[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2064 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2064

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 2, 2017

  Mr. Johnson (for himself, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. Young, and Ms. Baldwin) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


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

    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 of 2017''.

SEC. 2. FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--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''; and
            (2) in subsections (a), (b), and (e), by inserting ``, 
        canned, dried, frozen, or pureed'' after ``fresh'' each place 
        it appears.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 14222(c) of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 612c-6(c)) is amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Fresh''; and
            (2) by striking ``fresh''.
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