3.0.0 3980 2023-01-11T13:46:14Z 2023-01-11T13:46:14Z Senate S 2020-06-17 116 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-17T19:33:11Z 2020-06-17 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2020-06-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000594 Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA] Kelly Loeffler R GA N Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 00 2020-06-17 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-13T15:13:28Z American Agriculture First Act

This bill requires the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to purchase at least 75% of an agricultural commodity for the Food Purchase and Distribution Program from domestically owned enterprises if it is necessary to respond to trade damage from retaliation by foreign nations with respect to the agricultural commodity.

The requirement does not apply if the Department of Agriculture reports to Congress that meeting the requirement

  • is not possible because the quantity of the agricultural commodity available from domestically owned enterprises cannot meet the supply needs of the AMS; or
  • would result in a greater than 150% increase between the amount necessary to purchase the agricultural commodity, and the average cost of the agricultural commodity purchased by the AMS in the prior three years.

The authority provided by this bill expires on September 30, 2023.

]]> American Agriculture First Act Display Title American Agriculture First Act Short Title(s) as Introduced American Agriculture First Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to prioritize the purchase of agricultural commodities from domestically owned enterprises, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3980is/xml/BILLS-116s3980is.xml 2020-06-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 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.