[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4453]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3211. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Booker, and Mr. 
Gardner) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural 
and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 
2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 124__. FOOD LOSS AND WASTE REDUCTION LIAISON.

       Subtitle D of title II of the Department of Agriculture 
     Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6951 et seq.) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 244. FOOD LOSS AND WASTE REDUCTION LIAISON.

       ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish in the 
     Department the position of Food Loss and Waste Reduction 
     Liaison.
       ``(b) Duties.--The Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison 
     shall--
       ``(1) coordinate with other Federal agencies, including the 
     Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug 
     Administration, to reduce the incidence of food loss and 
     waste and increase food recovery;
       ``(2) support and promote Federal programs to measure and 
     reduce the incidence of food loss and waste and increase food 
     recovery;
       ``(3) serve as a resource for entities engaged in efforts 
     to reduce food loss and waste and increase food recovery, 
     including by providing information to those entities on the 
     availability of, and eligibility requirements for, 
     participation in Federal programs;
       ``(4) provide information on the liability protections 
     under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1791) to entities and individuals engaged in food loss 
     and waste reduction and food recovery; and
       ``(5) make recommendations on reducing the incidence of 
     food loss and waste and expanding food recovery efforts.
       ``(c) Cooperative Agreements.--In carrying out subsection 
     (b), the Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison may enter into 
     contracts or cooperative agreements with the research, 
     education, and economics mission area of the Department, 
     institutions of higher education (as defined in section 
     101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1001(a))), and nonprofit organizations for, with respect to 
     food loss and waste reduction and food recovery--
       ``(1) the development of educational materials;
       ``(2) the conduct of workshops and courses; and
       ``(3) the conduct of research on best practices.''.
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