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HR 1720 113th Congress House Education Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Fruit and vegetables Poverty and welfare assistance

Local School Foods Act of 2013

Introduced: April 24, 2013 Introduced by: Welch, Peter Democratic · Vermont See on congress.gov
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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
Jul 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
May 3, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
Apr 24, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 24, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Local School Foods Act of 2013 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct a pilot program under which the Secretary will give up to five participating states the option of receiving a grant in an amount equal to the value of the USDA-provided commodities that the participating state would otherwise receive for each of FY2014-FY2018.

States that a grant shall be used to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools and service institutions that participate in the food service programs under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.

What's happening now July 8, 2013

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

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 1947 Related bill Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013
  • HR 3102 Related bill Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013
  • S 679 Related bill Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Apr 24, 2013
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Apr 24, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1720: Local School Foods Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1720/
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"H.R. 1720: Local School Foods Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1720/.
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H.R. 1720, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1720/.
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