Kids Eat Local Act of 2019

Summary

Kids Eat Local Act of 2019 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.

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Timeline

1. 12 June 2019

   Introduced

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

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 12 June 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 12 June 2019 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 June 2019

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 June 2019

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 12 June 2019

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Sponsors

• Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
• Susan Collins · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R · Cosponsor
• Maggie Hassan · D · Cosponsor
• Angus King · I · Cosponsor
• Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
• John Boozman · R · Cosponsor
• · ssaf00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Kids Eat Local Act of 2021
• related to ← Kids Eat Local Act