Food Recovery Act of 2015
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Dec 7, 2015)
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.
What just happenedMar 23, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseDec 7, 2015
- Mar 23, 2016Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee - Dec 11, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Dec 9, 2015IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9089)
- Dec 7, 2015IntroReferralH11100
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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Dec 7, 2015IntroReferralH11100
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.
Education and the Workforce Committee - Dec 7, 2015IntroReferralH11100
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.
Ways and Means Committee - Dec 7, 2015IntroReferralH11100
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.
Oversight and Accountability Committee - Dec 7, 2015IntroReferralH11100
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.
Committee on House Administration - Dec 7, 2015IntroReferralH11100-A
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.
- Dec 7, 2015IntroReferralH11100
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.
Agriculture Committee - Dec 7, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Dec 7, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House