[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3592 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3592

   To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to encourage the use of 
                  locally grown food in meal programs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 20, 2012

  Mr. Bennet introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to encourage the use of 
                  locally grown food in meal programs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Locally Grown Foods for Older 
Americans Act''.

SEC. 2. LOCALLY GROWN FOOD.

    Section 339(2) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (J), by striking ``, and'' and 
        inserting a comma;
            (2) in subparagraph (K), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``, and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(L) where feasible, encourages the use of locally 
                grown foods in meal programs and identifies potential 
                partnerships and contracts with local producers and 
                providers of locally grown foods.''.
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