SEC. 2. NUTRITION OUTREACH PROGRAM TO RESPOND TO 
EXPOSURE TO LEAD. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION
OF NUTRITION EDUCATION 
PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out 
a nutrition education program to be called ‘‘Well Fed 
Means Less Lead’’ (in this section referred to as 
WFMLL) to support communitywide messaging and out-
reach on both the harmful impacts of lead exposure and 
the important role nutrition plays in a diet protective 
against lead exposure, especially for children. 
(b) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants to eli-
gible entities that submit applications containing such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appro-
priate, to carry out WFMLL campaigns. 
(c) PRIORITY.—For the purpose of making grants 
under subsection (b), the Secretary shall give priority to 
eligible entities that— 
(1) are located in geographical areas in which 
there is a large number of children with elevated 
blood lead levels; and 
(2) agree to provide WFMLL— 
(A) using culturally competent approaches, 
including print materials, to conduct outreach 
to targeted populations; 
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(B) using campaigns that are developed 
based on, and responsive to, community needs; 
and 
(C) that reaches a breadth of supplemen-
tal-nutrition-assistance-program-eligible house-
holds and low-income individuals (including 
pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and parents 
of school-age children at highest risk of elevated 
blood lead levels) through multiple channels. 
(d) LIMITATION.—In any fiscal year, no eligible enti-
ty may receive more than 15 percent of the amount appro-
priated to carry out this section in such fiscal year. 
(e) ALLOWABLE USES
OF FUNDS.—Grants made 
under subsection (b) shall be used— 
(1) to carry out communitywide education cam-
paigns using evidence-based materials that inform 
supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-eligible 
households and the greater community about lead 
exposure, and may include multilingual print mate-
rials, street-level billboards, and advertising on radio 
or social media; 
(2) to support outreach and education activities 
to inform individuals of foods that can mitigate the 
impact of elevated blood lead levels in children; 
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(3) to target WFMLL outreach through coordi-
nation with community organizations and Depart-
ment of Agriculture nutrition programs serving 
pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and school-age 
children; 
(4) to implement strategies that are focused on 
increasing consumption of certain foods and nutri-
ents and that include creating culturally competent 
materials, training community organizations working 
with youth, offering community training, and con-
ducting door-to-door efforts during daylight hours; 
(5) to promote and encourage participation in 
Federal nutrition programs (including the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program, the child and 
adult care food program, the summer food service 
program, the national school lunch program, and the 
special supplemental nutrition program for women, 
infants, and children) as a means to improve nutri-
tion and to minimize lead absorption by using cul-
turally relevant, family-friendly, evidence-based edu-
cational materials reflective of existing materials; 
(6) to engage with local businesses, govern-
mental entities, civic organizations, community 
groups, and residents to mobilize community part-
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nerships around healthy eating and lead poisoning 
prevention; and 
(7) to develop systems that refer and link low- 
income individuals and supplemental-nutrition-as-
sistance-program-eligible households to foods that 
provide nutrients essential to creating a diet protec-
tive against lead. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means an agency of a unit of general purpose 
local government, a nonprofit entity serving children 
at highest risk of lead poisoning, an emergency feed-
ing organization, a food bank or food pantry (as de-
fined in section 201A of Emergency Food Assistance 
Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501)), a federally recognized 
Tribe or Tribal organization, an urban Indian orga-
nization, a local education agency, or a federally 
qualified health center. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 
2023. 
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