US Congress House Bill 4617 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Introduced on February 25 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-09-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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. 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.

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.

Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-09-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2016-02-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2016-02-25	House	Introduced in House

SB2529 (Same As) 2016-02-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4617/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4617/BILLS-114hr4617ih.pdf