Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Creates an Office of Food Loss and Waste within USDA to coordinate research, data collection, grants, regional coordinators, and public education.
Authorizes multiple grant programs and block grants to states and tribes for food recovery infrastructure, public-private partnerships, and data projects.
Requires interagency collaboration with EPA and FDA, amends Federal Food Donation Act to require contractor reporting, prioritizes USDA research on food loss, and funds a national education campaign.
Narrow, technical, low-cost measures with broad appeal raise probability, but the bill's modest profile and competing priorities limit near-term prospects.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill primarily establishes new substantive authorities and programs to reduce food loss and food waste and does so with a mix of specific programmatic provisions and some open-ended implementation discretion.
Scope and size of federal role versus local and private control
Scope and size of federal role versus local and private control
Likely broadly supportive; aligns with environmental, food security, and equity goals.
Appreciates focus on research, recovery infrastructure, education, and priority support for underserved communities.
Generally favorable but pragmatic; values data-driven, interagency coordination and pilot testing.
Wants clarity on costs, administrative burdens, and evidence of effectiveness before expansion.
Skeptical of federal expansion, new bureaucracy, and added requirements on contractors.
Concerned about mandates, spending, and regulatory burdens on private sector and small governments.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
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Narrow, technical, low-cost measures with broad appeal raise probability, but the bill's modest profile and competing priorities limit near-term prospects.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Scope and size of federal role versus local and private control
Narrow, technical, low-cost measures with broad appeal raise probability, but the bill's modest profile and competing priorities limit near…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill primarily establishes new substantive authorities and programs to reduce food loss and food waste and does so with a mix of specific programmatic provisions and some…
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