To create competition in the Department of Agriculture's canned tuna purchasing program to strengthen the Department's buying power, increase the availability of canned tuna to school lunch, child nutrition, and other Federal nutrition programs, and create jobs in the domestic canning industry.
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 25, 2013)
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to revise the Agricultural Marketing Service Master Solicitation and Supplement specifications for the purchase of canned tuna to require that: (1) all such tuna be landed by U.S.-flagged fishing vessels; (2) not less than 75% of the value of such tuna be produced in the United States; and (3) all such tuna be canned in the United States, including Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, or U.S. territories or possessions.
What just happenedAug 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 25, 2013
- Aug 13, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
- Jul 25, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jul 25, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jul 25, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 25, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House