[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1723 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1723

  To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make institutions of 
 higher education eligible for assistance for community food projects, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2019

 Ms. Judy Chu of California (for herself and Mr. Marshall) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make institutions of 
 higher education eligible for assistance for community food projects, 
                        and for other purposes.

    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 ``Campus Hunger Reduction Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) In a December 2018 report which reviewed data from 31 
        studies on food insecurity among college students, the 
        Government Accountability Office found that 22 of the 31 
        surveys estimated food insecurity rates of over 30 percent.
            (2) Hunger threatens a student's health, cognitive ability, 
        and economic security.
            (3) Institutions of higher education should strive to 
        collect edible, surplus food from campus-operated dining 
        facilities that would be thrown away and distribute such food 
        to students experiencing hunger.
            (4) Institutions of higher education should partner with 
        local organizations such as regional food banks to reduce 
        hunger and support operation of food pantries on campus.

SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECTS.

    Section 25 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2034) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(4) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        `institution of higher education' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1001).''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), in the matter before paragraph (1), 
        by inserting ``an institution of higher education,'' before 
        ``or a private''.
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