[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3402 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3402

  To amend the fresh fruit and vegetable program under the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act to include canned, dried, frozen, or 
                     pureed fruits and vegetables.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2017

Mr. Poliquin (for himself, Mr. Schrader, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Kind, 
   Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Walz, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Messer, and Mr. Valadao) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the fresh fruit and vegetable program under the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act to include canned, dried, frozen, or 
                     pureed fruits and vegetables.

    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 ``Fruit and Vegetable Access for 
Children Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROGRAM.

    Section 19 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1769a) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``fresh'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, canned, dried, 
        frozen, or pureed'' after ``fresh'';
            (3) in subsection (b), by inserting ``, canned, dried, 
        frozen, or pureed'' after ``fresh''; and
            (4) in subsection (e), by inserting ``, canned, dried, 
        frozen, or pureed'' after ``fresh''.
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