Sec. 603. Buy American
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Section 12(n) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1760(n) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In conducting the reviews required under section 22(b)(1)(C)(i) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1769c(b)(1)(C)(i) ), a State agency located in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, or the contiguous United States shall include the information described in subparagraph
(B)regarding compliance with the requirements under this subsection. The information required under subparagraph
(A)shall include, with respect to a school food authority served by the State agency— the 10 commodities or food products purchased by such school food authority that— are not domestic commodities or food products; and make up the largest share of the school food authority’s spending with respect to commodities or food products; and whether each such commodity or food product— is not produced domestically in sufficient quantities of satisfactory quality to meet the needs of meals provided under the school lunch program under this Act or the school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1773 ); and would be significantly higher in price if purchased domestically; and whether the school food authority experienced suspected, alleged, or confirmed noncompliance on the part of a distributor in the last 12 months. The Secretary shall— annually evaluate in a nationally representative study the extent to which school food authorities are in compliance with the requirements of this subsection; and publish the findings of such evaluation on the publicly available website of the Department. The Secretary shall require each school food authority that participates in the evaluation under subparagraph
(A)to disclose, as part of such evaluation— the 10 commodities or food products purchased by such school food authority that— are not domestic commodities or food products; and make up the largest share of the school food authority’s spending with respect to commodities or food products; whether each such commodity or food product— is not produced domestically in sufficient quantities of satisfactory quality to meet the needs of meals provided under the school lunch program under this Act or the school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1773 ); and would be significantly higher in price if purchased domestically; and whether the school food authority experienced suspected, alleged, or confirmed noncompliance on the part of a distributor in the last 12 months. The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and the heads of other Federal agencies determined by the Secretary to be necessary, shall conduct a study that examines whether the requirement under this subsection has an impact on the supply of commodities or food products in schools, including with respect to— the availability of domestic commodities or food products; the wages, occupational safety and health, and access to and quality of benefits of agricultural workers; the price of locally grown and locally raised domestic commodities or food products as compared to commodities or food products that are not domestic commodities or food products; the prevalence of seasonal foods in schools; and the extent to which schools rely on processed commodities and food products. .
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