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.
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Kids Eat Local Act''.

SEC. 2. GEOGRAPHIC PREFERENCE AND IDENTIFICATION FOR SCHOOL FOOD.

    Paragraph (3) of section 9(j) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(j)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) allow institutions receiving funds under this Act and 
        the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), 
        including the Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable 
        Program--
                    ``(A) to use a geographic preference for the 
                procurement of unprocessed agricultural products, both 
                locally grown and locally raised; or
                    ``(B) to use locally grown, locally raised, or 
                locally caught as a product specification.''.
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Kids Eat Local Act
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.
Kids Eat Local Act
Rep. Pingree, Chellie