,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #g1        
#bjai,mr4 ,garamendi 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,la,malfa7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,education and ,labor  ,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 #bjai4  
#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 ,except as provided in clause   
7ii71 a school food authority shall     
request from the ,secretary a waiver of 
subparagraph 7,a7 to purchase foreign   
commodities or products4  7ii7          
,exception ,a school food authority may 
purchase foreign commodities or products
 without a waiver under clause 7i7 if   
such commodities or products are not--  
7,i7 produced domestically2 or  7,,ii7  
available domestically4  7iii7          
,requirements ,the ,secretary may not   
provide a waiver to purchase foreign    
commodities or products under clause 7i7
 unless--  7,i7 such commodities or     
products-- 7aa7 are not produced        
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 7iv74  7iv7      
,agreement ,the ,secretary may not      
provide a waiver under clause 7i7 unless

 the school food authority requesting   
such waiver agrees to--  7,i7 not later 
than #cj days after receiving such a    
waiver1 make the waiver publicly        
available on the website of the school  
food authority2 and  7,,ii7 not less    
than once each school year1 email a     
notification of all waivers to parents  
or guardians of students who will be    
served the foreign commodity or product 
purchased pursuant to any such waivers4 
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  7d7 ,rule of           
construction ,nothing in this ,act or   
the amendments by this ,act shall effect
 the requirements under section #dbjg of
 the ,agriculture ,improvement ,act of  
#bjah 7,public ,law #aae-ccd74