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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5696 

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a nutrition education 

program to inform the public of the sources of exposure to lead in 

the environment and of dietary nutrients that may reduce the harmful 

effects lead exposure has on health. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2018 

Ms. MOORE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a nutrition education program to inform the public of the 

sources of exposure to lead in the environment and of 

dietary nutrients that may reduce the harmful effects 

lead exposure has on health. 

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 ‘‘Combating Lead Poi5 soning Through Nutrition Education Act of 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NUTRITION OUTREACH PROGRAM TO RESPOND TO 

2 EXPOSURE TO LEAD. 

3 (a) IMPLEMENTATION OF NUTRITION EDUCATION

4 PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out 

5 a nutrition education program to be called ‘‘Well Fed 

6 Means Less Lead’’ (in this section referred to as 

7 WFMLL) to support communitywide messaging and out8 reach on both the harmful impacts of lead exposure and 

9 the important role nutrition plays in a diet protective 

10 against lead exposure, especially for children. 

11 (b) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants to eli12 gible entities that submit applications containing such 

13 terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appro14 priate, to carry out WFMLL campaigns. 

15 (c) PRIORITY.—For the purpose of making grants 

16 under subsection (b), the Secretary shall give priority to 

17 eligible entities that— 

18 (1) are located in geographical areas in which 

19 there is a large number of children with elevated 

20 blood lead levels; and 

21 (2) agree to provide WFMLL— 

22 (A) using culturally competent approaches, 

23 including print materials, to conduct outreach 

24 to targeted populations; 


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1 (B) using campaigns that are developed 

2 based on, and responsive to, community needs; 

3 and 

4 (C) that reaches a breadth of supplemen5 tal-nutrition-assistance-program-eligible house6 holds and low-income individuals (including 

7 pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and parents 

8 of school-age children at highest risk of elevated 

9 blood lead levels) through multiple channels. 

10 (d) LIMITATION.—In any fiscal year, no eligible enti11 ty may receive more than 15 percent of the amount appro12 priated to carry out this section in such fiscal year. 

13 (e) ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS.—Grants made 

14 under subsection (b) shall be used— 

15 (1) to carry out communitywide education cam16 paigns using evidence-based materials that inform 

17 supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-eligible 

18 households and the greater community about lead 

19 exposure, and may include multilingual print mate20 rials, street-level billboards, and advertising on radio 

21 or social media; 

22 (2) to support outreach and education activities 

23 to inform individuals of foods that can mitigate the 

24 impact of elevated blood lead levels in children; 


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1 (3) to target WFMLL outreach through coordi2 nation with community organizations and Depart3 ment of Agriculture nutrition programs serving 

4 pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and school-age 

5 children; 

6 (4) to implement strategies that are focused on 

7 increasing consumption of certain foods and nutri8 ents and that include creating culturally competent 

9 materials, training community organizations working 

10 with youth, offering community training, and con11 ducting door-to-door efforts during daylight hours; 

12 (5) to promote and encourage participation in 

13 Federal nutrition programs (including the supple14 mental nutrition assistance program, the child and 

15 adult care food program, the summer food service 

16 program, the national school lunch program, and the 

17 special supplemental nutrition program for women, 

18 infants, and children) as a means to improve nutri19 tion and to minimize lead absorption by using cul20 turally relevant, family-friendly, evidence-based edu21 cational materials reflective of existing materials; 

22 (6) to engage with local businesses, govern23 mental entities, civic organizations, community 

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1 nerships around healthy eating and lead poisoning 

2 prevention; and 

3 (7) to develop systems that refer and link low4 income individuals and supplemental-nutrition-as5 sistance-program-eligible households to foods that 

6 provide nutrients essential to creating a diet protec7 tive against lead. 

8 (f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

9 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti10 ty’’ means an agency of a unit of general purpose 

11 local government, a nonprofit entity serving children 

12 at highest risk of lead poisoning, an emergency feed13 ing organization, a food bank or food pantry (as de14 fined in section 201A of Emergency Food Assistance 

15 Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501)), a federally recognized 

16 Tribe or Tribal organization, an urban Indian orga17 nization, a local education agency, or a federally 

18 qualified health center. 

19 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

20 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

21 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

23 this Act $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 

24 2023. 

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