Ensure school meals are nutritious and locally sourced when possible.

Ensure meals are nutritious and locally sourced when possible.

The bill would set nutrition and local sourcing preferences for school meals.

Reps. Pettersen, Gottheimer Introduce “Feed Our Kids Act” to Fight Farm Bill Cuts to School Meals for Hungry Children | U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen
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Congress.gov lists H.R.3204 as introduced May 11, 2023; latest House action was referral to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture on June 1, 2023; status: Introduced.

The main federal legislative vehicle Pettersen backed did not become law in the 118th Congress, so it shows effort rather than full delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.3204 - Universal School Meals Program Act of 2023 | Congress.gov
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7] as a cosponsor of H.R.3204 on 09/21/2023.

Pettersen took concrete action by cosponsoring a school meals bill during her first House term.

partial same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.3204 - Universal School Meals Program Act of 2023 | Congress.gov
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The bill would make school breakfasts and lunches free for all children and create an additional payment for meals made with locally sourced farm products, defining local as in-state or within 250 miles of the school food authority.

The bill directly addressed the local-sourcing portion of the promise, but because it stalled, it supports only an effort/partial outcome.

partial same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.3204 - Universal School Meals Program Act of 2023 | Congress.gov
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USDA FNS states the final rule phases in added-sugars limits, implements a sodium reduction, establishes long-term milk and whole grain requirements, strengthens Buy American requirements, and is effective July 1, 2024.

Federal nutrition standards were updated during Pettersen’s first House term, delivering part of the nutrition promise through executive rulemaking rather than Pettersen-sponsored legislation.

partial same_term

Final Rule - Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 DGAs
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The Federal Register rule codifies added-sugars limits for school lunch and breakfast programs and expands geographic preference by allowing locally grown, raised, or caught as procurement specifications for unprocessed or minimally processed foods.

This official rule supports partial fulfillment: it improves nutrition standards and makes local procurement easier, but it does not require all school meals to be locally sourced.

partial same_term

Federal Register: Child Nutrition Programs Meal Patterns Rule
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Congress.gov lists S.222 as Public Law No. 119-69 on January 14, 2026; it permits schools to offer whole, reduced-fat, low-fat, and fat-free milk and excludes fluid milk fat from saturated-fat compliance calculations.

A later school-meal law changed nutrition-related milk rules but did not address local sourcing, so it does not complete the promise.

partial later_term

S.222 - Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
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Politico reported USDA canceled the 2025 Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program, including about $660 million for schools and child care facilities to purchase food from nearby farms; USDA said the funding was no longer available.

The cancellation of a major local-food purchasing program weighs against finding that the local-sourcing portion was fully ensured as of July 1, 2026.

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USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
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