3.0.0 2712 2022-02-08T23:20:34Z 2022-02-08T23:20:34Z House HR 2019-05-14 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 14, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. DeLAURO:H.R. 2712.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8, US Constitution[Page H3790]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee Referred to 2019-06-07T20:16:30Z Referred to 2019-05-14T16:06:45Z 2019-06-07 hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. Committee 2019-05-14 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2019-05-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-05-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 N M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 2 2019-05-14 True Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Agricultural trade Buy American requirements Government information and archives Trade restrictions Agriculture and Food 00 2019-05-14 Introduced in House 2019-09-25T16:21:47Z Buy American Agriculture Act

This bill 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.
]]> Buy American Agriculture Act Display Title Buy American Agriculture Act Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Buy American Agriculture Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2712ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2712ih.xml 2019-06-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.