Fresh Produce for Kids in Need Act

Bill: 116-hr-6564
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2020-04-21
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Child health

Elementary and secondary education

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Food assistance and relief

Fruit and vegetables

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Nutrition and diet
Latest action: action_date: 2020-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-04-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fresh Produce for Kids in Need Act</b></p> <p>This bill modifies food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture to include the fresh fruit and vegetable program as a qualified program for purposes of allowing certain waivers of program requirements for the school meal programs due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6564 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 2020 Mr. Harder of California (for himself and Mr. Van Drew ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to include the fresh fruit and vegetable program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act as a qualified program for purposes of certain national school lunch program requirement waivers addressing COVID–19, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fresh Produce for Kids in Need Act . 2. Inclusion of fresh fruit and vegetable program as qualified program Section 2202(f)(1) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ( Public Law 116–127 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (E) The fresh fruit and vegetable program under section 19 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1769a ). .