[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1639 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1639

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to increase 
  funding for the purchase of specialty crops, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 17, 2023

   Mr. Rubio 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 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to increase 
  funding for the purchase of specialty crops, 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 ``Fresh Fruits and Vegetables 
Nutrition Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

    (a) Purchase of Specialty Crops.--Section 10603 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 612c-4) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``$200,000,000'' and 
        inserting ``$300,000,000''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``$50,000,000 for each 
        of fiscal years 2008 through 2023'' and inserting 
        ``$150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028''.
    (b) Section 32 Funds.--Section 4404(a) of the Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 612c-5(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``through fiscal year 
        2023'' after ``thereafter''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal 
        year thereafter.''.
    (c) Domestic Food Assistance Program.--Section 14222(b)(2) of the 
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 612c-6(b)(2)) is 
amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
                    ``(A)(i) in the case of fiscal year 2024, 
                $2,500,000,000;
                    ``(ii) in the case of fiscal year 2025, 
                $2,525,000,000;
                    ``(iii) in the case of fiscal year 2026, 
                $2,550,000,000;
                    ``(iv) in the case of fiscal year 2027, 
                $2,575,000,000; and
                    ``(v) for fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year 
                thereafter, the amount made available for the preceding 
                fiscal year, as adjusted to reflect changes for the 12-
                month period ending on the preceding November 30 in the 
                Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published 
                by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of 
                Labor; and''.
    (d) Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program.--Section 19 of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``2008'' and inserting ``2024''; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting ``and secondary schools'' after 
                ``schools'';
            (2) in subsection (d)(1)(C), by striking ``(as defined'' 
        and inserting ``or secondary school (as those terms are 
        defined'';
            (3) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``$75'' and inserting 
        ``$100'';
            (4) in subsection (i)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                inserting ``(7 U.S.C. 612c-6)'' after ``2008''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and 
                inserting the following:
                    ``(A) On July 1, 2024, $800,000,000.
                    ``(B) On July 1, 2025, $825,000,000.
                    ``(C) On July 1, 2026, $850,000,000.
                    ``(D) On July 1, 2027, $875,000,000.
                    ``(E) On July 1, 2028, and each July 1 thereafter, 
                the amount made available for the preceding fiscal 
                year, as adjusted to reflect changes for the 12-month 
                period ending the preceding April 30 in the Consumer 
                Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the 
                Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor, 
                for items other than food.''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) High-Poverty Communities.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, the program shall be directly available to 
any local educational agency identified by the Secretary as being 
eligible for meal service under section 11(a)(1)(F).
    ``(k) Buy America.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        fruits and vegetables purchased under the program shall be 
        grown in the United States.
            ``(2) Waiver.--The requirement in paragraph (1) may be 
        waived if a product grown in the United States cannot be 
        purchased for less than 25 percent more than a foreign-sourced 
        product.''.
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