Introduce legislation to create a competitive grant program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand scratch cooking in schools.

introduced the Scratch Cooked Meals for Students Act ... This bipartisan legislation would create a competitive grant program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand scratch cooking in schools.

Hayes introduced a bill to establish USDA competitive grants for schools to expand scratch cooking and fresh meal preparation.

Hayes Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Bring Fresh Meals to Schools | Press Releases | Congresswoman Jahana Hayes
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Congresswoman Hayes has been a champion in the fight to end hunger in the United States and globally. Congresswoman Hayes introduced the Restoring Food Security for Farmers and Families Act to repeal the $187 billion cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that was enacted as part of H.R. 1.

The press release states that Hayes introduced legislation to repeal SNAP cuts; this is a legislative commitment already reflected in the existing claims set only insofar as it concerns future policy action, but it is not a match to any existing claim and is not directly a new promise beyond the described introduction of legislation.

Hayes Leads House Democrats In Condemning Proposed Reorganization of Food, Nutrition, And Consumer Services (FNS) | Press Releases | Congresswoman Jahana Hayes
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introduced the Scratch Cooked Meals for Students Act

Hayes introduced legislation to create a USDA competitive grant program to expand scratch cooking and bring fresher meals to schools.

Hayes Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Bring Fresh Meals to Schools | Press Releases | Congresswoman Jahana Hayes
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Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) led Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Congresswoman Julia Brownley (CA-26) in introducing the Scratch Cooked Meals for Students Act, to launch a grant program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand scratch cooking in schools.

Hayes introduced the Scratch Cooked Meals for Students Act to create a USDA grant program expanding scratch cooking in schools.

Hayes Marks National Nutrition Month With Bipartisan Legislation To Bring Fresh Meals To Schools | Press Releases | Congresswoman Jahana Hayes
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Her legislation would ... create a $100 million program to promote scratch cooked meals in public schools.

Hayes's office says her legislation would create a $100 million program to promote scratch-cooked meals in public schools, matching the existing scratch-cooked meals grant claim.

Nutrition | Congresswoman Jahana Hayes
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Connecticut Congresswoman Jahana Hayes, the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture, along with California Congresswoman Julia Brownley and Pennsylvania Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, introduced the Scratch Cooked Meals for Students Act, which would establish a competitive grant program in the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand scratch cooking in schools.

The source reports Hayes introduced the Scratch Cooked Meals for Students Act, a bill that would create a USDA competitive grant program to expand scratch cooking in schools.

Schools Could Soon Serve More Scratch-Cooked Lunches Under a New Federal Plan
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Congresswoman Jahana Hayes led bipartisan legislation to launch a grant program under USDA to expand scratch cooking in schools.

Direct official statement that Hayes introduced the Scratch Cooked Meals for Students Act with the claimed USDA competitive grant concept.

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Hayes Marks National Nutrition Month With Bipartisan Legislation To Bring Fresh Meals To Schools | Press Releases | Congresswoman Jahana Hayes
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The bill establishes a pilot program to award competitive grants to school food authorities and local educational agencies for activities that promote the use of ingredients that are unprocessed or minimally processed (i.e., scratch cooking) in school meals.

Official legislative record confirms the core policy design: a competitive-grant pilot program for scratch cooking in schools, though in an earlier Congress and framed as a pilot.

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H.R.6608 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Scratch Cooked Meals for Students Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Index entry notes Hayes establishing a pilot program promoting scratch cooking in school meal programs (H.R. 7748).

Official congressional index corroborates that Hayes introduced follow-on legislation on scratch cooking in the 118th Congress.

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HAYES, JAHANA (a Representative from Connecticut) | Congressional Record Index
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