Salad Bars in Schools Expansion Act

3.0.0 7344 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z House H HR 2024-02-13 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 13, 2024)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. WILSON of Florida:H.R. 7344.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:Pilot Program to expands Salad Bars in Schools.[Page H582]</pre> hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2024-02-13T17:01:40Z 2024-02-13 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee 2024-02-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2024-02-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000808 Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] Frederica Wilson D FL S. 24 N Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2024-02-29T18:30:53Z

00 2024-02-13 Introduced in House 2024-06-28T18:02:54Z Salad Bars in Schools Expansion ActThis bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish and implement a plan, including through a five-year program of competitive grants, to promote the use of salad bars in schools participating in the school lunch program.Priority in the award of grants may be given to entities that (1) serve schools in which at least 50% of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches or that are located in food deserts, or (2) provide nutrition education. Food desert is defined as a census tract with a substantial share of residents who live in low-income areas that have low levels of access to a grocery store or a healthy, affordable food retail outlet.USDA must also (1) submit a report to Congress that includes recommendations for promoting and establishing more salad bars in schools; and (2) revise the March 27, 2013, policy memorandum SP 31-2013, Salad Bars in the National School Lunch Program, in light of the recommendations.

Salad Bars in Schools Expansion Act Display Title 45 Salad Bars in Schools Expansion Act 2024-07-24T15:19:09Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Salad Bars in Schools Expansion Act 2024-05-24T13:34:08Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand the use of salad bars in schools. 2024-03-18T22:16:41Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2024-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr7344ih/xml/BILLS-118hr7344ih.xml 2024-02-13 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 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.