Buy American Seafood Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Buy American Seafood Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses. The main policy domain is Agriculture, Government Operations, Environment.
Who Benefits and How
farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H742A557B0D9148839CF837AF5C172F6B: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Buy American Seafood Act.
- Section H4A681022525B461ABCAC936EE7E0EE27: 2. Prohibition on procurement of foreign seafood Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the head of an agency may not procure seafood for any covered food...
- Section HA1F49A8A275A46EDA9B8A33332068B26: 3. Limited waiver authority The head of an agency may waive the prohibition described in section 2 if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that the quantity...
- Section HADF2FD1EC6B944B197BBED63451383EF: 4. Child nutrition amendments Section 12(n) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(n)) is amended— by amending paragraph (1) to...
- Section H80DECAAB6C3F43ACA86E904DECEAFA01: 5. Implementation Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Buy American Seafood Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Government Operations, Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill, Buy American Seafood Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses
Sponsors
Julia Letlow
R-LA | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in …
Introduced in House
Ms. Letlow introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "administrator_of_fema"
- → Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a vessel— documented under chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code
harvested, raised, and processed within the United States, including the territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of the United States. in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A), by inserting and subparagraph (C) after subparagraph (B)
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