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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 · Washington See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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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 Congressional Research Service

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 September 19, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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