1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Food for American Schools Act of 2018 . 2. Waiver to purchase foreign commodities or products (a) In general Section 12(n) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1760(n) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (B) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking (1) Definition and all that follows through the and inserting the following: (1) Definitions In this subsection: (A) Domestic commodity or product The ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (B) Foreign commodity or product The term foreign commodity or product means an agricultural commodity or food product other than a domestic commodity or product. ; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting subparagraphs (B) and (C) ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (C) Waiver (i) Waiver request Except as provided in clause (ii), to purchase a foreign commodity or product, a school food authority shall request from the Secretary a waiver of subparagraph (A). (ii) Exception A school food authority may purchase a foreign commodity or product without a waiver under clause (i) if the foreign commodity or product is— (I) produced domestically; or (II) available domestically. (iii) Requirements The Secretary shall not grant a waiver to purchase a foreign commodity or product under clause (i) unless— (I) as determined by the Secretary, the commodity or product— (aa) is not produced domestically in a sufficient quantity or of a satisfactory quality; and (bb) if purchased domestically, would be significantly higher in price than a foreign commodity or product; and (II) the school food authority requesting the waiver agrees— (aa) to make the waiver publicly available on the website of the school food authority