,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bfda  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #aj1    
#bjah,mr4 ,sullivan 7for himself and    
,ms4 ,cantwell7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,agriculture1     
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,richard ,b4 ,russell     
,national ,school ,lunch ,act to improve
 the requirement to purchase domestic   
commodities or products1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,american ,food for 
,american ,schools ,act of #bjah4  #b4  
,waiver to purchase foreign commodities 
or products  7a7 ,in general ,section   
#ab7n7 of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell     
,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #agfj7n77 is amended-- 7#a7 in
 paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 by redesignating 
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 as clauses  
7i7 and 7ii71 respectively1 and         
indenting appropriately2  7,b7 in the   
matter preceding clause 7i7 7as so      

redesignated71 by striking 7#a7         
,definition and all that follows through
 the and inserting the following3  7#a7 
,definitions ,in this subsection3 7,a7  
,domestic commodity or product ,the  2  
and  7,c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7,b7 ,foreign commodity or  
product ,the term foreign commodity or  
product means an agricultural commodity 
or food product other than a domestic   
commodity or product4  2 and  7#b7 in   
paragraph 7#b7-- 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 ,except as provided in clause   
7ii71 to purchase a foreign commodity or
 product1 a school food authority shall 
request from the ,secretary a waiver of 
subparagraph 7,a74  7ii7 ,exception ,a  
school food authority may purchase a    
foreign commodity or product without a  
waiver under clause 7i7 if the foreign  
commodity or product is-- 7,i7 produced 

domestically2 or  7,,ii7 available      
domestically4  7iii7 ,requirements ,the 
,secretary shall not grant a waiver to  
purchase a foreign commodity or product 
under clause 7i7 unless-- 7,i7 as       
determined by the ,secretary1 the       
commodity or product-- 7aa7 is not      
produced domestically in a sufficient   
quantity or of a satisfactory quality2  
and  7bb7 if purchased domestically1    
would be significantly higher in price  
than a foreign commodity or product2 and
  7,,ii7 the school food authority      
requesting the waiver agrees-- 7aa7 to  
make the waiver publicly available on   
the website of the school food          
authority2 and  7bb7 to 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 waiver4  4    
7b7 ,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