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.

Bill: 114-s-2529
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2016-02-10
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: 2016-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2529 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 10, 2016 Mr. Sullivan (for himself, Ms. Cantwell , and Ms. Murkowski ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 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. .