Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021
Latest action · Dec 13, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedDec 13, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021
This bill expands liability protections for the donation of food and grocery products.
Specifically, the bill expands the liability protections to include donations of an apparently fit grocery product or apparently wholesome food
- for which the recipient is charged a good Samaritan reduced price that is no greater than the cost of handling, administering, and distributing the food or product; or
- that is donated directly to a needy individual by a retail grocer, wholesaler, agricultural producer, restaurant, caterer, school food authority, or institution of higher education.
The Department of Agriculture must issue regulations that clarify the quality and labeling standards that food products donated under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act must meet to be eligible for liability protection.
Cosponsors 50
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 13, 2021 to Dec 16, 2022, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Dec 13, 2021 |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | Dec 13, 2021 |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Original | Dec 13, 2021 |
| R-PA | Fred Keller | Jan 11, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Jan 18, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 14, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Apr 26, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | May 10, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | May 17, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 17, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | May 17, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | May 17, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | May 17, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | May 17, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | May 31, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | May 31, 2022 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jun 14, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Jun 14, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Jun 14, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Jun 21, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| R-IA | Ashley Hinson | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jul 19, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Jul 19, 2022 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Jul 19, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Aug 30, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Nov 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Nov 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Dec 16, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Dec 16, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2021Introduced in House
- Dec 13, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3281 | Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Nov 30, 2021 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2021Introduced in House
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