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HR 5806 111th Congress House

Eat Local Foods Act

Official title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to create a local food credit program.

Introduced: July 30, 2010 Introduced by: Pingree, Chellie Democratic · Maine See on congress.gov
Education Education programs fundingElementary and secondary educationFood assistance and reliefPoverty and welfare assistance
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 13, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Jul 22, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5923)
Jul 21, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jul 21, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 13, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Eat Local Foods Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to states, by the beginning of each school year (beginning with the 2012-2013 school year), for use in providing school food authorities with local food credits that represent up to 10% of the total value of the commodity assistance (or cash payments in lieu thereof) that the authority would be eligible to receive for the school year.

Subtracts the value of the food credit from the amount of commodity assistance (or cash payments in lieu thereof) that a school food authority would otherwise receive.

Requires school food authorities to use their credits to purchase locally or regionally produced agricultural food products to serve in the school lunch program.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 6
D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jul 30, 2010
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jul 30, 2010
Sablan, Gregorio
· Jul 30, 2010
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jul 21, 2010
Kilroy, Mary Jo
· Jul 21, 2010
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Jul 21, 2010
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jul 21, 2010
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jul 21, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5806: Eat Local Foods Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5806/
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"H.R. 5806: Eat Local Foods Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5806/.
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