S. 2778 119th Congress Senate

Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a program for the procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegeta… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a program for the procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables to provide healthier school meals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 11, 2025 Introduced by: Ron Wyden Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov

Agriculture and Food

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Sep 11, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Sep 11, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2025

This bill expands and otherwise revises a program to support state procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables under the National School Lunch Program.

Specifically, the bill expands the number of participating states from a maximum of 8 to a maximum of 14.

In addition, the bill establishes additional requirements with respect to priorities, reporting, and evaluations, including with respect to socially disadvantaged populations and the program's economic impact.

The bill provides funds for the program through FY2030.

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 3

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
for AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
for AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
for AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
3 filings
SENATE
3 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
1 filing
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
1 filing
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
1 filing
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
1 filing
Treasury, Dept of
1 filing

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Cosponsors 2

Bennet, Michael F.

Colorado · Sep 11, 2025

Welch, Peter

Vermont · Sep 11, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2778: Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2778/

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