,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #be1 #bjai,mr4 
,welch 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 make a 
permanent program for the procurement of
 unprocessed fruits and vegetables to   
provide healthier school meals1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,local ,school 
,foods ,expansion ,act of #bjai4  #b4   
,helping schools serve healthier meals  
,section #f7;f7 of the ,richard ,b4     
,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agee7;f77 is amended--  
7#a7 in the heading1 by striking ,pilot 
project for procurement of unprocessed  
fruits and vegetables and inserting     
,program for procurement of domestically
 grown unprocessed fruits and           
vegetables2  7#b7 by striking pilot     
project each place it appears and       

inserting program2  7#c7 by amending    
paragraph 7#a7 to read as follows3  7#a7
 ,in general ,the ,secretary shall carry
 out a program to facilitate the        
procurement of domestically grown       
unprocessed fruits and vegetables in not
 fewer than #ae ,states receiving funds 
under this ,act4  2  7#d7 in paragraph  
7#b71 by inserting domestically grown   
before unprocessed2  7#e7 in paragraph  
7#e7--  7,a7 in the heading1 by striking
 and reporting requirements and         
inserting 1 reporting requirements1 and 
evaluations2  7,b7 in subparagraph      
7,b7--  7i7 in clause 7i71 by striking  
and at the end2  7ii7 in clause 7ii71 by
 striking the period and inserting 2    
and2 and  7iii7 by adding at the end the
 following3  7iii7 the challenges and   
opportunities presented by the program1 
as assessed by the ,state4  2 and  7,c7 
by adding at the end the following3     
7,c7 ,program evaluation  7i7 ,in       
general ,not later than #b years after  
the date of the enactment of this       

subparagraph1 the ,secretary shall      
evaluate the impact of the program1     
including information on--  7,i7 the    
quantity and cost of each type of       
unprocessed fruit and vegetable procured
 by each ,state under the program2      
7,,ii7 the benefit of such procurement  
in conducting school food service in    
each ,state1 including meeting school   
meal requirements2 and  7,,iii7 the     
economic impact the program has had on  
agricultural producers in each ,state4  
7ii7 ,report ,not later than #d years   
after the date of enactment of this     
subparagraph1 the ,secretary shall      
submit to the ,committee on ,agriculture
 of the ,house ,representatives and the 
,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 
and ,forestry of the ,senate a report   
that includes the results and an        
analysis of the evaluation required     
under clause 7i74  2 and  7#f7 by adding
 at the end the following new paragraph3
  7#f7 ,funding  7,a7 ,mandatory funding
 ,there is appropriated to carry out    

this section #ae1jjj1jjj for each of    
fiscal years #bjbj through #bjbd4  7,b7 
,reservation ,of the funds appropriated 
under subparagraph 7,a7 for a fiscal    
year1 #aj1jjj1jjj shall be reserved for 
,states selected pursuant to paragraph  
7#a7 to carry out ,state program        
administration and provide technical    
assistance and outreach to vendors to   
become certified to participate in the  
program under this section4  7,c7       
,minimum allotment ,of the funds        
reserved under subparagraph 7,b71 each  
,state selected pursuant to paragraph   
7#a7 shall receive not less than        
#cjj1jjj for each fiscal year during    
which such ,state participates in the   
program under this section4  4