Buy American Agriculture Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 116th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D DeLauroSponsor

1 cosponsor · 1 D

D McGovern

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

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.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 14, 2019

Buy American Agriculture Act

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Buy American Agriculture Act

Latest action (Jun 7, 2019): Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: House · Introduced: May 14, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.