3.0.0 2592 2023-01-15T16:33:40Z 2023-01-15T16:33:40Z House H HR 2003-06-24 108 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2003-07-21T13:19:58Z Referred to 2003-06-24T12:57:40Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2003-07-14T20:00:01Z Referred to 2003-06-24T12:57:45Z 2003-07-21 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. Committee 2003-07-15 hsag00 Agriculture Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from USDA. Committee 2003-07-14 hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Committee 2003-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2003-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2003-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2003-06-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-06-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000586 Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12] ADAM PUTNAM R FL H. 12 N C001050 Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18] Dennis Cardoza D CA A. 18 2003-06-24 True B001234 Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43] JOE BACA D CA 43 2003-06-24 True N000181 Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21] Devin Nunes R CA 21 2003-06-24 True F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2003-06-24 True F000238 Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16] MARK FOLEY R FL 16 2003-06-24 True R000004 Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19] GEORGE RADANOVICH R CA P. 19 2003-06-24 True B000716 Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2] ALLEN BOYD D FL JR. 2 2003-06-24 True H001035 Rep. Harris, Katherine [R-FL-13] Katherine Harris R FL 13 2003-06-24 True P000419 Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] RICHARD POMBO R CA W. 11 2003-06-24 True C001038 Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] JOSEPH CROWLEY D NY 7 2003-07-23 False D000424 Rep. Dooley, Calvin M. [D-CA-20] CAL DOOLEY D CA 20 2003-09-05 False M000714 Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD D CA M. 37 2003-10-02 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2003-10-02 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2003-10-02 False G000021 Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24] ELTON GALLEGLY R CA 24 2003-10-02 False D000429 Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4] JOHN DOOLITTLE R CA T. 4 2003-10-02 False B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2003-10-02 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2003-10-02 False O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2003-11-04 False M001145 Rep. Majette, Denise L. [D-GA-4] Denise Majette D GA L. 4 2003-11-04 False G000309 Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] BART GORDON D TN 6 2004-03-09 False E000187 Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] PHIL ENGLISH R PA 3 2004-03-09 False M001137 Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6] GREGORY MEEKS D NY W. 6 2004-03-09 False C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 2004-10-07 False Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Agricultural research Armed Forces and National Security Beverages Child health Child nutrition Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Defense procurement Department of Agriculture Diet Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Employee training Executive reorganization Families Farm produce Federal aid to education Federal officials Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Food service Fruit Gardening Government Operations and Politics Government procurement Health Health education Labor and Employment Law Nutrition Packaging Preventive medicine School health programs School lunch program School personnel Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Social Welfare Standards Vegetables WIC program Women Agriculture and Food 00 2003-06-24 Introduced in House 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (the Act) to direct the Secretary to expand the fruit and vegetable school pilot program.

Amends the Act to direct the Secretary, in conjunction with the National 5 a Day for Better Health program, to carry out a Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids program to provide grants to school districts for innovative projects to increase the availability and consumption of fruits and vegetables.

Amends the Act to require States to ensure that meals in the summer food service program include fruits, vegetables, and juices.

Directs the Secretary to revise in specified ways the regulations relating to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

Amends the Farm and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to increase the minimum amount to be spent on the purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools and service institutions.

Directs the Secretary to develop a fruit and vegetable research agenda that coordinates research between agencies of the Department of Agriculture.

Directs the Secretary to appoint a national 5 A Day for Better Health program coordinator and seven regional coordinators to promote the consumption of fruit and vegetables.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should establish partnerships with State and local organizations to improve access to and efficient distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables to schools and nutrition programs.]]>

Healthy America Act Display Title Healthy America Act Official Title as Introduced To promote improved nutrition for needy Americans, including women, infants, children, and students, by revising and enhancing Federal nutrition programs to incorporate a greater role for fruits, vegetables, and 100 percent juice products. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Healthy America Act Introduced in House 2003-06-24T04:00:00Z 2003-07-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.