3.0.0 1722 2022-02-03T05:53:52Z 2022-02-03T05:53:52Z House H HR 2011-05-04 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. PINGREE of Maine:H.R. 1722.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article 4 Section 8, Clause 3 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H3062]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2011-05-20T20:58:08Z Referred to 2011-05-04T14:02:40Z 2011-05-20 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Committee 2011-05-04 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2011-05-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000597 Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] Chellie Pingree D ME 1 N C001078 Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] Gerald Connolly D VA E. 11 2011-05-04 True S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2011-05-04 True W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2011-05-04 True M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 3 2011-05-04 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2011-10-04 False M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5] Doris Matsui D CA O. 5 2011-10-04 False L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2012-01-31 False Education Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Poverty and welfare assistance Education 00 2011-05-04 Introduced in House 2011-05-23T15:14:23Z 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 Short Titles as Introduced Eat Local Foods Act Display Title Eat Local Foods Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to create a local food credit program. Introduced in House 2011-05-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr1722ih/xml/BILLS-112hr1722ih.xml 2011-05-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. 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.