Fruit and Vegetable Access for Children Act

Bill: 115-hr-3402
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-26
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education

Food assistance and relief

Fruit and vegetables
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
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: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3402 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 26, 2017 Mr. Poliquin (for himself, Mr. Schrader , Ms. Herrera Beutler , Mr. Kind , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Walz , Mr. Rokita , Mr. Messer , and Mr. Valadao ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 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. Amendments to fruit and vegetable program Section 19 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1769a ) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking Fresh ; (2) in subsection (a), by inserting , canned, dried, frozen, or pureed after fresh ; (3) in subsection (b), by inserting , canned, dried, frozen, or pureed after fresh ; and (4) in subsection (e), by inserting , canned, dried, frozen, or pureed after fresh .