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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3230 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 13, 2021 

Mr. WELCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and Labor 

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 2021’’. 


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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 ‘‘8’’ and inserting ‘‘14’’; 

17 (3) by striking ‘‘pilot project’’ each place it ap18 pears and inserting ‘‘program’’; 

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

20 subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘domestically 

21 grown’’ before ‘‘unprocessed’’; 

22 (5) in paragraph (4)— 

23 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

24 and (C) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respec25 tively; and 


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1 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(B) the demonstrated commitment of the 

4 State to support small, local, and socially dis5 advantaged farmers; 

6 ‘‘(C) the demonstrated commitment of the 

7 State to support Tribal agricultural producers 

8 and communities utilizing traditional foods; 

9 ‘‘(D) whether the State will serve a high 

10 proportion of children from socially disadvan11 taged backgrounds in carrying out the pro12 gram;’’; 

13 (6) in paragraph (5)— 

14 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

15 ‘‘RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING’’ and in16 serting ‘‘RECORDKEEPING, REPORTING, AND

17 EVALUATION’’; 

18 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

20 the end; 

21 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe22 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

23 (iii) by adding at the end the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(iii) the challenges and opportunities 

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

3 and 

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

5 ‘‘(C) PROGRAM EVALUATION.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 

7 years after the date of enactment of this 

8 subparagraph, the Secretary shall evaluate 

9 the impact of the program, including with 

10 respect to— 

11 ‘‘(I) the quantity and cost of 

12 each type of unprocessed fruit and 

13 vegetable procured by each State 

14 under the program; 

15 ‘‘(II) the benefit of the procured 

16 unprocessed fruits and vegetables to 

17 school food service in each State, in18 cluding the benefit to meeting school 

19 meal requirements; 

20 ‘‘(III) the economic impact of the 

21 program on agricultural producers in 

22 the State; 

23 ‘‘(IV) the economic, geographic, 

24 social, and administrative barriers to 

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1 ment process, experienced by agricul2 tural producers and school food au3 thorities; and 

4 ‘‘(V) eligibility requirements for 

5 agricultural producers, including any 

6 barriers to becoming approved ven7 dors. 

8 ‘‘(ii) REPORT.—Not later than 4 

9 years after the date of enactment of this 

10 subparagraph, the Secretary shall submit 

11 to the Committee on Agriculture of the 

12 House of Representatives and the Com13 mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For14 estry of the Senate a report that describes 

15 the results of the evaluation conducted 

16 under clause (i) and an analysis of that 

17 evaluation.’’; and 

18 (7) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(6) FUNDING.— 

20 ‘‘(A) MANDATORY FUNDING.—There is ap21 propriated to carry out this subsection 

22 $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 

23 through 2026. 

24 ‘‘(B) RESERVATION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE

25 COSTS; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds ap2 propriated under subparagraph (A) for 

3 each fiscal year, $10,000,000 shall be re4 served for States selected under the pro5 gram under paragraph (1) to carry out the 

6 activities described in clause (ii)(I). 

7 ‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; TECH8 NICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

9 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The funds 

10 reserved under clause (i) shall be 

11 used— 

12 ‘‘(aa) for the administrative 

13 costs of carrying out the pro14 gram, including costs of satis15 fying record keeping and report16 ing requirements; 

17 ‘‘(bb) to coordinate among 

18 or share with agencies and de19 partments involved in carrying 

20 out the program in the State; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(cc) to provide technical as23 sistance and outreach to— 


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1 ‘‘(AA) vendors to be2 come certified to participate 

3 in the program; and 

4 ‘‘(BB) school food au5 thorities, regional food hubs, 

6 State and local agencies, In7 dian Tribal organizations, 

8 agricultural producers, so9 cially disadvantaged farm10 ers, and other entities to 

11 participate in the program. 

12 ‘‘(II) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.—Of 

13 the funds reserved under clause (i), 

14 each State selected under paragraph 

15 (3)(A) shall receive not less than 

16 $500,000 for each fiscal year during 

17 which the State participates in the 

18 program. 

19 ‘‘(C) RESERVATION FOR TECHNICAL AS20 SISTANCE TO NONPARTICIPATING STATES.—Of 

21 the funds appropriated under subparagraph (A) 

22 for each fiscal year, $1,000,000 shall be re23 served— 


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1 ‘‘(i) only if there are fewer than 14 

2 States participating in the program that 

3 fiscal year; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) to provide technical assistance 

5 with eligibility requirements for States 

6 seeking to participate in the program.’’. 

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