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Food Donation Improvement Act of 2019
Legislative Progress
Introduced
December 19, 2019
Latest Action
December 19, 2019
Primary Sponsor
Patrick J. ToomeyRepublican(PA)
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Food Donation Improvement Act of 2019 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 receives at zero cost or 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 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.
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Filing registrants (2)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
HR 2117/S 3451 Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act (FASTER Act) HR 6700/S 3614 FEMA Empowering Essential Deliveries Act (FEED Act) Food Safety Modernization Act P.L. 111-353 Bioengineered Food Disclosure Regulations P.L. 114-2 S 3141, Food Donation Improvement Act of 2019
Client expense: $581,270 · Firm income: Not reported
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Introduced in Senate
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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense Logistics Agency, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S.
2020 · third_quarter · Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
HR 2117/S 3451 Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act (FASTER Act) HR 6700/S 3614 FEMA Empowering Essential Deliveries Act (FEED Act) Food Safety Modernization Act P.L. 111-353 Bioengineered Food Disclosure Regulations P.L. 114-2 S 3141, Food Donation Improvement Act of 2019
Client expense: $331,293 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense Logistics Agency, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S.
2020 · second_quarter · Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
HR 2117/S 3451 Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act (FASTER Act) HR 6700/S 3614 FEMA Empowering Essential Deliveries Act (FEED Act) Food Safety Modernization Act P.L. 111-353 Bioengineered Food Disclosure Regulations P.L. 114-2 S 3141, Food Donation Improvement Act of 2019
Client expense: $601,971 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense Logistics Agency, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S.
2020 · second_quarter · Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
HR 2117/S 3451 Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act (FASTER Act) HR 6700/S 3614 FEMA Empowering Essential Deliveries Act (FEED Act) Food Safety Modernization Act P.L. 111-353 Bioengineered Food Disclosure Regulations P.L. 114-2 S 3141, Food Donation Improvement Act of 2019
Client expense: $801,035 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense Logistics Agency, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S.
2019 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
Support for the following: H.R. 832 to allow schools to offer whole milk to students as part of school meal programs; H.R. 3125, the School Milk Nutrition Act of 2019 to ensure expanded milk options for students by reaffirming the recent USDA regulation offering schools the option of serving low-fat flavored milk; S. 1810, the Milk in Lunches for Kids (MILK) Act, to allow to serve whole or two percent milk, and permit milk to be excluded from the fat cap in school lunches; H.R. 1769, the Dairy Pride Act, to require that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) take enforcement action against manufacturers labeling non-dairy products as dairy; and support related to specific provisions within H.R. 5007 - Farmers' Access to Resources and Machinery Act, and the Tax Exempt Agricultural Bond for Beginning Farmers or Aggie Bond" program and making more beginning farmers eligible for program funding. Support and education related to hemp rules and legislation to help producers grow, market and transport hemp as an agricultural commodity. Correspondence and research related to S.3141 - Food Donation Improvement Act of 2019, which would offer protections to direct donors such as agricultural producers. Support for better transparency and a more clear process regarding the bankruptcy process for FSA loans, and research and correspondence related to qualifications for Market Facilitation Program and Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+) programs.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office