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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9538 

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish certain requirements for meat, poultry, fruit, and vegetable purchases by the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 

Ms. DELAURO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish certain requirements for meat, poultry, fruit, and 

vegetable purchases by the Department of Agriculture, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Local Procurement 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR MEAT, POULTRY, FRUIT, AND 

2 VEGETABLE PURCHASES BY DEPARTMENT 

3 OF AGRICULTURE. 

4 (a) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

5 (1) SHORT TITLE.—The Agricultural Marketing 

6 Act of 1946 is amended, in the undesignated matter 

7 preceding subtitle A (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.), by 

8 striking ‘‘This title’’ and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 200. SHORT TITLE. 

10 ‘‘This title’’. 

11 (2) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Section 202 of 

12 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 

13 1621) is amended by striking the section designation 

14 and all that follows through ‘‘hereby declares’’ in the 

15 first sentence and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 201. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 

17 ‘‘Congress declares’’. 

18 (b) DUTIES OF SECRETARY RELATING TO AGRICUL19 TURAL PRODUCTS.—Section 203 of the Agricultural Mar20 keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622) is amended by strik21 ing the section designation and all that follows through 

22 ‘‘Agriculture is directed’’ in the matter preceding sub23 section (a) and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 202. REQUIREMENTS FOR MEAT, POULTRY, FRUIT, 

2 AND VEGETABLE PURCHASES BY DEPART3 MENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

4 ‘‘(a) MEAT AND POULTRY.—Notwithstanding any 

5 other provision of law (including regulations), effective be6 ginning on the date of enactment of the Local Procure7 ment Act, in purchasing any meat or poultry agricultural 

8 product pursuant to a purchasing authority of the Depart9 ment of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred 

10 to in this Act as the ‘Secretary’) shall, to the maximum 

11 extent practicable, purchase such an agricultural product 

12 that bears a ‘Product of USA’ or ‘Made in the USA’ label, 

13 as described in the final rule of the Food Safety and In14 spection Service entitled ‘Voluntary Labeling of FSIS15 Regulated Products With U.S.-Origin Claims’ (89 Fed. 

16 Reg. 19470 (March 18, 2024)). 

17 ‘‘(b) FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.—Notwithstanding 

18 any other provision of law (including regulations), effective 

19 beginning on the date of enactment of the Local Procure20 ment Act, in purchasing any fruit or vegetable agricultural 

21 product pursuant to a purchasing authority of the Depart22 ment of Agriculture, the Secretary shall, to the maximum 

23 extent practicable, purchase such an agricultural product 

24 that is grown in— 

25 ‘‘(1) the State in which the agricultural product 

26 will be delivered; or 


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1 ‘‘(2) a State adjacent to the State described in 

2 paragraph (1). 

3 ‘‘(c) CONTRACT AWARDS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In entering into 

5 contracts for the purchase of any meat, poultry, 

6 fruit, or vegetable agricultural product, the Sec7 retary shall establish and utilize selection criteria for 

8 consideration of whether a contract proposal offers 

9 the Federal Government the overall best value, with10 out limiting evaluation factors to— 

11 ‘‘(A) lowest price; or 

12 ‘‘(B) highest technical rating. 

13 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In entering into contracts for 

14 the purchase of any meat, poultry, fruit, or vegetable 

15 agricultural product, the Secretary shall give priority 

16 to purchasing from vendors that source meat, poul17 try, fruit, or vegetable agricultural products, as ap18 plicable, from small and mid-sized farms. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 203. DUTIES OF SECRETARY RELATING TO AGRICUL20 TURAL PRODUCTS. 

21 ‘‘The Secretary is directed’’. 

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