3.0.0 3492 2022-11-01T13:50:54Z 2022-11-01T13:50:54Z House HR 2019-06-25 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 25, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WELCH:H.R. 3492.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall havePower To . . . make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, andall other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or in any Department orOfficer thereof.[Page H5168]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-06-25T14:00:27Z Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2019 116 1952 S 2019-06-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2019-06-25 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2019-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT N Agriculture and Food Child health Congressional oversight Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Fruit and vegetables Nutrition and diet Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement State and local government operations Agriculture and Food 00 2019-06-25 Introduced in House 2020-05-04T18:44:12Z Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2019

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to make permanent, and expand to at least 15 states, the program to provide more flexibility for states participating in the National School Lunch Program to purchase domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables. The bill also provides additional mandatory funding for the program.

]]> Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2019 Display Title Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make a permanent program for the procurement of unprocessed fruits and vegetables to provide healthier school meals, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr3492ih/xml/BILLS-116hr3492ih.xml 2019-06-25 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.