HR 2842
113th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Buy American requirements
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Public contracts and procurement
Seafood
To create competition in the Department of Agriculture's canned tuna purchasing program to strengthen the Department's buying power, increase the availability of canned tuna to school lunch, child nutrition, and other Federal nutrition programs, and create jobs in the domestic canning industry.
Introduced: July 25, 2013
Introduced by:
Sánchez, Linda T.
Democratic
· California
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
Jul 25, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 25, 2013
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to revise the Agricultural Marketing Service Master Solicitation and Supplement specifications for the purchase of canned tuna to require that: (1) all such tuna be landed by U.S.-flagged fishing vessels; (2) not less than 75% of the value of such tuna be produced in the United States; and (3) all such tuna be canned in the United States, including Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, or U.S. territories or possessions.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
Committees of jurisdiction
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