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H.R. 3220 116th Congress House

Kids Eat Local Act

Official title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow certain institutions to use geographic preference for procurement of certain foods, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 12, 2019 Introduced by: Chellie Pingree Democratic · Maine See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Elementary and secondary educationFood assistance and reliefFood supply, safety, and labelingFruit and vegetablesNutrition and diet
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jun 12, 2019
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 Latest action June 12, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Kids Eat Local Act

This bill modifies Department of Agriculture requirements for the national school food programs relating to the purchases of locally produced food.

The bill allows institutions participating in the school food programs to use locally grown, locally raised, or locally caught as a product specification in food procurement requests.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1817 Kids Eat Local Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 10 Republican 1
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Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Dec 5, 2019
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Garamendi, John
California · Oct 17, 2019
 D
Schrier, Kim
Washington · Oct 17, 2019
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Oct 16, 2019
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Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Oct 16, 2019
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 4, 2019
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 4, 2019
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Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Sep 19, 2019
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Sep 11, 2019
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jul 30, 2019
Axne, Cynthia
· Jul 10, 2019
Delgado, Antonio
· Jun 26, 2019
Fortenberry, Jeff
· Jun 12, 2019
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Harder, Josh
California · Jun 12, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3220: Kids Eat Local Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3220/
MLA
"H.R. 3220: Kids Eat Local Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3220/.
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H.R. 3220, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3220/.
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[H.R. 3220: Kids Eat Local Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3220/)
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