Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Farm and Ranch to School Act of 2019”.
Farm and Ranch to School Act of 2019
A BILL
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to include ranching educational activities in the Farm to School Program.
Sec. 2 Farm and Ranch to School Program
Section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)) is amended—
in the heading, by inserting “and ranch” after “farm”;
in paragraph (3)(A)—
by redesignating clauses (vi) and (vii) as clauses (vii) and (viii); and
by inserting after clause (v) the following:
“(vi) education activities in curriculum planning that encourage the participation of school children in ranching, livestock production, and meat processing educational activities;”
in paragraph (5)—
in subparagraph (A), by inserting “and meats” after “products”;
by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (G) as subparagraphs (E) through (H), respectively; and
by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
“(D) incorporate education activities in curriculum planning that encourage the participation of school children in ranching, livestock production, and meat processing educational activities;”
in paragraph (8), by adding at the end the following:
“(C) Reservation—The Secretary shall reserve 50 percent of the amounts made available under subparagraph (A) and paragraph (9) to carry out the activities described in paragraph (3)(A)(vi).”