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.

Summary

This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require a school food authority that purchases fish or fish products for a school lunch or breakfast program to purchase, to the maximum extent practicable, fish harvested within U.S. waters or tuna harvested by a U.S.-flag vessel.

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Timeline

1. 10 February 2016

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 10 February 2016

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 10 February 2016 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 10 February 2016

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 10 February 2016

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 10 February 2016

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Sponsors

• Dan Sullivan · R · Sponsor
• Maria Cantwell · D · Sponsor
• Lisa Murkowski · R · Sponsor
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Related records

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