,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjai  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bc1 #bjai,mr4  
,young 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,hunter1 ,ms4 
,pingree1 ,ms4 ,herrera ,beutler1 ,mr4  
,panetta1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 and ,mr4      
,yoho7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require that ,federal agencies only     
procure cut flowers and cut greens      
produced in the ,united ,states1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,american     
,grown ,act4  #b4 ,limitation on        
procurement  7a7 ,in general ,funds     
appropriated or otherwise available to a
 ,federal agency may only be used for   
the procurement of a cut flower or cut  
green if the cut flower or cut green is 
produced in the ,united ,states4  7b7   
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,cut
 flower ,the term cut flower means a    
flower removed from a living plant for  
decorative use4  7#b7 ,cut green ,the   

term cut green means a green1 foliage1  
or branch removed from a living plant   
for decorative use4  7#c7 ,federal      
agency  7,a7 ,in general ,the term      
,federal agency means each              
instrumentality of the ,federal         
,government4  7,b7 ,exception           
,notwithstanding subparagraph 7,a71 the 
term ,federal agency does not include an
 instrumentality of the ,federal        
,government if the instrumentality is   
located outside of the several ,states  
or the ,district of ,columbia4  7#d7    
,produced in the ,united ,states ,the   
term produced in the ,united ,states    
means grown in-- 7,a7 any of the several
 ,states2  7,b7 the ,district of        
,columbia2  7,c7 a territory or         
possession of the ,united ,states2 or   
7,d7 an area subject to the jurisdiction
 of a federally recognized ,indian      
,tribe4  7c7 ,applicability ,this       
section shall apply to a procurement    
made or contracted for on or after the  
date that is one year after the date of 

the enactment of this ,act4