,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bd1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,welch 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,gibson1 
,ms4 ,pingree of ,maine1 and ,mr4       
,des,jarlais7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,agriculture1 for a period
 to be subsequently determined by the   
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to conduct a pilot program  
in support of efforts to increase the   
amount of purchases of local fresh      
fruits and vegetables for schools and   
service institutions by giving certain  
,states the option of receiving a grant 
from the ,secretary of ,agriculture for 
that purpose instead of obtaining       
commodities under ,department of        
,agriculture programs4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,local  

,school ,foods ,act of #bjac4  #b4      
,additional authority for purchase of   
fresh fruits1 vegetables1 and other     
specialty food crops ,section #ajfjc of 
the ,farm ,security and ,rural          
,investment ,act of #bjjb 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#fab;c-#d7 is amended--  7#a7 in        
subsection 7b71 by striking #bjab and   
inserting #bjag2  7#b7 by redesignating 
subsection 7c7 as subsection 7d72 and   
7#c7 by inserting after subsection 7b7  
the following new subsection3  7c7      
,pilot grant program for purchase of    
fresh fruits and vegetables  7#a7 ,in   
general ,using amounts made available to
 carry out subsection 7b71 the          
,secretary of ,agriculture shall conduct
 a pilot program under which the        
,secretary will give not more than five 
participating ,states the option of     
receiving a grant in an amount equal to 
the value of the commodities that the   
participating ,state would otherwise    
receive under this section for each of  
fiscal years #bjad through #bjah4  7#b7 

,use of grant funds ,a participating    
,state receiving a grant under this     
subsection may use the grant funds      
solely to purchase fresh fruits and     
vegetables for distribution to schools  
and service institutions in the ,state  
that participate in the food service    
programs under the ,richard ,b4 ,russell
 ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #agea et seq47 and the ,child 
,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#agga et seq474 ,to the maximum extent  
practicable1 the fruits and vegetables  
shall be locally grown1 as determined by
 the ,state4  7#c7 ,selection of        
participating ,states ,the ,secretary   
shall select participating ,states from 
applications submitted by the ,states4  
7#d7 ,reporting requirements  7,a7      
,school and service institution         
requirement ,schools and service        
institutions in a participating ,state  
shall keep records of purchases of fresh
 fruits and vegetables made using the   
grant funds and report such records to  

the ,state4  7,b7 ,state requirement    
,each participating ,state shall submit 
to the ,secretary a report on the       
success of the pilot program in the     
,state1 including information on--  7i7 
the amount and value of each type of    
fresh fruit and vegetable purchased by  
the ,state2 and  7ii7 the benefit       
provided by such purchases in conducting
 the school food service in the ,state1 
including meeting school meal           
requirements4  4