US Congress Senate Bill 2445 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 19 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to improve the effectiveness and coordination of nutrition education. This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to study and report to Congress on state administrative expense funds, including: the use of the funds by state agencies; policies, practices, and training methods being implemented using the funds; factors that interfere with the ability of a state agency to use the funds effectively; and ways the funds are being used to encourage the implementation of effective and consistent school nutrition workforce training and technical assistance. USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion must study and report to Congress on the effectiveness and level of coordination between nutrition education in the child nutrition programs and other federal programs that include nutrition education.

A bill to improve the effectiveness and coordination of nutrition education.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]

Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-19	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2445/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2445/BILLS-114s2445is.pdf