US Congress House Bill 952 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Pending: House Education And The Workforce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Food Donation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to expand the liability protections for the donation of food. The bill expands the liability protections to include donations of an apparently fit grocery product or apparently wholesome food: that is mislabeled in a manner that is not related to safety and safety-related labeling standards and regulations; meets safety and safety-related labeling standards and regulations but is past the date label; for which the recipient is charged a "good Samaritan reduced" price that is no greater than the cost of handling, administering, and distributing the 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: (1) issue regulations with respect to the safety and safety-related labeling standards of apparently wholesome food and an apparently fit grocery product under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, (2) promote awareness of food donation under the Act, and (3) issue guidance with respect to the amendments made by this bill.

Food Donation Act of 2017

Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2017-02-07	House	Introduced in House

HB3444 (Related) 2017-07-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB2787 (Related) 2018-04-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/952/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr952/BILLS-115hr952ih.pdf