Food Recovery Act of 2020
Latest action · Feb 11, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and 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.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Food Recovery Act of 2020
This bill provides funding and establishes requirements to reduce food waste and standardize date labeling on food.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 6
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2020 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2020 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2020 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2020 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2020 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Feb 11, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2020Introduced in House
- Feb 11, 2020Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 28, February 11, 2020, page H1046.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2337 | Food Date Labeling Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jul 30, 2019 |
| HR 3981 | Food Date Labeling Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jul 26, 2019 |
| HR 4541 | To establish a grant program to provide certain eligible entities engaged in food recovery with grants to support certain costs. | Related bill | Oct 11, 2019 |
| HR 5607 | School Food Recovery Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jan 15, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To decrease the incidence of food waste, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Food Recovery Act of 2020
- Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Food Date Labeling Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Agricultural education
- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
- Agriculture and Food
- 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
- Federal preemption
- Food assistance and relief
- Food industry and services
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
- 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
- Public-private cooperation
- Research administration and funding
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Rural conditions and development
- Small business
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Solid waste and recycling
- State and local government operations
- Transportation programs funding
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
