[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6299 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6299

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2016

Mr. Garamendi 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 a 
school food authority to make publicly available any waiver of the Buy 
             American requirement, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Food for American Schools 
Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER TO PURCHASE FOREIGN COMMODITIES OR PRODUCTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 12(n)(2) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(n)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subparagraph (B)'' 
        and inserting ``subparagraphs (B) and (C)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Waiver.--
                            ``(i) Waiver request.--A school food 
                        authority shall request from the Secretary a 
                        waiver of subparagraph (A) to purchase foreign 
                        commodities or products.
                            ``(ii) Requirements.--The Secretary may not 
                        grant a waiver to purchase foreign commodities 
                        or products under clause (i) unless--
                                    ``(I) such commodities or 
                                products--
                                            ``(aa) are not produced or 
                                        manufactured domestically in 
                                        sufficient amounts or of 
                                        satisfactory quality; and
                                            ``(bb) if purchased 
                                        domestically, would be 
                                        significantly higher in price 
                                        than such foreign commodities 
                                        or products; and
                                    ``(II) the school enters into an 
                                agreement under clause (iii).
                            ``(iii) Agreement.--The Secretary may not 
                        grant a waiver under clause (i) unless the 
                        school food authority requesting such waiver 
                        agrees to--
                                    ``(I) make the waiver publicly 
                                available on the website of the school 
                                food authority;
                                    ``(II) email a notification of the 
                                waiver to parents or guardians of 
                                students who will be served the foreign 
                                commodity or product purchased pursuant 
                                to such waiver; and
                                    ``(III) display a notice described 
                                in clause (iii) on each school menu and 
                                school campus where such foreign 
                                commodities or products are served.
                            ``(iv) Notice described.--The notice 
                        described in this clause is a physical notice 
                        that specifies the foreign commodities or 
                        products (and their countries of origin) served 
                        at the school campus at which such notice is 
                        displayed.''.
    (b) Definition of Foreign Commodity.--Section 12(n)(1) of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(n)(1)) is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Domestic commodity or product.--The term 
                `domestic commodity or product' means--
                            ``(i) an agricultural commodity that is 
                        produced in the United States; and
                            ``(ii) a food product that is processed in 
                        the United States substantially using 
                        agricultural commodities that are produced in 
                        the United States.
                    ``(B) Foreign commodity or product.--The term 
                `foreign commodity or product' means a commodity or 
                product other than a domestic commodity or product.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 12(n) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(n)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``Paragraph (2)(A)'' and 
        inserting ``Subparagraphs (A) and (C) of paragraph (2)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Paragraph (2)(A)'' and 
        inserting ``Subparagraphs (A) and (C) of paragraph (2)''.
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