The information covered below is from July 7, 2023, to July 14, 2023. 

Highlights:

• On July 13, the House Appropriations Committee released its fiscal year (FY) 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor/HHS) Appropriations bill. The bill was advanced on a party line vote to the full Appropriations Committee on July 14.
• On July 13, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) to expand affordability of and access to child care programs.
• On July 14, USED announced that more than 800,000 federal student loan borrowers would have their loan debt automatically discharged under the Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) program.

Budget & Appropriations:

House Appropriations Committee releases its fiscal year (FY) 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor/HHS) Appropriations bill: On July 13, the House Appropriations Committee released its FY2024 House Labor/HHS Appropriations bill. According to a House Republican summary, the bill provides an annual (also known as discretionary) funding total of $67.4 billion for the U.S. Department of Education (USED), which is $12.1 billion or 15% below the FY2023 level and $22.6 billion or 25% below the FY2024 President’s budget request. Regarding K-12 education funding, the bill would reduce Title I funding for disadvantaged students by $6.03 billion below the FY2023 level, as well as rescind an additional $8.67 billion from previously appropriated FY2023 funding. The combined $14.7 billion reduction to Title I would result in a 80% cut in funding for the program. Charter school grants would receive a $10 million increase above the FY2023 level, while Special Education Grants to States and Career and Technical Education Grants to States would be maintained (according to the House Republican summary). Additionally, the maximum Pell Grant award will be funded at the same level as in FY2023 at $7,395. The Child Care and Development Block Grant would also receive level funding of $8.02 billion, while Head Start would be reduced $750 million below the FY2023 level and the Preschool Development Grant Birth to Five Program would be eliminated. The bill includes several other likely eliminations to programs – including Title II grants for educator professional development, the Federal Work Study program, and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG), among others. Final funding levels for the bill will be confirmed when the FY2024 House Labor/HHS report, which accompanies the bill, is released, possibly as early as the week of July 17. House Republicans also include prohibitions on the use of funding aimed at limiting the ability of the Biden Administration to take certain actions. For instance, the Biden Administration would be prohibited from: promoting or advancing Critical Race Theory (CRT); implementing Executive Orders on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI); implementing an Executive Order on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Discrimination; implementing USED’s proposed rules regarding Title IX and Title IX athletics; implementing waivers and modifications of statutory and regulatory provisions relating to an extension of the suspension of student loan payments; and implementing USED’s proposed rule on income-driven repayment, among other prohibitions. The FY2024 House Labor/HHS Appropriations bill may be considered by the full House Appropriations Committee as early as the week of July 17.

House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor/HHS) advances FY2024 Appropriations bill: On July 14, the House Appropriations Labor/HHS Subcommittee, led by Chairman Robert Aderholt (R-AL),  held a markup and advanced the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY2024) bill. The bill advanced on a party line vote. In his opening remarks, Chairman Aderholt focused on inflation, noting that, in his view, “has been made worse by the massive infusion of government spending both during and immediately after the COVID pandemic.” Chairman Aderholt stated, “The bill before us today reflects the challenges and achieving deficit reduction solely through reductions in discretionary spending,” and added, “There are over 50 programs that are proposed for reductions and then another 60 programs for elimination.” Chairman Aderholt referenced unspent pandemic relief funds, stating, “It is estimated over $31 billion in unspent funding still remains available from funds provided during the pandemic to those schools…Until this funding is drawn down, and it is used responsibly, the Committee cannot continue to make further investment in these failing schools.” After referencing cuts to programs, Chairman Aderholt noted that, “Child care block grants, which provide vouchers for families to choose the childcare setting of their choice, are maintained at $8 billion.”

Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro’s (D-CT) opening remarks described the bill as “shameful” and expressed that the Majority developed it to “portend their intent to end public education in America.” Ranking Member DeLauro noted that the 28% cut to the Department of Education would take “at least 220,000 teachers out of low income classrooms” and added, “This is no messaging bill. This is their view of America.” Commenting on the programs cut and reduced in the bill, Ranking Member DeLauro said, “a $14.7 billion cut from Title I, the very foundation of public education in America. It’s patently unsinkable and would remove hundreds of thousands of teachers from classrooms, directly harming children and every single one of our districts.” She concluded, “This bill steals from our children’s future, from our family’s health, and from Americans’ livelihoods.”

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) added her strong objections, saying that the bill is  “very dangerous…It would inflict upon our children, families and communities; it’s quite immoral, and it’s abhorrent.” Referencing the cuts to higher education funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), Rep. Lee said, “This bill inflicts cruel – yes – and unusual punishment upon low income and poor people and people of color.”

House Appropriations Financial Services Subcommittee Ranking Member Steny Hoyer (D-MD) concluded remarks from Democratic members, disputing the “continuing story” about inflation and the American economy, citing recent manufacturing and job growth and reduced inflation. He shared, “I believe we need to deal with a fiscal challenge confronting this country, but not on the backs of the people that this bill [is supposed to] help.”

Administration:

U.S. Department of Education (USED):

USED announces $39 billion in federal loan discharges as a result of fixes to Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans: On July 14, USED announced that more than 800,000 federal student loan borrowers would have their loan debt automatically discharged under the Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) program. These discharges are the result of adjustments first announced by the Biden Administration to “ensure all borrowers have an accurate count of the number of monthly payments that qualify toward forgiveness under income-driven repayment plans.” The IDR program caps payments to a percentage of a borrower’s income for a 20 or 25 year period. After that period, borrowers are eligible for loan forgiveness. USED Secretary Miguel Cardona, in the announcement, said, “For far too long, borrowers fell through the cracks of a broken system that failed to keep accurate track of their progress towards forgiveness. By fixing past administrative failures, we are ensuring everyone gets the forgiveness they deserve, just as we have done for public servants, students who were cheated by their colleges, and borrowers with permanent disabilities, including veterans.” According to the announcement, “The Department will continue to identify and notify borrowers who reach the applicable forgiveness thresholds every two months until next year when all borrowers who are not yet eligible for forgiveness will have their payment counts updated.”

USED Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) issues letter to chief state school officers outlining recommendations to ensure state resource equity: On July 11, OESE sent a letter to chief state school officers regarding requirements and recommendations for states to review resource allocation for local education agencies (LEAs) serving a significant number of schools identified for comprehensive support and improvement (CSI), targeted support and improvement (TSI), and additional targeted support and improvement (ATSI). States are required to “periodically” review resource allocation for these LEAS, and the letter notes that states have discretion to determine what period review means, and to define the “significant” number of schools being served in an LEA. The letter offers recommendations around these determinations, based on a USED pilot program, which includes considering a broad variety of factors that contribute to resource allocation, aligning the timing for conducting a resource allocation review with the State’s school identification timeline, and analyzing state-identified resources alongside disaggregated student demographic information and outcome measures. In reviewing CSI and ATSI support and improvement plans, the letter recommends that states develop CSI and ATSI plan templates to explicitly include identification of resource inequities and how they will be addressed, and implement clear processes for reviewing CSI plans to ensure each plan identifies and addresses resource inequities.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS):

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) proposes new rule aimed at improving child care cost and access: On July 13, ACF issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) to expand affordability of and access to child care programs. A White House fact sheet explains that the proposed rule would lower child care costs for families receiving child care assistance by capping co-payments to no more than seven percent of their income, which would reduce co-payments for 80,000 families. States would also be allowed to waive copayments for families with an income at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level. The proposed rule also targets financial stability for child care providers by paying providers who participate in the Child Care & Development Block Grant (CCDBG) ahead of time rather than after services are provided, which would impact payments of nearly 200,000 providers. Payments would also be issued based on enrollment rather than attendance. The NPRM notes that these changes to payment policies could allow for more providers to participate in the subsidy program and thus increase family participation and parent choice in finding child care that best fits their family’s needs. Finally, the NPRM encourages states to streamline their enrollment procedures, including by providing online enrollment and extending presumptive eligibility to families. Announcing the proposed rule, Vice President Kamala Harris remarked, “Overall, if states participate in this initiative, over 350,000 families could save money on childcare payments, and more than 200,000 providers will benefit from these changes as well. …We must make sure all families can access the life-changing benefits of childcare.” Comments on the proposed rule will be accepted until August 28, 2023.

Congress:

House:

House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development holds a hearing to examine foreign influence in postsecondary education: On July 13, the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held a hearing titled “Exposing the Dangers of the Influence of Foreign Adversaries on College Campuses.” Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) called the hearing “to highlight how foreign adversaries are abusing America’s academic system to steal sensitive intellectual property, limit free expression, control curriculum, and indoctrinate our students.” In his opening remarks, Subcommittee Chairman Owens highlighted what he described as a lack of compliance and enforcement of requirements for foreign funding at U.S. colleges and universities by noting, “Under section 117 of the Higher Education Act, colleges and universities must disclose any foreign funding to their institution exceeding $250,000. Yet in 2019, a Senate report found 70 percent of colleges choose to skirt, hide, and cheat so as not to be compliant with this law.”

The subcommittee heard from three witnesses: Paul Moore, J.D., Senior Counsel at the Defense of Freedom Institute; John C. Yang, President and Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice; and Craig Singleton, China Program Deputy Director and Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Mr. Moore, in his testimony, discussed his role as the former Chief Investigative Counsel at USED during the Trump Administration, and commented that, “the Department’s enforcement efforts have, historically, been uneven at best.. For example, in 2004, the Department began permitting colleges and universities to provide donor anonymity when reporting foreign gifts and contracts under Section 117.” Mr. Singleton, in his testimony, claimed that “foreign adversary nations are engaged in far-reaching campaigns to exploit the United States’ open, collaborative nature in furtherance of their strategic, military, and economic goals. Nowhere is this threat more acute than on U.S. college campuses.” Mr. Yang, in his remarks, noted that the discussion and “Xenophobic, anti-immigrant, and racist rhetoric used by lawmakers and officials at the highest level of government fueled this resurgent xenophobia against immigrants and those of Asian descent.”

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Foxx sends letter to USED Under Secretary Kvaal regarding valuation of student loan program: On July 4, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC)  sent a letter to USED Under Secretary James Kvaal regarding a report on the valuation of the student loan portfolio. Chairwoman Foxx wrote that Under Secretary Kvaal’s testimony at the May 24 Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development hearing “may include false statements.” Chairwoman Foxx previously requested an unredacted final copy of the student loan valuation report, and the letter notes that in the hearing, Under Secretary Kvaal “unequivocally stated three times that the Department had provided” the report, but Chairwoman Foxx asserts that she has not received it. The letter provides history of the prior requests for valuation information, and concludes with a request for the final unredacted report.

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Foxx writes op-ed on college-for-all “myth” and the importance of career competencies: On July 7, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) wrote an op-ed in the National Review titled, “The Dangers of the College Degree-for-All Mentality.” Chairwoman Foxx wrote that, “College degree-for-all is a myth, and a harmful one at that.” She continues, stating that though “a staggering statistic reveals that nearly two-thirds of Americans age 25 and older do not possess a bachelor’s degree…we have perpetuated a narrative that undervalues skills-based programs and elevates baccalaureate-degree programs.” Chairwoman Foxx wrote that the American job market has “responded to that criticism,” as some employers “shift toward skills-based qualifications.” She concludes that postsecondary education is “failing to meet the demands” of advancements in technology, as “these impacts require a flexible workforce able to reskill and upskill for in-demand jobs.” Chairwoman Foxx urges, “Employers must play a more substantial role in collaborating with postsecondary-education institutions to design programs that align with industry needs.”

Upcoming Events (Congress & Administration):

• On July 18 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, USED will hold a virtual public hearing to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to prepare proposed regulations for the Federal Student Aid programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, (HEA) which authorizes federal student assistance. Individuals interested in presenting comments at the hearing must register via email no later than 12:00 pm ET on July 17 at negreghearing@ed.gov. Registration for the hearing is not yet available. The Federal Register notice announcing the hearing is here and more information is here.
• On July 20 from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm, the President’s Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics will hold a virtual meeting. The agenda for the Commission meeting includes a discussion and vote to establish Commission subcommittees, which will meet to work on items pertaining to the work of the Commission and present findings for discussion during open, public Commission meetings. The meeting will also include presentations from federal leaders and discussion around next steps towards advancing duties of the Commission. More information is here.
• On August 1 to August 3, the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity will hold an open virtual meeting. The purpose of the virtual meeting is to conduct a review of applications for renewal of recognition. The Committee will also review compliance reports and present and discuss policy-related matters. The notice, which includes the meeting’s full agenda, can be found here.
• On August 9 at 3:00 pm, USED will host a webinar titled, “Guiding Principles for Creating Safe, Inclusive, Supportive, and Fair School Climates.” The webinar will discuss a recent publication of the same name, and is designed to enhance state and district strategies aimed at promoting safe, inclusive, supportive, and fair learning environments. More information and registration are here.
• On August 16 at 4:00 pm, August 23 at 4:00 pm, and August 30 at 4:00 pm, USED’s Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO), through its Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), will host a three-day virtual webinar series on student privacy and data security. Sessions will include a discussion of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), data security, data breach incident response, vetting educational technology, and transparency. Registration for August 16 is here, August 23 is here, and August 30 is here.

Upcoming Events (Outside Organizations):

• On July 18 at 12:00 pm, New America will host a hybrid briefing titled, “From Enrollment to College Completion: What Can Federal Policymakers Do to Protect Racial Equity in Higher Education?” Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the use of race-conscious admissions policies, the briefing will explore what it could look like to ensure students, especially those who are from underrepresented and marginalized backgrounds, have an equal opportunity to access higher education and economic prosperity. Panelists include: EducationCounsel’s Senior Policy Advisor Ed Smith, PhD; David Mickey-Pabello, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Harvard University; David Hawkins, Chief Education and Policy Officer at the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC); and Mayah Lubin, Higher Education Equity Senior Coordinator at the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The event will also feature students from the UNC AAxn Coalition, a student group at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill advocating for the importance of race-conscious admissions. More information and registration are here.
• On July 17 at 3:00 pm, The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) will host a webinar titled, “Building on Common Ground: A Governor’s Conversation.” As a part of Grade-Level Reading Week of 2023, CGLR will host a conversation with Maryland Governor Wes Moore will consider how early education successes that have garnered broad public support and can translate into bipartisan policy “wins.” Other panelists include Denise Forte, President and CEO at the Education Trust; Seth Gerson, K-12 Program Director at the  National Governors Association; Lucy Berrier Matheson, Deputy Director of K-12 Policy at The Hunt Institute; and Martin R. West, Academic Dean and Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. More information and registration are here.
• On July 18 at 12:30 pm, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) will host a webinar titled, “Lessons Learned from the Pandemic.” In the third webinar in the Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships (EHS-CCP) series, participants will learn how the partnerships helped local communities stabilize child care partners during the pandemic, expand access to mental health and comprehensive services for children and families, and strengthen workforce development and retention. Presenters include: Yvette Sanchez Fuentes, Vice President of National Policy at Start Early; Colleen Bosch, Early Childhood Director at Montana AWARE; and Shantel Meek, Executive Director of the Children’s Equity Project at Arizona State University, among others. More information and registration here.
• On July 18 at 1:00 pm, the Cato Institute will host a webinar titled, “From Law to Learning: How Do We Implement the School Choice Revolution?” Presenters will feature information on the challenges of implementing Educational Savings Accounts (ESAs), including “spreading the word” about ESAs and helping families unaccustomed to school choice navigate a new way of obtaining education. Presenters include: Colleen Hroncich, Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute; Michael McShane, Director of National Research at EdChoice; Robyn Bagley, President of Rethink Education; and Jenny Clark, Founder and Executive Director of Love Your School. More information and registration here.
• On July 19 at 1:00 pm, the Center for American Progress (CAP) will host a webinar titled, “Health Equity in Early Childhood Policy.” Following the release of the Early Childhood Policy article series “The Social Determinants of Health Across Early Childhood Development,” the webinar will feature a panel to consider how social determinants of health impact childhood development and how to prioritize holistic child and family policy. Panelists include: Alex Briscoe, Principal at California Children’s Trust; Patricia Cole, Senior Director of Federal Policy at Zero to Three; and Alycia Hardy, Senior Policy Analyst for Child Care and Early Education and Center for Law and Social Policy. More information and registration here.
• On July 19 at 3:00 pm, The Grad Partnership will host a webinar titled, “Community of Practice (CoP): A Strong Start to the School Year, According to the Students.” Students from D.C. Public Schools and Crosstown High School in Memphis, Tennessee will discuss how teachers can support them in a strong start to the upcoming academic year. More information and registration here.

Publications (Outside Organizations):

• On July 11, NWEA published a new research brief titled, “Education’s long COVID: 2022–23 achievement data reveal stalled progress toward pandemic recovery.” Analyzing data from NWEA’s MAP Growth assessment, key findings indicated that in nearly all grades, tests scores from the 2022-2023 school year showed slowing pandemic recovery, falling short of pre-pandemic progress. The report notes that students will need an additional 4.1 months of reading instruction to reach recovery, and 4.5 months in math. Comparing data across racial and ethnic groups, historically marginalized students remain the furthest from academic recovery.

Legislation:

Introduced in the House of Representatives:

H.R. 4515
A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education with an endowment lower than $900,000,000 and an annual operating revenue for athletic programs that is less than $20,000,000 to strengthen existing sports and athletic facilities at such institutions, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Troy Carter (D-LA)

H.R. 4519
A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.
Sponsor: Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA)

H.R. 4520
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a credit for hired critical employees and to make permanent certain expiring provisions relating to the child tax credit.
Sponsor: Rep. John James (R-MI)

H.R. 4522
A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure access of Armed Forces recruiters to secondary school campuses, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Max Miller (R-OH)

H.R. 4541
A bill to improve the identification and support of children and families who experience trauma.
Sponsor: Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)

H.R. 4550
A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to support the recruitment and retention of paraprofessionals in public elementary schools, secondary schools, and preschool programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ann Kuster (D-NH)

H.R. 4565
A bill to amend the weights used to determine amounts for targeted grants and education finance incentive grants for local educational agencies under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Sponsor: Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA)

H.R. 4571
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the employer-provided child care credit and the dependent care assistance exclusion.
Sponsor: Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA)

H.R. 4582
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the use of Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants to purchase life-saving opioid antagonists for schools and to provide related training and education to students and teachers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)

H.R. 4591
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the removal of the record of default from credit history upon obtaining a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan that discharges the defaulted loan.
Sponsor: Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI)

H.R. 4594
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove all adverse credit history related to a loan from the credit history of a borrower who has rehabilitated the loan.
Sponsor: Rep. Nikema Williams (D-GA)

H.R. 4595
A bill to repeal the Federal charter for the National Education Association.
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Good (R-VA)

H.R. 4599
A bill to provide for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish grant programs to improve the health and positive youth development impacts of youth sports participation, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX)

H.R. 4613
A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require a school food authority to make publicly available any waiver of the Buy American requirement, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA)

H.R. 4616
A bill to modify requirements relating to financial aid disclosures.
Sponsor: Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI)

H.R. 4620
A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a program for the procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables to provide healthier school meals, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)

H.R. 4632
A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish the Adverse Childhood Experiences Response Team grant program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH)

H.R. 4635
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove the record of default on a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under title IV from a borrower’s credit history upon repayment of the full amount due on such loan.
Sponsor: Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC)

H.Res. 589
A resolution calling on the Secretary of Education to work with stakeholders to immediately eliminate race-based Native logos, mascots, and names from State educational institutions, and calling on State educational institutions and national sports franchises to cease the unsanctioned use of such logos, mascots, and names.
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)

Introduced in the Senate:

S. 2217
A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.
Sponsor: Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

S. 2266
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide greater access to higher education for America’s students, to eliminate educational barriers for participation in a public service career, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)

S. 2290
A bill to amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 and the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 regarding career and technical education, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

S. 2293
A bill to establish the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officers Council, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officers, and Artificial Intelligence Governance Boards, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI)

S. 2298
A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish the Adverse Childhood Experiences Response Team grant program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)

S. 2301
A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require a school food authority to make publicly available any waiver of the Buy American requirement, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN)

S. 2320
A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a program for the procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables to provide healthier school meals, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)