3.0.0 3444 2023-01-11T13:37:19Z 2023-01-11T13:37:19Z House HR 2017-07-27 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. PINGREE:H.R. 3444.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 1 of Section 8 of the US Constitution[[Page H6518]][Page H6517]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2017-07-28T14:54:56Z Referred to 2017-07-27T14:05:40Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2017-07-27T14:05:50Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-07-27T14:05:45Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-07-27T14:05:35Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-07-27T14:05:30Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-07-27T14:05:25Z Food Donation Act of 2017 115 952 HR 2017-02-07 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Related bill CRS Food Recovery Act of 2017 115 1680 S 2017-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2017-07-28 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2017-07-27 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2017-07-27 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2017-07-27 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2017-07-27 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2017-07-27 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2017-07-27 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2017-07-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-07-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000597 Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] Chellie Pingree D ME 1 N P000607 Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] Mark Pocan D WI 2 2017-11-07 False L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 2017-11-07 False R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] TIM RYAN D OH 13 2017-11-07 False D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 2017-11-07 False M001160 Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] Gwen Moore D WI 4 2017-11-07 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 2 2017-11-07 False V000131 Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] Marc Veasey D TX A. 33 2017-11-07 False A000370 Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] Alma Adams D NC S. 12 2017-11-07 False B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2017-11-07 False E000296 Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-2] Dwight Evans D PA 2 2017-11-07 False C001112 Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] Salud Carbajal D CA O. 24 2017-11-09 False H001068 Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] Jared Huffman D CA 2 2017-11-09 False N000127 Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8] RICHARD NOLAN D MN 8 2017-11-14 False S000480 Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] LOUISE SLAUGHTER D NY M. 25 2017-11-14 False R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 2017-11-14 False Q000023 Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] Mike Quigley D IL 5 2017-11-14 False T000469 Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] Paul Tonko D NY 20 2017-11-16 False K000382 Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] Ann Kuster D NH M. 2 2017-12-06 False S001193 Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] Eric Swalwell D CA 15 2017-12-13 False M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2017-12-13 False L000579 Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] Alan Lowenthal D CA S. 47 2017-12-14 False S000248 Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15] JOSE SERRANO D NY E. 15 2018-01-11 False L000582 Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] Ted Lieu D CA 33 2018-01-11 False L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 19 2018-01-11 False C001080 Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] Judy Chu D CA 27 2018-01-17 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] BARBARA LEE D CA 13 2018-01-30 False N000179 Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] GRACE NAPOLITANO D CA F. 32 2018-03-05 False L000560 Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] RICK LARSEN D WA 2 2018-04-10 False R000606 Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] Jamie Raskin D MD 8 2018-04-24 False S000510 Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] ADAM SMITH D WA 9 2018-07-16 False P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2018-09-10 False Agriculture and Food Accounting and auditing Administrative law and regulatory procedures Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural education Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Alternative and renewable resources Charitable contributions Civil actions and liability Congressional operations and organization Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Department of Agriculture Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Executive agency funding and structure Food assistance and relief Food industry and services Food supply, safety, and labeling Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Income tax deductions Livestock Marketing and advertising Meat Public contracts and procurement Retail and wholesale trades Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Solid waste and recycling State and local government operations Agriculture and Food 00 2017-07-27 Introduced in House 2018-02-09T19:57:29Z Food Recovery Act of 2017

This bill provides funding and establishes requirements to reduce food waste and standardize date labeling on food.

The bill authorizes grants or loans for activities related to:

  • raising awareness about wasted food and food recovery efforts to reduce the quantity of wasted food,
  • reducing food waste at schools and farms, and
  • installing facilities that include composting or anaerobic digesters that use food or crop waste to produce energy.

The bill provides funds for: (1) state storage and distribution costs under the Emergency Food Assistance Program, and (2) national media campaigns to decrease food waste.

The bill also:

  • establishes a Food Recovery Liaison within the Department of Agriculture (USDA),
  • specifies that composting is eligible for support under USDA's conservation programs,
  • expands the tax deduction for charitable contributions to include contributions of food inventory for nonprofit retail sales,
  • expands the liability protections for the donation of food, and
  • requires companies that receive federal food service contracts to donate surplus food to nonprofit organizations that assist food-insecure people.

The bill requires date labels on food packaging to include the phrases "best if used by" to indicate food quality and "use by" to warn of food that may be unsafe to eat after a specified date.

Labelers may include a quality date on packaging, but must include a safety date on ready-to-eat products. No one may prohibit the sale, donation, or use of a product based on passage of the quality date of the product.

]]> Food Recovery Act of 2017 Display Title Food Recovery Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To decrease the incidence of food waste, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Food Recovery Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr3444ih/xml/BILLS-115hr3444ih.xml 2017-07-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.