,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ba1 #bjba,mr4 
,young 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,newhouse1    
,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,ms4     
,pingree1 and ,ms4 ,herrera ,beutler7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,reform1 and in addition 
to the ,committees on ,foreign ,affairs1
 and ,armed ,services1 for a period to  
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require cut flowers and  
cut greens displayed in certain ,federal
 buildings to be produced in the ,united
 ,states1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,american ,grown ,act4  #b4         
,limitation  7a7 ,in general ,a cut     
flower or a cut green may not be        
officially displayed in any public area 
of a building of the ,executive ,office 

of the ,president or of the ,department 
of ,state or of the ,department of      
,defense unless the cut flower or cut   
green is produced in the ,united        
,states4  7b7 ,rule of construction ,the
 limitation in subsection 7a7 may not be
 construed to apply to any cut flower or
 cut green used by a ,federal officer or
 employee for personal display4  7c7    
,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 ,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  7d7 ,effective date    
,this ,act shall take effect on the date

 that is #a year after the date of the  
enactment of this ,act4