Kids Eat Local Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2896 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. 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 pref- erence for procurement of certain foods, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kids Eat Local Act’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:17 Jun 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2896.IH H2896 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2896 IH SEC. 2. GEOGRAPHIC PREFERENCE AND IDENTIFICATION 1 FOR SCHOOL FOOD. 2 Paragraph (3) of section 9(j) of the Richard B. Rus- 3 sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(j)) is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 ‘‘(3) allow institutions receiving funds under 6 this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 7 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), including the Department of 8 Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program— 9 ‘‘(A) to use a geographic preference for the 10 procurement of unprocessed agricultural prod- 11 ucts, both locally grown and locally raised; or 12 ‘‘(B) to use locally grown, locally raised, or 13 locally caught as a product specification.’’. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:17 Jun 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2896.IH H2896 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS