HOUSE 2712116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Buy American Agriculture Act
- Last Action
- 6/7/2019
Actions
- 2019-06-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
- 2019-05-14Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 2019-05-14Introduced in House
- 2019-05-14Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-05-14 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (1)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
Subjects
- Agricultural marketing and promotion
- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
- Agricultural trade
- Buy American requirements
- Government information and archives
- Trade restrictions
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