S 2445
114th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Child health
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet
State and local government operations
A bill to improve the effectiveness and coordination of nutrition education.
Introduced: January 19, 2016
Introduced by:
Klobuchar, Amy
Democratic
· Minnesota
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 19, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jan 19, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to study and report to Congress on state administrative expense funds, including:
- the use of the funds by state agencies;
- policies, practices, and training methods being implemented using the funds;
- factors that interfere with the ability of a state agency to use the funds effectively; and
- ways the funds are being used to encourage the implementation of effective and consistent school nutrition workforce training and technical assistance.
USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion must study and report to Congress on the effectiveness and level of coordination between nutrition education in the child nutrition programs and other federal programs that include nutrition education.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1