Kids Eat Local Act

Bill: 117-hr-2896
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2021-04-28
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education

Food assistance and relief

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Fruit and vegetables

Nutrition and diet
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Kids Eat Local Act </b></p> <p>This bill modifies Department of Agriculture requirements for the national school food programs relating to the purchases of locally produced food.</p> <p>The bill allows institutions participating in the school food programs to use locally grown, locally raised, or locally caught as a product specification in food procurement requests.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2896 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2021 Ms. Pingree (for herself, Mr. Fortenberry , Ms. Adams , and Mr. Harder of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow certain institutions to use geographic preference for procurement of certain foods, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Kids Eat Local Act . 2. Geographic preference and identification for school food Paragraph (3) of section 9(j) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1758(j) ) is amended to read as follows: (3) allow institutions receiving funds under this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), including the Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program— (A) to use a geographic preference for the procurement of unprocessed agricultural products, both locally grown and locally raised; or (B) to use locally grown, locally raised, or locally caught as a product specification. .