US Congress House Bill 1066 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-8)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-07 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires school food authorities (SFAs) to request a waiver from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to purchase foreign commodities or products for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). SFAs may purchase foreign commodities or products without a waiver if the commodities or products are not produced or available domestically. (Under current law, Buy American provisions require SFAs to purchase, to the maximum extent practicable, domestic commodities or products for the NSLP. There are limited exceptions which permit the purchase of foreign products in circumstances when using domestic products is truly not practicable. If an SFA uses an exception, there is no requirement to request a waiver to purchase a foreign product or commodity, but the SFA must keep documentation justifying the exception.) USDA may not provide a waiver for an SFA to purchase foreign commodities or products unless (1) the commodities or products are not produced domestically in sufficient amounts or of satisfactory quality, (2) the domestic commodities or products would be significantly higher in price than foreign commodities or products, and (3) the SFA agrees to make the waiver publicly available on its website and email a notification of the waiver to parents or guardians of students who will be served the foreign commodity or product purchased pursuant to the waiver.

American Food for American Schools Act of 2019

Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-07	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-02-07	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E147)
2019-02-07	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1066/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1066/BILLS-116hr1066ih.pdf