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HR 1722 112th Congress House Education Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Poverty and welfare assistance

Eat Local Foods Act

Introduced: May 4, 2011 Introduced by: Pingree, Chellie Democratic · Maine See on congress.gov
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May 20, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
May 4, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 4, 2011
Introduced in House
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 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 (starting 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.

What's happening now May 20, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jan 31, 2012
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Matsui, Doris O.
California · Oct 4, 2011
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 4, 2011
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · May 4, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1722: Eat Local Foods Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1722/
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"H.R. 1722: Eat Local Foods Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1722/.
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H.R. 1722, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1722/.
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