,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ab1 #bjai,ms4 
,pingree 7for herself1 ,mr4             
,fortenberry1 and ,mr4 ,harder of       
,california7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and ,labor  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,richard ,b4      
,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act  
to allow certain institutions to use    
geographic preference for procurement of
 certain foods1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,kids ,eat ,local ,act4  #b4    
,geographic preference and              
identification for school food          
,paragraph 7#c7 of section #i7;j7 of the
 ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school
 ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ageh7;j77  
is amended to read as follows3  7#c7    
allow institutions receiving funds under
 this ,act and the ,child ,nutrition    
,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agga et   
seq471 including the ,department of     

,defense ,fresh ,fruit and ,vegetable   
,program-- 7,a7 to use a geographic     
preference for the procurement of       
unprocessed agricultural products1 both 
locally grown and locally raised2 or    
7,b7 to use locally grown1 locally      
raised1 or locally caught as a product  
specification4  4