I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7161 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make 
a permanent program for the procurement of unprocessed fruits and 
vegetables to provide healthier school meals, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2018 
Mr. WELCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act to make a permanent program for the procurement 
of unprocessed fruits and vegetables to provide healthier 
school meals, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Local School Foods 
Expansion Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. HELPING SCHOOLS SERVE HEALTHIER MEALS. 
Section 6(f) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(f)) is amended— 
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(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PILOT 
PROJECT
FOR PROCUREMENT
OF UNPROCESSED 
FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES’’ and inserting ‘‘PRO-
GRAM
FOR
PROCUREMENT
OF
DOMESTICALLY 
GROWN UNPROCESSED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘pilot project’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘program’’; 
(3) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out a program to facilitate the procurement of do-
mestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables 
in not fewer than 15 States receiving funds under 
this Act.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘domestically 
grown’’ before ‘‘unprocessed’’; 
(5) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) the demonstrated ability of the States 
to competitively procure the domestically grown 
unprocessed fruits and vegetables.’’; 
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(6) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AND RE-
PORTING REQUIREMENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘, RE-
PORTING REQUIREMENTS, AND EVALUATIONS’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) the States’ assessment of the 
challenges and opportunities presented by 
the program.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) PROGRAM EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of the enactment of 
this subparagraph, the Secretary shall 
evaluate the impact of the program, includ-
ing information on— 
‘‘(I) the quantity and cost of 
each type of unprocessed fruit and 
vegetable procured by each State 
under the program; 
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‘‘(II) the benefit of such procure-
ment in conducting school food service 
in each such State, including meeting 
school meal requirements; and 
‘‘(III) the economic impact the 
program has had on agricultural pro-
ducers in each such State. 
‘‘(ii) REPORT.—Not later than 4 
years after the date of enactment of this 
subparagraph, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House Representatives and the Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 
the Senate a report that includes the re-
sults and an analysis of the evaluation re-
quired under clause (i).’’; and 
(7) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) MANDATORY FUNDING.—There is ap-
propriated 
to 
carry 
out 
this 
section 
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2023. 
‘‘(B) RESERVATION.—Of the funds appro-
priated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal 
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year, $10,000,000 shall be reserved for States 
selected pursuant to paragraph (1) to carry out 
State program administration and provide tech-
nical assistance and outreach to vendors to be-
come certified to participate in the program 
under this section. 
‘‘(C) 
MINIMUM
ALLOTMENT.—Of 
the 
funds reserved under subparagraph (B), each 
State selected pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
receive not less than $300,000 for each fiscal 
year during which such State participates in the 
program under this section.’’. 
Æ 
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