American Food for American Schools Act of 2017
Latest action · Feb 28, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
American Food for American Schools Act of 2017
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require school food authorities (SFAs) to request a waiver from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to purchase foreign commodities or products for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). SFAs may purchase foreign commodities or products without a waiver if the commodities or products are not produced or available domestically.
(Under current law, Buy American provisions require SFAs to purchase, to the maximum extent practicable, domestic commodities or products for the NSLP. There are limited exceptions which permit the purchase of foreign products in circumstances when using domestic products is truly not practicable. If an SFA uses an exception, there is no requirement to request a waiver to purchase a foreign product or commodity, but the SFA must keep documentation justifying the exception.)
USDA may not grant a waiver for an SFA to purchase foreign commodities or products unless: (1) the commodities or products are not produced domestically in sufficient amounts or of satisfactory quality, (2) the domestic commodities or products would be significantly higher in price than foreign commodities or products, and (3) the SFA agrees to make the waiver publicly available on its website and email a notification of the waiver to parents or guardians of students who will be served the foreign commodity or product purchased pursuant to the waiver.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2017 to Apr 10, 2018; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Feb 28, 2017 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Feb 28, 2017 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Feb 28, 2017 |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Original | Feb 28, 2017 |
| R-WI | Sean P. Duffy | Original | Feb 28, 2017 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Feb 28, 2017 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Mar 9, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Mar 27, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Apr 20, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Apr 20, 2017 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Apr 26, 2017 | |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | May 16, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | May 16, 2017 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Oct 4, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Dec 20, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jan 5, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Apr 10, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2017Introduced in House
- Feb 28, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2844 | John Garamendi D-CA | Apr 25, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 35, February 28, 2017, page H1392.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2641 | American Food for American Schools Act of 2018 | Related bill | Apr 10, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require a school food authority to make publicly available any waiver of the Buy American requirement, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- American Food for American Schools Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
