,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgab  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ad1 #bjai ,ms4 
,de,lauro 7for herself and ,mr4         
,mc,govern7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill   
,to require that purchases of           
agricultural commodities made by the    
,secretary of ,agriculture under the    
,food ,purchase and ,distribution       
,program be from domestically owned     
enterprises1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the 8,buy ,american ,agriculture    
,act04  #b4 ,agricultural commodities   
purchased from domestically owned       
enterprises  7a7 ,buy ,america          
requirement  7#a7 ,in general ,except as
 provided in paragraph 7#b71 in making  
purchase of agricultural commodities and
 seafood under the ,food ,purchase and  
,distribution ,program1 the ,secretary  
of ,agriculture1 acting through the     
,administrator of the ,agricultural     

,marketing ,service1 may only make such 
purchases from domestically owned       
enterprises4  7#b7 ,exception ,paragraph
 7#a7 shall not apply if the ,secretary 
of ,agriculture determines that applying
 such paragraph--  7,a7 would be        
inconsistent with the public interest2  
7,b7 is not possible because            
agricultural commodities and seafood    
produced by domestically owned          
enterprises1 as determined by the       
,secretary of ,agriculture1 are not     
produced--  7i7 in sufficient           
quantities2 or  7ii7 in a satisfactory  
quality2 or  7,c7 would result in a     
greater than #be percent increase       
between-- 7i7 the amount necessary to   
apply such paragraph in a fiscal year2  
and  7ii7 the amount spent by the       
,agricultural ,marketing ,service in    
purchasing agricultural commodities and 
seafood under the ,food ,purchase and   
,distribution ,program in the fiscal    
year prior to such fiscal year4  7#c7   
,publication of waivers ,if the         

,secretary of ,agriculture determines   
that paragraph 7#a7 should not apply due
 to a condition specified in            
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,c7 of      
paragraph 7#b71 the ,secretary of       
,agriculture shall publish in the       
,federal ,register a report that        
includes such determination4  7b7       
,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
 the determination of such award and    
whether the entity receiving such an    
award is a domestically owned           
enterprise4  7c7 ,application of section
 ,this section shall be applied in a    
manner consistent with the ,united      
,states obligations under international 
agreements4  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
 ,seafood ,the term seafood means       
finfish1 shellfish1 or aquatic plants   
that are farm-raised or harvested from  
the wild4