A bill to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jan 5, 2023 Became Public Law No: 117-362.
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 20, 2022
- Passed SenateDec 20, 2022
- Passed HouseDec 21, 2022
- To the PresidentDec 28, 2022
- Became lawJan 5, 2023Public Law 117-362
Summary
This act expands liability protections for the donation of food and grocery products.
Specifically, the act 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, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, and distributing the food or product; or
- that is donated directly to a needy individual at zero cost by a retail grocer, wholesaler, agricultural producer, agricultural processor, agricultural distributor, restaurant, caterer, school food authority, or institution of higher education.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 5, 2023Signed by President.
- Jan 5, 2023Became Public Law No: 117-362.
- Dec 28, 2022Presented to President.
- Dec 21, 2022Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 21, 2022Received in the House.
- Dec 21, 2022Held at the desk.
- Dec 21, 2022Mrs. Peltola moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Dec 21, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9958-9959)
- Dec 21, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 5329.
- Dec 21, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9958)
- Dec 21, 2022Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 20, 2022Introduced in Senate
- Dec 20, 2022Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9613; text: CR S9613)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H9958, H9959Text printed H9958 | James P. McGovern D-MA, Mary Sattler Peltola D-AK, Virginia Foxx R-NC | Dec 21, 2022 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9613Text printed S9613 | Martin Heinrich D-NM | Dec 20, 2022 |
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF10317 | Policy Issues Involving Food Loss and Waste Archived | Resource | Sep 15, 2023 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3281 | Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021 | Related bill | Nov 30, 2021 |
| HR 6521 | Supporting STEM Learning Opportunities Act | Related bill | Jan 28, 2022 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Dec 20, 2022Considered and Passed Senate
- Dec 20, 2022Engrossed in Senate
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.
