[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4617 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4617

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2016

   Ms. DelBene (for herself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. McDermott, Ms. 
   Herrera Beutler, Mr. Heck of Washington, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Smith of 
  Washington, and Mr. Larsen of Washington) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.

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

SECTION 1. DOMESTIC FISH REQUIRED FOR NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.

    Section 12(n)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(n)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) when used in the context of a fish or fish 
                product, a fish or fish product that substantially 
                contains--
                            ``(i) fish (including tuna) harvested 
                        within--
                                    ``(I) a State;
                                    ``(II) the District of Columbia; or
                                    ``(III) the Exclusive Economic Zone 
                                of the United States, as described in 
                                Presidential Proclamation 5030 (48 Fed. 
                                Reg. 10605; March 10, 1983); or
                            ``(ii) tuna harvested by a United States 
                        flagged vessel.''.
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