,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ad1       
#bjaf,mr4 ,garamendi introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school 
,lunch ,act to require a school food    
authority to make publicly available any
 waiver of the ,buy ,american           
requirement1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,american ,food for ,american   
,schools ,act of #bjaf4  #b4 ,waiver to 
purchase foreign commodities or products
  7a7 ,in general ,section #ab7n77#b7 of
 the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national    
,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4      
#agfj7n77#b77 is amended--  7#a7 in     
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking          
subparagraph 7,b7 and inserting         
subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,c72 and  7#b7  
by adding at the end the following3     
7,c7 ,waiver  7i7 ,waiver request ,a    

school food authority shall request from
 the ,secretary a waiver of subparagraph
 7,a7 to purchase foreign commodities or
 products4  7ii7 ,requirements ,the     
,secretary may not grant a waiver to    
purchase foreign commodities or products
 under clause 7i7 unless--  7,i7 such   
commodities or products-- 7aa7 are not  
produced or manufactured domestically in
 sufficient amounts or of satisfactory  
quality2 and  7bb7 if purchased         
domestically1 would be significantly    
higher in price than such foreign       
commodities or products2 and  7,,ii7 the
 school enters into an agreement under  
clause 7iii74  7iii7 ,agreement ,the    
,secretary may not grant a waiver under 
clause 7i7 unless the school food       
authority requesting such waiver agrees 
to--  7,i7 make the waiver publicly     
available on the website of the school  
food authority2  7,,ii7 email a         
notification of the waiver to parents or
 guardians of students who will be      
served the foreign commodity or product 

purchased pursuant to such waiver2 and  
7,,iii7 display a notice described in   
clause 7iii7 on each school menu and    
school campus where such foreign        
commodities or products are served4     
7iv7 ,notice described ,the notice      
described in this clause is a physical  
notice that specifies the foreign       
commodities or products 7and their      
countries of origin7 served at the      
school campus at which such notice is   
displayed4  4  7b7 ,definition of       
foreign commodity ,section #ab7n77#a7 of
 the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national    
,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4      
#agfj7n77#a77 is amended to read as     
follows3  7#a7 ,definitions ,in this    
subsection3 7,a7 ,domestic commodity or 
product ,the term domestic commodity or 
product means--  7i7 an agricultural    
commodity that is produced in the       
,united ,states2 and  7ii7 a food       
product that is processed in the ,united
 ,states substantially using            
agricultural commodities that are       

produced in the ,united ,states4  7,b7  
,foreign commodity or product ,the term 
foreign commodity or product means a    
commodity or product other than a       
domestic commodity or product4  4  7c7  
,conforming amendments ,section #ab7n7  
of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national  
,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4      
#agfj7n77 is amended--  7#a7 in         
paragraph 7#c71 by striking ,paragraph  
7#b77;,a7 and inserting ,subparagraphs  
7,a7 and 7,c7 of paragraph 7#b72 and    
7#b7 in paragraph 7#d71 by striking     
,paragraph 7#b77;,a7 and inserting      
,subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,c7 of         
paragraph 7#b74