US Congress House Bill 2712 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on May 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Pending: House Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service to purchase agricultural commodities and seafood under the Food Purchase and Distribution Program only from domestically owned enterprises. The bill includes exceptions if applying the requirement would be inconsistent with the public interest, is not possible because the domestically produced products are not available in sufficient quantities or in a satisfactory quality, or would result in cost increase of more than 25% compared to the previous year.

To require that purchases of agricultural commodities made by the Secretary of Agriculture under the Food Purchase and Distribution Program be from domestically owned enterprises, and for other purposes.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]

Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
2019-05-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2019-05-14	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2712/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2712/BILLS-116hr2712ih.pdf