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H.R. 4184 (114th)

Food Recovery Act of 2015

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Introduced

7 December 2015

Last action

23 March 2016 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Sponsors

Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2], Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17], Rep. Ashford, Brad [D-NE-2], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2], Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1], Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47], Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7], Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2], Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-2], Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9], Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12], Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22], Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10], Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10], Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1], Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15], Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12], Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15], Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20], Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9], Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33], Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]

Subjects

Environment, Agriculture, Energy, Taxation, Education

Source updated

23 March 2026

Environment · Agriculture · Energy · Taxation · Education

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Summary

Food Recovery Act of 2015 This bill amends the following to provide funding, expand tax deductions, and establish requirements to reduce food waste: the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act; the Internal Revenue Code; the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act; and several agricultural laws. The bill expands and establishes federal grant and loan programs to: improve the nutritional health of children and raise awareness about food waste, improve cooperation between agricultural producers and emergency feeding organizations, assist schools in using food from farms that would otherwise go to waste and providing farms with compostable materials, and install facilities that include composting or anaerobic digesters that use food or crop waste to produce energy. Recipients of grants to install anaerobic digesters that use waste to produce energy must meet specified requirements regarding environmental laws and the distribution of certain food to hunger-serving organizations. USDA must: (1) establish an Office of Food Recovery to coordinate federal programs to measure and reduce food waste, and (2) study techniques for decreasing food waste and estimating the amount of food wasted by farms. The bill provides that composting is a conservation practice eligible for support under USDA's conservation programs. The bill extends and expands tax deductions for the donation of food to charitable organizations. "Sell-by" dates included on food labeling must indicate that the dates are only the manufacturer's suggestion and use uniform language. Companies that receive food service contracts with the federal government must donate surplus food to nonprofit organizations that assist food-insecure people.

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Timeline

  1. 7 December 2015

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 7 December 2015

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 7 December 2015

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 7 December 2015

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 9 December 2015

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9089)

    Source: IntroReferral

  6. 11 December 2015

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  7. 23 March 2016

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

    Source: Committee

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