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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2883
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to reduce
food loss and waste, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL10, 2025
Ms. P
INGREE(for herself and Mr. LAWLER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activi-
ties to reduce food loss and waste, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New Opportunities for 4
Technological Innovation, Mitigation, and Education To 5
Overcome Waste Act,’’ or the ‘‘NO TIME TO Waste Act’’. 6
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 7
In this Act: 8
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(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-1
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-2
mental Protection Agency. 3
(2) C
OMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘Commis-4
sioner’’ means the Commissioner of Food and 5
Drugs. 6
(3) F
OOD.—The term ‘‘food’’ means any raw, 7
cooked, processed, or prepared substance, ice, bev-8
erage, or ingredient used or intended for use in 9
whole or in part for human consumption. 10
(4) F
OOD LOSS.—The term ‘‘food loss’’ means, 11
with respect to food, that the food does not reach a 12
consumer as a result of an issue in the production, 13
storage, processing, or distribution phase. 14
(5) F
OOD RECOVERY.—The term ‘‘food recov-15
ery’’ means the collection of wholesome food that 16
would otherwise go to waste and the redistribution 17
of that food to feed people. 18
(6) F
OOD SPOILAGE.—The term ‘‘food spoil-19
age’’ means a process or change that renders a food 20
product undesirable or unacceptable for human con-21
sumption. 22
(7) F
OOD WASTE.—The term ‘‘food waste’’ 23
means, with respect to food, that the food is in-24
tended for human consumption but is unconsumed 25
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by humans for any reason at the retail or consump-1
tion phase. 2
(8) L
IAISON.—The term ‘‘Liaison’’ means the 3
Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison established 4
under section 224 of the Department of Agriculture 5
Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924). 6
(9) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 7
the Secretary of Agriculture. 8
(10) U
PCYCLED FOOD PRODUCT .—The term 9
‘‘upcycled food product’’ means a product that— 10
(A) is created from surplus food, unmar-11
ketable food, or edible or inedible food byprod-12
ucts; and 13
(B) is made with ingredients that— 14
(i) otherwise would not have gone to 15
human consumption; 16
(ii) are sourced and produced using 17
supply chains for which upstream data can 18
be verified and validated for accuracy; and 19
(iii) have a positive impact on the en-20
vironment. 21
SEC. 3. OFFICE OF FOOD LOSS AND WASTE. 22
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 23
in the Department of Agriculture an Office of Food Loss 24
and Waste (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Office’’). 25
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(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Office shall be respon-1
sible for— 2
(1) supporting the role and responsibilities of 3
the Liaison; 4
(2) comprehensive research on methods to 5
quantify on-farm food loss and supply chain food 6
loss; 7
(3) research on new technologies to reduce food 8
loss and food waste; 9
(4) quantifying the impact of food waste reduc-10
tion policies on greenhouse gas emissions reductions; 11
(5) submitting to Congress and making publicly 12
available reports describing the progress of the 13
United States in advancing toward or achieving the 14
goal of reducing food loss and food waste by 50 per-15
cent, compared to 2016 levels, by 2030; 16
(6) publishing reports to Congress and to the 17
public for the purpose of engaging with educational 18
campaigns relating to food loss and food waste; 19
(7) carrying out the grant program under sub-20
section (d); 21
(8) contributing to an assessment relating to 22
how food loss and food waste affects climate change, 23
food and nutrition security, and public health; 24
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(9) creating and distributing tools, resources, 1
and publications— 2
(A) to support efforts and measures to re-3
duce and prevent food loss and food waste; and 4
(B) to contribute to increased education 5
relating to food loss and food waste for private 6
entities, nonprofit and community-based organi-7
zations, and individuals; 8
(10) tracking and assessing programs across 9
Federal agencies to advance research relating to 10
food loss and food waste; 11
(11) analyzing food loss and food waste policy 12
data and establishing and disseminating model poli-13
cies for municipal, local, State, territorial, and Trib-14
al governments that are proven to reduce food loss 15
or food waste; 16
(12) recommending new regulations, invest-17
ments, or policies to the Liaison and the Secretary 18
to address new identified gaps on preventing and re-19
ducing food loss and food waste; and 20
(13) carrying out such other activities as the 21
Secretary or the Liaison determine to be appro-22
priate. 23
(c) P
ARTNERSHIPS.—In carrying out the responsibil-24
ities described in subsection (b), the Secretary, in con-25
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sultation with other Federal agencies, the Liaison, and the 1
Office, shall establish partnerships with regional partner 2
institutions to plan, conduct, and arrange for public re-3
search, data, education, and recommendations relating to 4
food loss and food waste prevention and reduction and 5
food recovery issues locally, regionally, and nationally. 6
(d) G
RANTPROGRAM.— 7
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Office shall establish a 8
grant program to support collecting data on existing 9
State and local food loss and food waste policies. 10
(2) E
LIGIBILITY.—An entity eligible to receive 11
a grant under paragraph (1) is— 12
(A) a municipal, local, State, or Tribal 13
government; 14
(B) a partnership of 1 or more govern-15
ments described in subparagraph (A) and 1 or 16
more nonprofit organizations; or 17
(C) a partnership of 2 or more— 18
(i) governments described in subpara-19
graph (A); or 20
(ii) nonprofit organizations. 21
(3) C
OLLABORATION.—An entity that receives a 22
grant under paragraph (1) may collaborate with 1 or 23
more nonprofit, private, or other organizations in 24
carrying out activities using the grant funds. 25
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(4) PROJECT REQUIREMENTS .—A data collec-1
tion project carried out using a grant under para-2
graph (1) shall— 3
(A) be carried out for not longer than 3 4
years; and 5
(B) include the provision of data collected 6
under the project to the Office. 7
(5) D
ATA REQUIREMENTS .—Data collected 8
under a project carried out using a grant under 9
paragraph (1) shall provide rigorous evidence of the 10
impact of food loss and food waste policies, which 11
may include— 12
(A) estimates of the quantity of the reduc-13
tion of food loss and food waste after the imple-14
mentation of a policy; 15
(B) where relevant, estimates of the quan-16
tity of food loss and food waste in a similar 17
community that is not subject to the policy; and 18
(C) the economic benefits and impacts re-19
alized from food that is recovered, upcycled, re-20
used, or recycled. 21
(6) M
ATCHING REQUIREMENT .—An entity that 22
receives a grant under paragraph (1) shall provide 23
funds, in-kind contributions, or a combination of 24
both from sources other than funds provided 25
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through the grant in an amount equal to not less 1
than 10 percent of the amount of the grant, which 2
may include private funding or other sources of rev-3
enue, as determined by the Secretary. 4
(7) M
ODEL POLICIES.—After the Office receives 5
the data collected under the grant program under 6
this paragraph, the Office shall analyze the data and 7
establish model policies for municipal, local, State, 8
and Tribal governments that are proven to reduce 9
food waste. 10
(e) A
UTHORIZATIONS OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 11
(1) I
N GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 12
appropriated to the Office $1,500,000 for each of 13
fiscal years 2026 through 2030. 14
(2) G
RANT PROGRAM.— 15
(A) I
N GENERAL.—There is authorized to 16
be appropriated to carry out the grant program 17
under subsection (d) $2,000,000 for each of fis-18
cal years 2026 through 2030. 19
(B) A
DMINISTRATIVE COSTS .—Of the 20
amount appropriated under subparagraph (A), 21
the Secretary may retain not more than 4 per-22
cent to pay administrative costs incurred by the 23
Secretary in carrying out subsection (d). 24
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SEC. 4. IMPROVING COORDINATION TO PREVENT AND RE-1
DUCE FOOD LOSS AND WASTE. 2
(a) R
EGIONALCOORDINATORS.— 3
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 4
in the Department of Agriculture regional coordina-5
tors. 6
(2) R
ESPONSIBILITIES.—The regional coordina-7
tors established under paragraph (1) shall be re-8
sponsible for— 9
(A) partnering with food producers, food 10
processors, distributors, and food recovery orga-11
nizations and acting as regional points of con-12
tact to facilitate real-time food recovery; 13
(B) understanding and developing the ca-14
pacity needed for ongoing food recovery; 15
(C) providing technical support to food re-16
covery organizations to improve the ability of 17
the food recovery organizations to pick up sur-18
plus food, process that food, and deliver that 19
food to populations or communities; and 20
(D) engaging with Department of Agri-21
culture regional food business centers to iden-22
tify opportunities for synergy and alignment 23
with those centers. 24
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(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 1
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-2
retary to carry out this subsection $1,000,000. 3
(b) F
OODRECOVERY AND DISTRIBUTIONINFRA-4
STRUCTURE SUPPORT AND COORDINATION BLOCK 5
G
RANTS.— 6
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordina-7
tion with the Office of Food Loss and Waste estab-8
lished under section 3, shall establish as part of the 9
program under section 203D(d) of the Emergency 10
Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507(d)) a 11
program to award annual block grants to States and 12
Indian Tribes to carry out projects to develop and 13
support food recovery infrastructure and innovative 14
food distribution models. 15
(2) D
ISTRIBUTION.—A State shall distribute a 16
block grant received under paragraph (1) to applica-17
ble food recovery organizations and local govern-18
ments to address any gaps in food recovery infra-19
structure, including— 20
(A) storage and capacity of processing in-21
frastructure equipment and facilities; 22
(B) temperature-controlled food distribu-23
tion infrastructure; 24
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(C) technological solutions supporting food 1
recovery, such as real-time updates to connect 2
organizations that have surplus food with orga-3
nizations that distribute surplus food; and 4
(D) support of salaries, wages, and bene-5
fits for food recovery organizations. 6
(3) C
OORDINATION.—In establishing the pro-7
gram under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall co-8
ordinate with other Department of Agriculture agen-9
cies and programs, including— 10
(A) the Agricultural Marketing Service; 11
(B) the Emergency Food Assistance Pro-12
gram Reach and Resiliency Grants; and 13
(C) such other agencies and programs as 14
the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 15
(4) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 16
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 17
this subsection $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 18
2026 through 2030. 19
SEC. 5. STRENGTHENING GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO 20
FOOD LOSS AND WASTE. 21
(a) I
NTERAGENCYCOLLABORATION ON FOODLOSS 22
ANDWASTE.— 23
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary, in collabora-24
tion with the Administrator and the Commissioner, 25
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shall collaborate to carry out the agreement relative 1
to cooperation and coordination on food loss and 2
waste signed by those officials on December 17, 3
2020. 4
(2) R
EPORTS.—Every year, the Secretary, act-5
ing through the Liaison and the Office of Food Loss 6
and Waste established under section 3, in consulta-7
tion with the Administrator and the Commissioner, 8
shall submit to Congress and make publicly available 9
a report describing the progress of the Secretary in 10
carrying out the agreement described in paragraph 11
(1). 12
(3) I
NTERAGENCY ENGAGEMENT .—Pursuant to 13
paragraph (1), the Secretary, the Administrator, and 14
the Commissioner shall engage with the heads of 15
other Federal departments and agencies, including 16
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Edu-17
cation, the Secretary of Transportation, the Sec-18
retary of Homeland Security, the Administrator of 19
General Services, and such other Federal depart-20
ments and agencies as the Secretary, the Adminis-21
trator, and the Commissioner determine to be appro-22
priate, to expand work on food loss and food waste. 23
(4) C
ONSULTATION.— 24
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 1
consult with, and receive advice from, rep-2
resentatives described in subparagraph (B) re-3
lating to— 4
(i) programming and policy issues re-5
lating to understanding existing and future 6
challenges relating to food loss and food 7
waste; 8
(ii) acquiring the latest data relating 9
to food loss and food waste; 10
(iii) the latest innovative solutions re-11
lating to food loss and food waste from 12
leading experts; and 13
(iv) sharing and developing procure-14
ment best practices that will assist the 15
heads of Federal departments and agencies 16
described in paragraph (3) in— 17
(I) preventing food loss and 18
waste; 19
(II) reducing food loss and food 20
waste; 21
(III) leading by example in ad-22
dressing issues relating to food loss 23
and food waste; and 24
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(IV) engaging contractors in re-1
ducing food loss and food waste in the 2
operations of the contractors. 3
(B) R
EPRESENTATIVES.—The representa-4
tives referred to in subparagraph (A) are rep-5
resentatives of— 6
(i) the private sector; 7
(ii) agricultural producers; 8
(iii) food industry members, such as 9
food safety trainers, food aggregators and 10
processors, food safety professionals, retail-11
ers, and food service entities; 12
(iv) nonprofit organizations; 13
(v) food recovery organizations of 14
varying sizes; and 15
(vi) any other sector, as determined 16
by the Secretary. 17
(C) R
EPRESENTATION OF SMALLER PRO -18
DUCERS AND FOOD INSECURE COMMUNITIES .— 19
In consulting and receiving advice under sub-20
paragraph (A), the Secretary shall ensure par-21
ticipation by smaller producers and organiza-22
tions from communities most impacted by food 23
and nutrition insecurity and food loss and food 24
waste issues. 25
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(D) FORMS OF CONSULTATION .—The Sec-1
retary may consult and receive advice under 2
subparagraph (A) through— 3
(i) a meeting through which input is 4
sought, such as a workshop, town hall 5
meeting, or listening session; 6
(ii) a meeting described in clause (i) 7
with an existing group formed by rep-8
resentatives described in subparagraph 9
(B); and 10
(iii) such other means as the Sec-11
retary determines to be appropriate. 12
(E) I
NTERAGENCY MEETINGS .—The Sec-13
retary shall host quarterly meetings with the 14
Administrator, the Commissioner, and the 15
heads of other Federal agencies for the purpose 16
of sharing communications relating to consulta-17
tion and advice received under subparagraph 18
(A) with those officials regularly. 19
(F) FACA
EXEMPTION.—Chapter 10 of 20
title 5, United States Code (commonly referred 21
to as the ‘‘Federal Advisory Committee Act’’), 22
shall not apply to any group formed for pur-23
poses of consultation or providing advice under 24
this paragraph. 25
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(5) CONTINUATION OF EFFECT .—Nothing in 1
the subsection shall be affected by the expiration of 2
the agreement described in paragraph (1). 3
(6) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 4
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-5
retary to carry out this subsection $1,000,000 for 6
each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030. 7
(b) F
EDERALCONTRACTORS.—Section 4 of the Fed-8
eral Food Donation Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1792) is 9
amended— 10
(1) in subsection (a)— 11
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 12
by striking ‘‘180 days’’ and all that follows 13
through ‘‘the Federal’’ and inserting ‘‘180 days 14
after the date of enactment of the New Oppor-15
tunities for Technological Innovation, Mitiga-16
tion, and Education To Overcome Waste Act, 17
the Federal’’; 18
(B) in paragraph (1)— 19
(i) by striking ‘‘encourages’’ and in-20
serting ‘‘requires’’; and 21
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-22
colon; 23
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-24
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 25
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(D) by adding at the end the following: 1
‘‘(3) requires the contractor to submit to the 2
applicable executive agency a report describing— 3
‘‘(A) efforts and actions to prevent and re-4
duce food loss and food waste (as those terms 5
are defined in section 2 of the New Opportuni-6
ties for Technological Innovation, Mitigation, 7
and Education To Overcome Waste Act); 8
‘‘(B) food waste (as so defined) through 9
activities carried out under the contract; and 10
‘‘(C) food donated as described in para-11
graph (1).’’; and 12
(2) by adding at the end the following: 13
‘‘(c) R
EPORTS TOCONGRESS.—Every 2 years, each 14
executive agency shall submit to Congress reports describ-15
ing the matters reported to the executive agency under 16
subsection (a)(3).’’. 17
(c) S
TRENGTHENING FOODLOSS ANDWASTERE-18
SEARCH AT THEDEPARTMENT OFAGRICULTURE.— 19
(1) C
RITICAL AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND 20
EXTENSION.—In awarding grants under the critical 21
agriculture research and extension crosscutting pro-22
gram area priority established by the Secretary 23
under subsection (b) of the Competitive, Special, and 24
Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 3157(b)), 25
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the Secretary shall give priority to grants to address 1
food loss and food waste. 2
(2) I
NTER-DISCIPLINARY ENGAGEMENT IN ANI -3
MAL SYSTEMS.—In awarding grants under the inter- 4
disciplinary engagement in animal systems cross-5
cutting program area priority established by the Sec-6
retary under subsection (b) of the Competitive, Spe-7
cial, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 8
3157(b)), the Secretary shall give priority to grants 9
to address food loss and food waste. 10
(3) A
NIMAL NUTRITION, GROWTH, AND LACTA-11
TION.—In awarding grants under the animal nutri-12
tion, growth, and lactation emphasis area program 13
established by the Secretary under subsection (b) of 14
the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research 15
Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 3157(b)), the Secretary shall 16
give priority to grants— 17
(A) to reduce losses due to production inef-18
ficiencies, including on-farm milk loss; and 19
(B) to use wholesome uneaten food and 20
food processing byproducts from the human 21
food system as feed ingredients. 22
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SEC. 6. COMPOSTING AND FOOD WASTE REDUCTION PRO-1
GRAM. 2
Section 222(d)(2) of the Department of Agriculture 3
Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923(d)(2)) is 4
amended— 5
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘local or 6
municipal governments’’ and inserting ‘‘State, local, 7
municipal, or Tribal governments’’; 8
(2) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the end 9
the following: 10
‘‘(iv) G
UIDANCE.—The Secretary shall 11
publish guidance for applying for pilot 12
projects under this paragraph for appli-13
cants that lack resources to obtain tech-14
nical assistance in preparing an application 15
to assist those applicants in preparing an 16
application, particularly to carry out a 17
pilot project for the reduction of food loss 18
and food waste (as those terms are defined 19
in section 2 of the New Opportunities for 20
Technological Innovation, Mitigation, and 21
Education To Overcome Waste Act) 22
through means other than composting. 23
‘‘(v) P
ERIOD FOR SUBMISSION OF AP -24
PLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall accept 25
submissions of applications for pilot 26
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projects under this paragraph for a dura-1
tion sufficient to ensure that smaller and 2
rural communities are able to submit ap-3
plications, as determined by the Sec-4
retary.’’; and 5
(3) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘(which 6
may include private funding or other sources of rev-7
enue, as determined by the Secretary)’’ after ‘‘funds 8
provided through the grant’’. 9
SEC. 7. PROMOTING THE FORMATION OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE 10
PARTNERSHIPS ON FOOD LOSS AND WASTE. 11
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 12
Office of Food Loss and Waste established under section 13
3, in collaboration with the Administrator, shall establish 14
a program to award grants to eligible governments de-15
scribed in subsection (b) to incentivize the establishment 16
of public-private partnerships that commit to reducing 17
food loss and food waste in accordance with the goal of 18
the Secretary and the Administrator to reduce food loss 19
and food waste by 50 percent by 2030. 20
(b) E
LIGIBLEGOVERNMENTS.—A entity eligible to 21
receive a grant under subsection (a) is a State, municipal, 22
local, or Tribal government. 23
(c) P
ARTNERSHIPS.—An eligible government de-24
scribed in subsection (b) that receives a grant under sub-25
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section (a) shall use the grant to establish a partnership 1
with the following entities: 2
(1) 1 or more nonprofit organizations. 3
(2) 1 or more private entities from any of the 4
following sectors: 5
(A) Grocery and specialty food. 6
(B) Hospitality. 7
(C) Restaurants. 8
(D) Supercenters. 9
(E) Hospitals. 10
(F) Nursing homes. 11
(G) Adult care facilities. 12
(H) Any other sector that the Secretary 13
determines to be appropriate. 14
(d) R
EQUIREMENTS.—A partnership established 15
under subsection (c) shall— 16
(1) commit to reducing food loss and food waste 17
in accordance with the goal described in subsection 18
(a); 19
(2) provide— 20
(A) a framework for cooperative action re-21
lating to food loss and food waste; 22
(B) a forum for leadership and the sharing 23
of information on best practices relating to food 24
loss and food waste; and 25
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(C) a list of the highest priorities on issues 1
relating to food loss and food waste; 2
(3) establish a methodology for measurement of 3
reductions in food loss and food waste, with the sup-4
port of a technical team of individuals from 1 or 5
more organizations in the partnership; 6
(4) collect data and prepare reports for the pur-7
poses of— 8
(A) establishing a baseline of food loss and 9
food waste appropriate for the scope of the col-10
laboration for which the grant was awarded; 11
(B) monitoring progress in reducing food 12
loss and food waste; 13
(C) identifying particular areas relating to 14
food loss and food waste that need attention; 15
and 16
(D) highlighting successes in reducing food 17
loss and food waste that can be replicated; 18
(5) establish 1 or more working groups to facili-19
tate dialogue and dissemination of insights and best 20
practices relating to food loss and food waste; and 21
(6) make publicly available an annual report de-22
scribing the activities of the partnership. 23
(e) M
ATCHINGREQUIREMENT.—An eligible govern-24
ment described in subsection (b) that receives a grant 25
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under subsection (a) shall provide funds, in-kind contribu-1
tions, or a combination of both from sources other than 2
funds provided through the grant in an amount equal to 3
not less than 50 percent of the amount of the grant, which 4
may include private funding or other sources of revenue, 5
as determined by the Secretary. 6
(f) C
OORDINATION.—A partnership established under 7
subsection (c) shall coordinate with regional coordinators 8
established under section 4(a), as the partnership deter-9
mines to be appropriate. 10
(g) A
UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 11
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 12
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030. 13
SEC. 8. FOOD LOSS AND WASTE EDUCATION AND AWARE-14
NESS CAMPAIGN. 15
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 16
with the Administrator, shall initiate a national food waste 17
education and public awareness campaign (referred to in 18
this section as the ‘‘campaign’’) through— 19
(1) the Liaison; and 20
(2) the Office of Food Loss and Waste estab-21
lished under section 3. 22
(b) R
EQUIREMENTS.—The campaign shall, at a min-23
imum— 24
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(1) illustrate how much food goes to waste in 1
the United States and households across the United 2
States; 3
(2) highlight methods for preserving and stor-4
ing foods; 5
(3) provide consumers tips to identify whether 6
food is still safe and edible, regardless of any 7
‘‘BEST If Used By’’ or the ‘‘USE By’’ date on the 8
label or food packaging indicating quality and 9
freshness; 10
(4) teach consumers the differences between 11
food freshness and food safety; 12
(5) teach consumers how to compost food 13
scraps; 14
(6) develop educational materials usable by sev-15
eral different channels, including for specific indus-16
try sectors (including retail, food service, and con-17
sumer packaged goods), local governments, schools, 18
community and faith-based organizations, and other 19
appropriate channels; 20
(7) educate consumers on food products made 21
with food waste, including upcycled food products, or 22
that use innovative technology to prevent food loss 23
and food waste; 24
(8) include interactive elements; and 25
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(9) inform about intersectional issues of food 1
loss and food waste, including public health, food in-2
security, and climate change. 3
(c) P
RIORITIES.—In carrying out the campaign, the 4
Secretary shall prioritize— 5
(1) initial research to determine a means to 6
segment populations to target; 7
(2) identify, using the means determined under 8
paragraph (1), population segments to target; 9
(3) understanding how to best target those 10
identified population segments; and 11
(4) determining which strategies are most effec-12
tive in changing consumer behaviors. 13
(d) D
UALFRAMEWORKCAMPAIGN.— 14
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 15
out the campaign through— 16
(A) community engagement, which allows 17
information to be delivered through locally 18
trusted sources, with locally tailored solutions 19
and partners (such as for donation or compost 20
options); and 21
(B) national messaging appropriate for 22
raising awareness of— 23
(i) nationally applicable issues (such 24
as the meaning of ‘‘best by’’ date labels, 25
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tips for meal planning, or businesses that 1
manufacture products using ingredients 2
that would otherwise go to waste, including 3
upcycled food products); and 4
(ii) such other issues as the Secretary 5
determines to be appropriate. 6
(2) P
ILOT PROJECTS.— 7
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 8
(i) for the purpose of testing methods 9
and materials for carrying out the cam-10
paign through community engagement 11
under paragraph (1)(A), carry out pilot 12
projects in communities selected by the 13
Secretary; and 14
(ii) assess the results of those pilot 15
projects, including through waste audits or 16
other quantitative measurements. 17
(B) R
EQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out 18
pilot projects under subparagraph (A), the Sec-19
retary shall— 20
(i) ensure equity and diversity of rep-21
resentation; 22
(ii) incorporate elements of behavioral 23
science to inform which aspects of the 24
campaign will be effective; and 25
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(iii) in coordination with State, local, 1
or municipal governments, inform con-2
sumers in a community of solutions, food 3
products, or initiatives that are available to 4
help prevent or reduce food waste. 5
(e) W
ASTEAUDITS.—The Secretary shall conduct 6
audits to gather data relating to the impact of the cam-7
paign in communities targeted by the campaign for the 8
purpose of informing future efforts under the campaign, 9
including by comparing outcomes in communities targeted 10
by the campaign to outcomes in communities not targeted 11
by the campaign. 12
(f) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 13
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 14
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030. 15
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