American Grown Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3019 To require that Federal agencies only procure cut flowers and cut greens produced in the United States, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 23, 2019 Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Mr. HUNTER, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. CARBAJAL, and Mr. YOHO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Re- form A BILL To require that Federal agencies only procure cut flowers and cut greens produced in the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Grown Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated or otherwise 6 available to a Federal agency may only be used for the 7 procurement of a cut flower or cut green if the cut flower 8 or cut green is produced in the United States. 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:46 Jun 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3019.IH H3019 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 3019 IH (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 1 (1) CUT FLOWER.—The term ‘‘cut flower’’ 2 means a flower removed from a living plant for deco- 3 rative use. 4 (2) CUT GREEN.—The term ‘‘cut green’’ means 5 a green, foliage, or branch removed from a living 6 plant for decorative use. 7 (3) FEDERAL AGENCY.— 8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Federal 9 agency’’ means each instrumentality of the Fed- 10 eral Government. 11 (B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub- 12 paragraph (A), the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ does 13 not include an instrumentality of the Federal 14 Government if the instrumentality is located 15 outside of the several States or the District of 16 Columbia. 17 (4) PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES.—The 18 term ‘‘produced in the United States’’ means grown 19 in— 20 (A) any of the several States; 21 (B) the District of Columbia; 22 (C) a territory or possession of the United 23 States; or 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:46 Jun 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3019.IH H3019 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 3019 IH (D) an area subject to the jurisdiction of 1 a federally recognized Indian Tribe. 2 (c) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply to a 3 procurement made or contracted for on or after the date 4 that is one year after the date of the enactment of this 5 Act. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:46 Jun 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3019.IH H3019 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS