US Congress House Bill 1722 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on May 4 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Eat Local Foods Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to states, by the beginning of each school year (starting with the 2012-2013 school year), for use in providing school food authorities with local food credits that represent up to 10% of the total value of the commodity assistance (or cash payments in lieu thereof) that the authority would be eligible to receive for the school year. Subtracts the value of the food credit from the amount of commodity assistance (or cash payments in lieu thereof) that a school food authority would otherwise receive. Requires school food authorities to use their credits to purchase locally or regionally produced agricultural food products to serve in the school lunch program.

Eat Local Foods Act

Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2011-05-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1722/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1722/BILLS-112hr1722ih.pdf