Kids Eat Local Act of 2021
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 improve 
  nutritional and other program requirements relating to purchases of 
                         locally produced food.

    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 of 2021''.

SEC. 2. PURCHASES OF LOCALLY PRODUCED FOOD.

    Section 9(j)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1758(j)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Program, to'' and inserting the 
        following: ``Program--
                    ``(A) to'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking the 
        period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) to use `locally grown', `locally raised', or 
                `locally caught' as a product specification.''.
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Kids Eat Local Act of 2021
A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve nutritional and other program requirements relating to purchases of locally produced food.
Kids Eat Local Act of 2021
Sen. Brown, Sherrod