[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2842 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2842

 To create competition in the Department of Agriculture's canned tuna 
    purchasing program to strengthen the Department's buying power, 
    increase the availability of canned tuna to school lunch, child 
nutrition, and other Federal nutrition programs, and create jobs in the 
                       domestic canning industry.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2013

  Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California (for herself, Mr. LoBiondo, Mrs. 
Napolitano, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Issa, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Barrow of 
 Georgia, and Mr. Peters of California) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to 
   the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To create competition in the Department of Agriculture's canned tuna 
    purchasing program to strengthen the Department's buying power, 
    increase the availability of canned tuna to school lunch, child 
nutrition, and other Federal nutrition programs, and create jobs in the 
                       domestic canning industry.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. IMPROVED COMPETITION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CANNED 
              TUNA PURCHASING PROGRAM.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall revise the Agricultural Marketing Service Master 
Solicitation and Supplement specifications for the purchase of canned 
tuna to require that--
            (1) all such tuna be landed by United States flagged 
        fishing vessels;
            (2) not less than 75 percent of the value of such tuna be 
        produced in the United States; and
            (3) all such tuna be canned in the United States, including 
        the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 
        Northern Mariana Islands, or territories or possessions of the 
        United States.
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