the funds appro24 priated under subparagraph (A) for each fiscal 

25 year, $10,000,000 shall be reserved for States 


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1 selected under the program under paragraph 

2 (1) to carry out the activities described in sub3 paragraph (C)(i). 

4 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; TECHNICAL

5 ASSISTANCE.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The funds re7 served under subparagraph (B) shall be 

8 used— 

9 ‘‘(I) for the administrative costs 

10 of carrying out the program; and 

11 ‘‘(II) to provide technical assist12 ance and outreach to vendors to be13 come certified to participate in the 

14 program. 

15 ‘‘(ii) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.—Of the 

16 funds reserved under subparagraph (B), 

17 each State selected under paragraph 

18 (3)(A) shall receive not less than $300,000 

19 for each fiscal year during which the State 

20 participates in the program.’’. 

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