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.

Bill: 114-hr-4617
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2016-02-25
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Buy American requirements

Elementary and secondary education

Food assistance and relief

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Seafood
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require a school food authority that purchases&nbsp;fish or fish products for a school lunch or breakfast program to purchase, to the maximum extent practicable,&nbsp;fish harvested within U.S. waters or tuna harvested by a U.S.-flag vessel.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4617 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 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.

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. .