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American Grown Act

4613

117th Congress

Government Operations and Politics

In Committee

American Grown Act

Legislative Progress

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Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

July 21, 2021

Latest Action

August 4, 2021

Primary Sponsor

Don YoungRepublican(AK)

Momentum (last 30 days)

score

0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

67pct

14d open

vs 9,698 other HR bills in the 117th — cohort avg 63d

Summary

American Grown Act This bill prohibits the official display of a cut flower or green in any public area of a building of the Executive Office of the President, the Department of State, or the Department of Defense unless it is produced in the United States. The prohibition does not apply to any cut flower or green used by a federal officer or employee for personal display.

Lobbying filings that explicitly cite this bill (2)

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Filing registrants (1)

FLORIDA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION (2)

FLORIDA FARM BUREAU FEDERATIONclient→FLORIDA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

2022 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

Supported the American Grown Act (S. 2542 and HR. 4613) to require purchases of domestic flowers and foliage by the White House and Departments of State and Defense.

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

HR. 4613

JOHNIE BOATRIGHT

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Subjects (7)

Buy American requirements

Department of Defense

Department of State

Executive Office of the President

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Horticulture and plants

Public contracts and procurement

Actions (3)

August 4, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.

July 21, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Armed Services, 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.

July 21, 2021

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Foreign Affairs Committee	House	Referred to	July 21, 2021
Armed Services Committee	House	Referred to	July 21, 2021
Oversight and Accountability Committee	House	Referred to	July 21, 2021

Text Versions

Version	Date	Links
Introduced in House	July 21, 2021	XML

Cosponsors (11)

Name	Party	State
Chellie Pingree	Democratic	ME
Dan Newhouse	Republican	WA
Elissa Slotkin	Democratic	MI

Related Bills (1)

Bill	Congress	Relationship
S 2542	117th	Related bill

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Sources: Congress.gov