Fruit and Vegetable Access for Children Act

Bill: 114-s-2243
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2015-11-05
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education

Food assistance and relief

Fruit and vegetables
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Fruit and Vegetables Access for Children Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow federal grant-funded fresh fruit and vegetable programs carried out by states to include&nbsp;canned, dried, frozen, or pureed fruits and vegetables.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2243 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 5, 2015 Mr. Johnson (for himself, Mr. Donnelly , Mr. Coats , and Ms. Baldwin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the fresh fruit and vegetable program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to include canned, dried, frozen, or pureed fruits and vegetables.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fruit and Vegetable Access for Children Act . 2. Fresh fruit and vegetable program Section 19 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1769a ) is amended by inserting , canned, dried, frozen, or pureed after fresh each place it appears in each of subsections (a), (b), and (e).