,,ii #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #aieb ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,june #be1 #bjai,mr4 ,wyden introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act to establish a program for the procurement of domestically grown 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 ,program for procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables ,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 subsection heading1 by striking ,pilot project for procurement of and inserting ,program for procurement of domestically grown2 7#b7 in paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 by striking conduct a pilot project and inserting carry out a program 7referred to in this subsection as the program72 7,b7 by inserting domestically grown before unprocessed2 and 7,c7 by striking more than #h and inserting less than #ae2 7#c7 by striking pilot project each place it appears and inserting program2 7#d7 in paragraph 7#b71 in the matter preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by inserting domestically grown before unprocessed2 7#e7 in paragraph 7#e7-- 7,a7 in the paragraph heading1 by striking ,recordkeeping and reporting and inserting ,recordkeeping1 reporting1 and evaluation2 7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b7-- 7i7 in clause 7i71 by striking and at the end2 7ii7 in clause 7ii71 by striking the period at the end and inserting 2 and2 and 7iii7 by adding at the end the following3 7iii7 the challenges and opportunities presented by the program in 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 enactment of this subparagraph1 the ,secretary shall evaluate the impact of the program1 including with respect to-- 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 the procured unprocessed fruits and vegetables to school food service in each ,state1 including the benefit to meeting school meal requirements2 and 7,,iii7 the economic impact of the program on agricultural producers in the ,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 of ,representatives and the ,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry of the ,senate a report that describes the results of the evaluation conducted under clause 7i7 and an analysis of that evaluation4 2 and 7#f7 by adding at the end the following3 7#f7 ,funding 7,a7 ,mandatory funding ,there is appropriated to carry out this subsection #ae1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years #bjbj through #bjbd4 7,b7 ,reservation ,of the funds appropriated under subparagraph 7,a7 for each fiscal year1 #aj1jjj1jjj shall be reserved for ,states selected under the program under paragraph 7#a7 to carry out the activities described in subparagraph 7,c77i74 7,c7 ,administrative costs2 technical assistance 7i7 ,in general ,the funds reserved under subparagraph 7,b7 shall be used-- 7,i7 for the administrative costs of carrying out the program2 and 7,,ii7 to provide technical assistance and outreach to vendors to become certified to participate in the program4 7ii7 ,minimum allotment ,of the funds reserved under subparagraph 7,b71 each ,state selected under paragraph 7#c77;,a7 shall receive not less than #cjj1jjj for each fiscal year during which the ,state participates in the program4 4