Eat Local Foods Act

Summary

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Eat Local Foods Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to states, by the beginning of each school year (beginning with the 2012-2013 school year), for use in providing school food authorities with local food credits that represent up to 10% of the total value of the commodity assistance (or cash payments in lieu...

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Introduced(7/21/10)

Committee

Passed House

Passed Senate

President

Law

Sponsor

Ms. Pingree

House (D) Maine – 1

Cosponsors (17)

Grijalva

(D) AZ

Polis

(D) CO

BLUMENAUER

(D) OR

Kilroy

(D) OH

Moore

House (D) Wisconsin

Neal

House (D) Massachusetts

LEE

(D) CA

Sablan

(D) MP

Connolly

(D) VA

Matsui

House (D) California

Topics

Education

Government Spending & Operations

Human & Civil Rights

Social Programs

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

Oct 13, 2010

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