To ensure that the Secretary of Agriculture enforces certain Buy American requirements with respect to fish harvested within United States waters.
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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3303 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
June 28, 2018
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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3303 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
June 28, 2018
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3303 proposed by Senator Roberts for Senator Sullivan to Amendment SA 3224.(consideration: CR S4713-4715; text: CR S4715)
June 28, 2018
Amendment SA 3303 proposed by Senator Roberts for Senator Sullivan to Amendment SA 3224. (consideration: CR S4713-4715; text: CR S4715) To ensure that the Secretary of Agriculture enforces certain Buy American requirements with respect to fish harvested within United States waters.
June 28, 2018
Amendment SA 3303 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
June 28, 2018
Senate amendment submitted
June 27, 2018
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SA 3303. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3224 proposed by Mr. Roberts (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: On page 1203, strike lines 20 through 22 and insert the following: (1) fully enforce the Buy American provisions applicable to domestic food assistance programs administered by the Food and Nutrition Service, including, for use in those domestic food assistance programs, the purchase of a fish or fish product that substantially contains-- (A) fish (including tuna) harvested within-- (i) a State; (ii) the District of Columbia; or (iii) the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States, as described in Presidential Proclamation 5030 (48 Fed. Reg. 10605; March 10, 1983); or (B) tuna harvested by a United States flagged vessel; and ______