[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2428 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 338
104th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 2428
[Report No. 104-661]
To encourage the donation of food and grocery products to nonprofit
organizations for distribution to needy individuals by giving the Model
Good Samaritan Food Donation Act the full force and effect of law.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 29, 1995
Ms. Danner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities
March 20, 1996
Additional sponsor: Mr. Emerson
July 9, 1996
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To encourage the donation of food and grocery products to nonprofit
organizations for distribution to needy individuals by giving the Model
Good Samaritan Food Donation Act the full force and effect of law.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. CONVERSION OF MODEL GOOD SAMARITAN FOOD DONATION
ACT TO PERMANENT LAW.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Title IV of the National and Community Service Act of 1990
is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) by striking sections 401 and 403 (42 U.S.C.
12671 and 12673); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) in section 402, by striking ``model'' in the
section heading.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. CONVERSION TO PERMANENT LAW OF MODEL GOOD SAMARITAN FOOD
DONATION ACT AND TRANSFER OF THAT ACT TO CHILD NUTRITION
ACT OF 1966.
(a) Conversion to Permanent Law.--Title IV of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 is amended--
(1) by striking sections 401 and 403 (42 U.S.C. 12671 and
12673); and
(2) in section 402 (42 U.S.C. 12672)--
(A) in the section heading, by striking ``model''
and inserting ``bill emerson'';
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ``Good
Samaritan'' and inserting ``Bill Emerson Good
Samaritan''; and
(C) in subsection (c)--
(i) by striking ``A person or gleaner'' and
inserting the following:
``(1) Liability of person or gleaner.--A person or
gleaner'';
(ii) by striking ``needy individuals,'' and
inserting ``needy individuals.'';
(iii) by inserting after ``needy
individuals.'' (as added by clause (ii)) the
following:
``(2) Liability of nonprofit organization.--A nonprofit
organization shall not be subject to civil or criminal
liability arising from the nature, age, packaging, or condition
of apparently wholesome food or an apparently fit grocery
product that the nonprofit organization received as a donation
in good faith from a person or gleaner for ultimate
distribution to needy individuals.''; and
(iv) by striking ``except that this
paragraph'' and inserting the following:
``(3) Exception.--Paragraphs (1) and (2)''.
(b) Transfer to Child Nutrition Act of 1966.--Section 402 of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12672) (as
amended by subsection (a))--
(1) is transferred from the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 to the Child Nutrition Act of 1966;
(2) is redesignated as section 22 of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966; and
(3) is added at the end of such Act.
Union Calendar No. 338
104th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 2428
[Report No. 104-661]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To encourage the donation of food and grocery products to nonprofit
organizations for distribution to needy individuals by giving the Model
Good Samaritan Food Donation Act the full force and effect of law.
_______________________________________________________________________
July 9, 1996
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed