Senate Bill 3980
116th Congress(2019-2020)
American Agriculture First Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jun 17, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
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
3980
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 Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
American Agriculture First Act
This bill requires the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to purchase at least 75% of an agricultural commodity for the Food Purchase and Distribution Program from domestically owned enterprises if it is necessary to respond to trade damage from retaliation by foreign nations with respect to the agricultural commodity.
The requirement does not apply if the Department of Agriculture reports to Congress that meeting the requirement
- is not possible because the quantity of the agricultural commodity available from domestically owned enterprises cannot meet the supply needs of the AMS; or
- would result in a greater than 150% increase between the amount necessary to purchase the agricultural commodity, and the average cost of the agricultural commodity purchased by the AMS in the prior three years.
The authority provided by this bill expires on September 30, 2023.
June 17, 2020
06/17/2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
06/17/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:46:14 PM