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H.R. 4613 118th Congress House

American Food for American Schools Act of 2023

Official title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require a school food authority to make publicly available any waiver of the Buy American requirement, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 13, 2023 Introduced by: John Garamendi Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food
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Jul 13, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jul 13, 2023
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E672)
Jul 13, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 13, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2301 American Food for American Schools Act of 2023
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 3

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 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 9 Republican 2
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 29, 2024
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DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Feb 14, 2024
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Schrier, Kim
Washington · Oct 13, 2023
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Valadao, David G.
California · Oct 12, 2023
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Costa, Jim
California · Oct 3, 2023
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Aug 25, 2023
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Casar, Greg
Texas · Jul 24, 2023
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 24, 2023
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Harder, Josh
California · Jul 18, 2023
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Panetta, Jimmy
California · Jul 17, 2023
 R
LaMalfa, Doug
California · Jul 13, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4613: American Food for American Schools Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4613/
MLA
"H.R. 4613: American Food for American Schools Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4613/.
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H.R. 4613, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4613/.
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