[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2896 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Kids Eat Local Act''.

SEC. 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.''.
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