,i #aahth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #dfac ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,july #ac1 #bjbc,mr4 ,garamendi 7for himself and ,mr4 ,la,malfa7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,education and the ,workforce ,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 #bjbc4 #b4 ,requirements for purchase of foreign commodities or products 7a7 ,definitions ,section #ab7n7 of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agfj7n77 is amended by striking paragraph 7#a7 and inserting the following3 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 7ii7 a food product that-- 7,i7 is processed in the ,united ,states2 and 7,,ii7 substantially contains agricultural commodities described in clause 7i72 and 7iii7 fish or seafood harvested-- 7,i7 within the ,exclusive ,economic ,zone of the ,united ,states 7as established by ,presidential ,proclamation ,number #ejcj1 dated ,march #aj1 #aihc7 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #adec note772 or 7,,ii7 by a ,united ,states-flagged vessel4 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 7b7 ,requirement ,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,a7-- 7,a7 by striking subparagraph 7,b7 and inserting subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,c72 and 7,b7 by striking purchase1 to the maximum extent practicable1 domestic and inserting purchase domestic2 7#b7 in subparagraph 7,b77ii71 by striking for the school lunch program under this ,act or the school breakfast program under section #d of the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aggc74 and inserting the following3 for-- 7,i7 the school lunch program under this ,act1 including any snacks served under that program2 7,,ii7 the summer food service program for children under section #ac2 7,,iii7 the child and adult care food program under section #ag2 7,,iv7 the special milk program under section #c of the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aggb72 and 7,v7 the school breakfast program under section #d of the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aggc74 2 and 7#c7 by adding at the end the following3 7,c7 ,waiver 7i7 ,in general ,except as provided in clause 7ii71 a school food authority shall be required to request from the ,secretary a waiver of subparagraph 7,a7 before purchasing foreign commodities or products4 7ii7 ,exception ,a school food authority may purchase foreign commodities or products without a waiver under clause 7i7 if the foreign commodities or products-- 7,i7 are not produced or processed domestically in sufficient quantities and of satisfactory quality2 or 7,,ii7 are not reasonably available domestically in sufficient quantities and of satisfactory quality4 7iii7 ,limitation ,waivers may only be granted under clause 7i7 for up to #e percent of the total annual commercial food costs of a school food authority within each food component 7as defined in section #baj4b of title #g1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or successor regulations774 7iv7 ,notification requirement ,a school food authority that purchases foreign commodities or products under this subparagraph shall be required1 not less than once each school year1 to notify parents or guardians of students of the foreign commodities or products purchased4 7v7 ,publicly available list of waivers 7,i7 ,in general ,not later than #a year after the first waiver is provided under this subparagraph1 the ,secretary shall establish and maintain on the website of the ,department of ,agriculture a publicly available list of each waiver provided under this subparagraph1 which shall include information-- 7aa7 7,,aa7 on each school food authority that has received a waiver under this subparagraph2 and 7,,bb7 on each food product for which that school food authority received the waiver2 and 7bb7 contained in each report submitted under clause 7vi77,,ii74 7,,ii7 ,maintenance ,the ,secretary shall update the list established in subclause 7,i7-- 7aa7 with respect to item 7aa7 of that subclause1 not later than #ij days after a waiver is granted under this subparagraph2 and 7bb7 with respect to item 7bb7 of that subclause1 on an annual basis4 7vi7 ,reports 7,i7 ,report to state educational agency ,a school food authority shall submit to the ,state educational agency that serves the school food authority1 on an annual basis1 a report detailing the categories of foreign commodities or products purchased without a waiver under clause 7ii74 7,,ii7 ,report to secretary ,the ,state educational agency shall submit to the ,secretary1 on an annual basis1 a report containing a compilation of the information reported to the ,state educational agency under subclause 7,i74 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 #c4 ,buy american contract requirements ,section #ab7n7 of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agfj7n77 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7#e7 ,contracts 7,a7 ,in general ,any contract entered into between a school food authority and a supplier for a commodity or food product for programs under this ,act or the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agga et seq47 after the date of enactment of this paragraph shall include a provision 7referred to in this paragraph as the covered provision7 that requires the supplier to comply with the requirements of this subsection4 7,b7 ,reimbursement in the case of noncompliance 7i7 ,in general ,a supplier that enters into a contract described in subparagraph 7,a7 that does not comply with the covered provision in the contract shall be required to pay to the ,secretary an amount equal to the amount of ,federal funds the supplier used to purchase foreign commodities or products in noncompliance of the covered provision4 7ii7 ,limitation ,funds paid to the ,secretary under clause 7i7 shall be available to the ,secretary1 without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation1 to carry out subsection 7m74 7,c7 ,use of noncompliant goods ,a school food authority that receives foreign commodities or products that were obtained in noncompliance with the covered provision in the contract of the school food authority may use those foreign commodities or products without requesting a waiver under paragraph 7#b77;,c74 7,d7 ,reporting 7i7 ,report to state educational agency ,a school food authority shall submit to the ,state educational agency that serves the school food authority an annual report describing any noncompliance of a covered provision in any contract described in subparagraph 7,a74 7ii7 ,report to secretary ,a ,state educational agency shall submit to the ,secretary an annual report containing a compilation of each instance of noncompliance reported to the ,state educational agency under clause 7i74 7,e7 ,publication ,the ,secretary shall make publicly available on the website of the ,department of ,agriculture a list of each instance of noncompliance reported to the ,secretary under subparagraph 7,d77ii74 4 #d4 ,reauthorization of buy american procurement training program ,section #ab7m77#d7 of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agfj7m77#d77 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking #a1jjj1jjj and inserting #e1jjj1jjj2 and 7#b7 by striking #bjaj through #bjae and inserting #bjbc through #bjbh4 #e4 ,technical amendments 7a7 ,richard b4 russell national school lunch act 7#a7 ,section #i7;b7 of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ageh7;b77 is amended-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#c77;,e77iii71 in each of subclauses 7,,iii7 and 7,,iv71 by striking reduced-price each place it appears and inserting reduced price2 and 7,b7 in paragraph 7#ae77;,a77i77,,ii71 by striking regulations7 and inserting regulations774 7#b7 ,section #aa7;e7 of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agei;a7e77 is amended by striking reduced-priced and inserting reduced price4 7#c7 ,section #ac7;a77#g77;,a77iv7 of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agfa7;a77#g77;,a77iv77 is amended by inserting section after under4 7#d7 ,section #ag7o77#c77;,a7 of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agff7o77#c77;,a77 is amended by striking consulation and inserting consultation4 7#e7 ,section #bb of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agfi;c7 is amended-- 7,a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7i7 by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through ,there in paragraph 7#a7 in the matter preceding subparagraph 7,a7 and inserting the following3 7a7 ,unified accountability system ,there 2 and 7ii7 by redesignating subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 as paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b71 respectively1 and indenting appropriately2 and 7,b7 in subsection 7b77#a77;,a71 by striking in subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 of paragraph 7#a7 and inserting in paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7 of subsection 7a74 7b7 ,child nutrition act of #aiff 7#a7 ,section #g7;a77#b77;,b77i7 of the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aggf7;a77#b77;,b77i77 is amended by striking clause 7ii7 and inserting clause 7ii774 7#b7 ,section #ag7;h77#d7 of the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #aghf7;h77#d77 is amended-- 7,a7 in subparagraph 7,a77vi71 by striking and at the end2 and 7,b7 in subparagraph 7,c77iv71 by striking 2 and and inserting a period4 #f4 ,rule of construction ,nothing in this ,act or the amendments made by this ,act shall affect the requirements under section #dbjg of the ,agriculture ,improvement ,act of #bjah 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agfj note2 ,public ,law #aae-ccd74