House Bill 2712
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Buy American Agriculture Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 14, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
2712
Congress
116
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
Primary focus of measure is agricultural practices; agricultural prices and marketing; agricultural education; food assistance or nutrition programs; food industry, supply, and safety; aquaculture; horticulture and plants. Measures concerning international trade in agricultural products may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
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.
May 14, 2019
06/07/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
05/14/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
05/14/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:20:34 PM