HR 4617
114th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Buy American requirements
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seafood
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that the Buy American purchase requirement for the school lunch program include fish harvested within United States waters, and for other purposes.
Introduced: February 25, 2016
Introduced by:
DelBene, Suzan K.
Democratic
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 19, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Feb 25, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 25, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require a school food authority that purchases fish or fish products for a school lunch or breakfast program to purchase, to the maximum extent practicable, fish harvested within U.S. waters or tuna harvested by a U.S.-flag vessel.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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