,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcfb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #be1 #bjai,mr4
 ,meadows introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to prioritize
 the purchase of agricultural           
commodities from domestically owned     
enterprises1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,american ,agriculture ,first   
,act4  #b4 ,agricultural commodities    
purchased from domestically owned       
enterprises  7a7 ,prioritization  7#a7  
,in general ,except as provided in      
paragraph 7#b71 if the ,secretary of    
,agriculture determines that response to
 trade damage from retaliation by       
foreign nations with respect to         
agricultural commodities is necessary1  
the ,secretary shall1 acting through the
 ,administrator of the ,agricultural    
,marketing ,service1 purchase at least  
#ge percent of the agricultural         
commodities of the ,food ,purchase and  

,distribution ,program from domestically
 owned enterprises4  7#b7 ,exception    
,paragraph 7#a7 shall not apply to the  
purchases of agricultural commodities   
made #cj days after the date on which   
the ,secretary of ,agriculture submits  
to the ,committee on ,agriculture of the
 ,house of ,representatives and the     
,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 
and ,forestry of the ,senate a report   
that explains why meeting the           
requirements under paragraph 7#a7--     
7,a7 is not possible because            
agricultural commodities available from 
domestically owned enterprises cannot   
meet the supply needs of the            
,agricultural ,marketing ,service2 or   
7,b7 would result in a greater than #aej
 percent increase between-- 7i7 the     
amount necessary to purchase such       
agricultural commodities2 and  7ii7 the 
average cost of such agricultural       
commodities purchased by the            
,agricultural ,marketing ,service in the
 prior #c years4  7#c7 ,publication of  

awards ,in publishing the awards made to
 vendors under the purchase programs    
under the ,agricultural ,marketing      
,service1 the ,secretary of ,agriculture
 shall include whether the entity       
receiving such an award is a            
domestically owned enterprise4  7#d7    
,,wto obligations ,the ,secretary of    
,agriculture shall carry out this       
section consistent with ,world ,trade   
,organization obligations of the ,united
 ,states4  7b7 ,report required ,for    
each #ij-;day period in which the       
,secretary of ,agriculture purchases    
agricultural commodities pursuant to    
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of       
,agriculture shall submit to the        
appropriate committees a report that    
includes the amount of each such        
agricultural commodity purchased4  7c7  
,sunset ,the authority under this       
section shall expire on ,september #cj1 
#bjbc4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this       
section3  7#a7 ,agricultural commodity  
,the term agricultural commodity has the

 meaning given the term under section   
#ajb7a7 of the ,agricultural ,trade ,act
 of #aigh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #efjb7a774  7#b7
 ,appropriate committees ,the term      
appropriate committees means the        
,committee on ,agriculture of the ,house
 of ,representatives1 the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of      
,representatives1 the ,committee on     
,ways and ,means of the ,house of       
,representatives1 the ,committee on     
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
of the ,senate1 the ,committee on       
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate1 and 
the ,committee on ,finance of the       
,senate4  7#c7 ,domestically owned      
enterprise ,the term domestically owned 
enterprise shall have the meaning given 
the term under section #ggc4b of title  
#g1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7as  
in effect on the date of the enactment  
of this ,act74