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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2883 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to reduce |
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| 6 | 6 | | food loss and waste, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL10, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. P |
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| 10 | 10 | | INGREE(for herself and Mr. LAWLER) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to |
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| 12 | 12 | | the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be |
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| 13 | 13 | | subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration |
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| 14 | 14 | | of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con- |
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| 15 | 15 | | cerned |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activi- |
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| 18 | 18 | | ties to reduce food loss and waste, and for other pur- |
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| 19 | 19 | | poses. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New Opportunities for 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Technological Innovation, Mitigation, and Education To 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Overcome Waste Act,’’ or the ‘‘NO TIME TO Waste Act’’. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | In this Act: 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | mental Protection Agency. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) C |
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| 35 | 35 | | OMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘Commis-4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | sioner’’ means the Commissioner of Food and 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Drugs. 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) F |
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| 39 | 39 | | OOD.—The term ‘‘food’’ means any raw, 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | cooked, processed, or prepared substance, ice, bev-8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | erage, or ingredient used or intended for use in 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | whole or in part for human consumption. 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (4) F |
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| 44 | 44 | | OOD LOSS.—The term ‘‘food loss’’ means, 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | with respect to food, that the food does not reach a 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | consumer as a result of an issue in the production, 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | storage, processing, or distribution phase. 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (5) F |
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| 49 | 49 | | OOD RECOVERY.—The term ‘‘food recov-15 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ery’’ means the collection of wholesome food that 16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | would otherwise go to waste and the redistribution 17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of that food to feed people. 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (6) F |
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| 54 | 54 | | OOD SPOILAGE.—The term ‘‘food spoil-19 |
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| 55 | 55 | | age’’ means a process or change that renders a food 20 |
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| 56 | 56 | | product undesirable or unacceptable for human con-21 |
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| 57 | 57 | | sumption. 22 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (7) F |
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| 59 | 59 | | OOD WASTE.—The term ‘‘food waste’’ 23 |
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| 60 | 60 | | means, with respect to food, that the food is in-24 |
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| 61 | 61 | | tended for human consumption but is unconsumed 25 |
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| 65 | 65 | | by humans for any reason at the retail or consump-1 |
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| 66 | 66 | | tion phase. 2 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (8) L |
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| 68 | 68 | | IAISON.—The term ‘‘Liaison’’ means the 3 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison established 4 |
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| 70 | 70 | | under section 224 of the Department of Agriculture 5 |
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| 71 | 71 | | Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924). 6 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (9) S |
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| 73 | 73 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 7 |
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| 74 | 74 | | the Secretary of Agriculture. 8 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (10) U |
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| 76 | 76 | | PCYCLED FOOD PRODUCT .—The term 9 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘upcycled food product’’ means a product that— 10 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (A) is created from surplus food, unmar-11 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ketable food, or edible or inedible food byprod-12 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ucts; and 13 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (B) is made with ingredients that— 14 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (i) otherwise would not have gone to 15 |
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| 83 | 83 | | human consumption; 16 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (ii) are sourced and produced using 17 |
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| 85 | 85 | | supply chains for which upstream data can 18 |
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| 86 | 86 | | be verified and validated for accuracy; and 19 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (iii) have a positive impact on the en-20 |
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| 88 | 88 | | vironment. 21 |
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| 89 | 89 | | SEC. 3. OFFICE OF FOOD LOSS AND WASTE. 22 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (a) E |
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| 91 | 91 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 23 |
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| 92 | 92 | | in the Department of Agriculture an Office of Food Loss 24 |
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| 93 | 93 | | and Waste (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Office’’). 25 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Office shall be respon-1 |
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| 98 | 98 | | sible for— 2 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (1) supporting the role and responsibilities of 3 |
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| 100 | 100 | | the Liaison; 4 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (2) comprehensive research on methods to 5 |
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| 102 | 102 | | quantify on-farm food loss and supply chain food 6 |
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| 103 | 103 | | loss; 7 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (3) research on new technologies to reduce food 8 |
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| 105 | 105 | | loss and food waste; 9 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (4) quantifying the impact of food waste reduc-10 |
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| 107 | 107 | | tion policies on greenhouse gas emissions reductions; 11 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (5) submitting to Congress and making publicly 12 |
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| 109 | 109 | | available reports describing the progress of the 13 |
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| 110 | 110 | | United States in advancing toward or achieving the 14 |
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| 111 | 111 | | goal of reducing food loss and food waste by 50 per-15 |
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| 112 | 112 | | cent, compared to 2016 levels, by 2030; 16 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (6) publishing reports to Congress and to the 17 |
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| 114 | 114 | | public for the purpose of engaging with educational 18 |
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| 115 | 115 | | campaigns relating to food loss and food waste; 19 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (7) carrying out the grant program under sub-20 |
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| 117 | 117 | | section (d); 21 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (8) contributing to an assessment relating to 22 |
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| 119 | 119 | | how food loss and food waste affects climate change, 23 |
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| 120 | 120 | | food and nutrition security, and public health; 24 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (9) creating and distributing tools, resources, 1 |
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| 125 | 125 | | and publications— 2 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (A) to support efforts and measures to re-3 |
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| 127 | 127 | | duce and prevent food loss and food waste; and 4 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (B) to contribute to increased education 5 |
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| 129 | 129 | | relating to food loss and food waste for private 6 |
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| 130 | 130 | | entities, nonprofit and community-based organi-7 |
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| 131 | 131 | | zations, and individuals; 8 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (10) tracking and assessing programs across 9 |
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| 133 | 133 | | Federal agencies to advance research relating to 10 |
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| 134 | 134 | | food loss and food waste; 11 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (11) analyzing food loss and food waste policy 12 |
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| 136 | 136 | | data and establishing and disseminating model poli-13 |
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| 137 | 137 | | cies for municipal, local, State, territorial, and Trib-14 |
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| 138 | 138 | | al governments that are proven to reduce food loss 15 |
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| 139 | 139 | | or food waste; 16 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (12) recommending new regulations, invest-17 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ments, or policies to the Liaison and the Secretary 18 |
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| 142 | 142 | | to address new identified gaps on preventing and re-19 |
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| 143 | 143 | | ducing food loss and food waste; and 20 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (13) carrying out such other activities as the 21 |
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| 145 | 145 | | Secretary or the Liaison determine to be appro-22 |
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| 146 | 146 | | priate. 23 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (c) P |
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| 148 | 148 | | ARTNERSHIPS.—In carrying out the responsibil-24 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ities described in subsection (b), the Secretary, in con-25 |
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| 153 | 153 | | sultation with other Federal agencies, the Liaison, and the 1 |
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| 154 | 154 | | Office, shall establish partnerships with regional partner 2 |
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| 155 | 155 | | institutions to plan, conduct, and arrange for public re-3 |
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| 156 | 156 | | search, data, education, and recommendations relating to 4 |
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| 157 | 157 | | food loss and food waste prevention and reduction and 5 |
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| 158 | 158 | | food recovery issues locally, regionally, and nationally. 6 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (d) G |
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| 160 | 160 | | RANTPROGRAM.— 7 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (1) I |
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| 162 | 162 | | N GENERAL.—The Office shall establish a 8 |
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| 163 | 163 | | grant program to support collecting data on existing 9 |
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| 164 | 164 | | State and local food loss and food waste policies. 10 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (2) E |
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| 166 | 166 | | LIGIBILITY.—An entity eligible to receive 11 |
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| 167 | 167 | | a grant under paragraph (1) is— 12 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (A) a municipal, local, State, or Tribal 13 |
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| 169 | 169 | | government; 14 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (B) a partnership of 1 or more govern-15 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ments described in subparagraph (A) and 1 or 16 |
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| 172 | 172 | | more nonprofit organizations; or 17 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (C) a partnership of 2 or more— 18 |
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| 174 | 174 | | (i) governments described in subpara-19 |
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| 175 | 175 | | graph (A); or 20 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (ii) nonprofit organizations. 21 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (3) C |
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| 178 | 178 | | OLLABORATION.—An entity that receives a 22 |
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| 179 | 179 | | grant under paragraph (1) may collaborate with 1 or 23 |
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| 180 | 180 | | more nonprofit, private, or other organizations in 24 |
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| 181 | 181 | | carrying out activities using the grant funds. 25 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (4) PROJECT REQUIREMENTS .—A data collec-1 |
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| 186 | 186 | | tion project carried out using a grant under para-2 |
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| 187 | 187 | | graph (1) shall— 3 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (A) be carried out for not longer than 3 4 |
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| 189 | 189 | | years; and 5 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (B) include the provision of data collected 6 |
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| 191 | 191 | | under the project to the Office. 7 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (5) D |
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| 193 | 193 | | ATA REQUIREMENTS .—Data collected 8 |
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| 194 | 194 | | under a project carried out using a grant under 9 |
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| 195 | 195 | | paragraph (1) shall provide rigorous evidence of the 10 |
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| 196 | 196 | | impact of food loss and food waste policies, which 11 |
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| 197 | 197 | | may include— 12 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (A) estimates of the quantity of the reduc-13 |
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| 199 | 199 | | tion of food loss and food waste after the imple-14 |
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| 200 | 200 | | mentation of a policy; 15 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (B) where relevant, estimates of the quan-16 |
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| 202 | 202 | | tity of food loss and food waste in a similar 17 |
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| 203 | 203 | | community that is not subject to the policy; and 18 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (C) the economic benefits and impacts re-19 |
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| 205 | 205 | | alized from food that is recovered, upcycled, re-20 |
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| 206 | 206 | | used, or recycled. 21 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (6) M |
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| 208 | 208 | | ATCHING REQUIREMENT .—An entity that 22 |
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| 209 | 209 | | receives a grant under paragraph (1) shall provide 23 |
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| 210 | 210 | | funds, in-kind contributions, or a combination of 24 |
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| 211 | 211 | | both from sources other than funds provided 25 |
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| 215 | 215 | | through the grant in an amount equal to not less 1 |
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| 216 | 216 | | than 10 percent of the amount of the grant, which 2 |
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| 217 | 217 | | may include private funding or other sources of rev-3 |
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| 218 | 218 | | enue, as determined by the Secretary. 4 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (7) M |
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| 220 | 220 | | ODEL POLICIES.—After the Office receives 5 |
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| 221 | 221 | | the data collected under the grant program under 6 |
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| 222 | 222 | | this paragraph, the Office shall analyze the data and 7 |
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| 223 | 223 | | establish model policies for municipal, local, State, 8 |
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| 224 | 224 | | and Tribal governments that are proven to reduce 9 |
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| 225 | 225 | | food waste. 10 |
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| 226 | 226 | | (e) A |
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| 227 | 227 | | UTHORIZATIONS OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 11 |
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| 228 | 228 | | (1) I |
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| 229 | 229 | | N GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 12 |
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| 230 | 230 | | appropriated to the Office $1,500,000 for each of 13 |
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| 231 | 231 | | fiscal years 2026 through 2030. 14 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (2) G |
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| 233 | 233 | | RANT PROGRAM.— 15 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (A) I |
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| 235 | 235 | | N GENERAL.—There is authorized to 16 |
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| 236 | 236 | | be appropriated to carry out the grant program 17 |
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| 237 | 237 | | under subsection (d) $2,000,000 for each of fis-18 |
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| 238 | 238 | | cal years 2026 through 2030. 19 |
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| 239 | 239 | | (B) A |
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| 240 | 240 | | DMINISTRATIVE COSTS .—Of the 20 |
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| 241 | 241 | | amount appropriated under subparagraph (A), 21 |
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| 242 | 242 | | the Secretary may retain not more than 4 per-22 |
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| 243 | 243 | | cent to pay administrative costs incurred by the 23 |
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| 244 | 244 | | Secretary in carrying out subsection (d). 24 |
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| 248 | 248 | | SEC. 4. IMPROVING COORDINATION TO PREVENT AND RE-1 |
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| 249 | 249 | | DUCE FOOD LOSS AND WASTE. 2 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (a) R |
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| 251 | 251 | | EGIONALCOORDINATORS.— 3 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (1) I |
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| 253 | 253 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 4 |
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| 254 | 254 | | in the Department of Agriculture regional coordina-5 |
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| 255 | 255 | | tors. 6 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (2) R |
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| 257 | 257 | | ESPONSIBILITIES.—The regional coordina-7 |
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| 258 | 258 | | tors established under paragraph (1) shall be re-8 |
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| 259 | 259 | | sponsible for— 9 |
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| 260 | 260 | | (A) partnering with food producers, food 10 |
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| 261 | 261 | | processors, distributors, and food recovery orga-11 |
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| 262 | 262 | | nizations and acting as regional points of con-12 |
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| 263 | 263 | | tact to facilitate real-time food recovery; 13 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (B) understanding and developing the ca-14 |
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| 265 | 265 | | pacity needed for ongoing food recovery; 15 |
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| 266 | 266 | | (C) providing technical support to food re-16 |
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| 267 | 267 | | covery organizations to improve the ability of 17 |
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| 268 | 268 | | the food recovery organizations to pick up sur-18 |
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| 269 | 269 | | plus food, process that food, and deliver that 19 |
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| 270 | 270 | | food to populations or communities; and 20 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (D) engaging with Department of Agri-21 |
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| 272 | 272 | | culture regional food business centers to iden-22 |
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| 273 | 273 | | tify opportunities for synergy and alignment 23 |
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| 274 | 274 | | with those centers. 24 |
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| 278 | 278 | | (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 1 |
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| 279 | 279 | | There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-2 |
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| 280 | 280 | | retary to carry out this subsection $1,000,000. 3 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (b) F |
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| 282 | 282 | | OODRECOVERY AND DISTRIBUTIONINFRA-4 |
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| 283 | 283 | | STRUCTURE SUPPORT AND COORDINATION BLOCK 5 |
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| 284 | 284 | | G |
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| 285 | 285 | | RANTS.— 6 |
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| 286 | 286 | | (1) I |
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| 287 | 287 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordina-7 |
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| 288 | 288 | | tion with the Office of Food Loss and Waste estab-8 |
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| 289 | 289 | | lished under section 3, shall establish as part of the 9 |
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| 290 | 290 | | program under section 203D(d) of the Emergency 10 |
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| 291 | 291 | | Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507(d)) a 11 |
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| 292 | 292 | | program to award annual block grants to States and 12 |
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| 293 | 293 | | Indian Tribes to carry out projects to develop and 13 |
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| 294 | 294 | | support food recovery infrastructure and innovative 14 |
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| 295 | 295 | | food distribution models. 15 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (2) D |
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| 297 | 297 | | ISTRIBUTION.—A State shall distribute a 16 |
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| 298 | 298 | | block grant received under paragraph (1) to applica-17 |
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| 299 | 299 | | ble food recovery organizations and local govern-18 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ments to address any gaps in food recovery infra-19 |
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| 301 | 301 | | structure, including— 20 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (A) storage and capacity of processing in-21 |
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| 303 | 303 | | frastructure equipment and facilities; 22 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (B) temperature-controlled food distribu-23 |
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| 305 | 305 | | tion infrastructure; 24 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (C) technological solutions supporting food 1 |
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| 310 | 310 | | recovery, such as real-time updates to connect 2 |
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| 311 | 311 | | organizations that have surplus food with orga-3 |
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| 312 | 312 | | nizations that distribute surplus food; and 4 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (D) support of salaries, wages, and bene-5 |
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| 314 | 314 | | fits for food recovery organizations. 6 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (3) C |
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| 316 | 316 | | OORDINATION.—In establishing the pro-7 |
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| 317 | 317 | | gram under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall co-8 |
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| 318 | 318 | | ordinate with other Department of Agriculture agen-9 |
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| 319 | 319 | | cies and programs, including— 10 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (A) the Agricultural Marketing Service; 11 |
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| 321 | 321 | | (B) the Emergency Food Assistance Pro-12 |
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| 322 | 322 | | gram Reach and Resiliency Grants; and 13 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (C) such other agencies and programs as 14 |
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| 324 | 324 | | the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 15 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (4) A |
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| 326 | 326 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 16 |
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| 327 | 327 | | There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 17 |
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| 328 | 328 | | this subsection $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 18 |
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| 329 | 329 | | 2026 through 2030. 19 |
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| 330 | 330 | | SEC. 5. STRENGTHENING GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO 20 |
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| 331 | 331 | | FOOD LOSS AND WASTE. 21 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (a) I |
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| 333 | 333 | | NTERAGENCYCOLLABORATION ON FOODLOSS 22 |
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| 334 | 334 | | ANDWASTE.— 23 |
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| 335 | 335 | | (1) I |
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| 336 | 336 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary, in collabora-24 |
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| 337 | 337 | | tion with the Administrator and the Commissioner, 25 |
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| 343 | 343 | | waste signed by those officials on December 17, 3 |
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| 344 | 344 | | 2020. 4 |
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| 345 | 345 | | (2) R |
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| 346 | 346 | | EPORTS.—Every year, the Secretary, act-5 |
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| 347 | 347 | | ing through the Liaison and the Office of Food Loss 6 |
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| 348 | 348 | | and Waste established under section 3, in consulta-7 |
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| 349 | 349 | | tion with the Administrator and the Commissioner, 8 |
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| 350 | 350 | | shall submit to Congress and make publicly available 9 |
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| 351 | 351 | | a report describing the progress of the Secretary in 10 |
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| 352 | 352 | | carrying out the agreement described in paragraph 11 |
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| 353 | 353 | | (1). 12 |
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| 355 | 355 | | NTERAGENCY ENGAGEMENT .—Pursuant to 13 |
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| 356 | 356 | | paragraph (1), the Secretary, the Administrator, and 14 |
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| 357 | 357 | | the Commissioner shall engage with the heads of 15 |
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| 358 | 358 | | other Federal departments and agencies, including 16 |
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| 359 | 359 | | the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Edu-17 |
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| 360 | 360 | | cation, the Secretary of Transportation, the Sec-18 |
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| 361 | 361 | | retary of Homeland Security, the Administrator of 19 |
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| 362 | 362 | | General Services, and such other Federal depart-20 |
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| 363 | 363 | | ments and agencies as the Secretary, the Adminis-21 |
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| 364 | 364 | | trator, and the Commissioner determine to be appro-22 |
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| 365 | 365 | | priate, to expand work on food loss and food waste. 23 |
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| 372 | 372 | | consult with, and receive advice from, rep-2 |
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| 373 | 373 | | resentatives described in subparagraph (B) re-3 |
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| 374 | 374 | | lating to— 4 |
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| 375 | 375 | | (i) programming and policy issues re-5 |
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| 376 | 376 | | lating to understanding existing and future 6 |
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| 377 | 377 | | challenges relating to food loss and food 7 |
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| 378 | 378 | | waste; 8 |
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| 379 | 379 | | (ii) acquiring the latest data relating 9 |
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| 380 | 380 | | to food loss and food waste; 10 |
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| 381 | 381 | | (iii) the latest innovative solutions re-11 |
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| 382 | 382 | | lating to food loss and food waste from 12 |
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| 383 | 383 | | leading experts; and 13 |
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| 384 | 384 | | (iv) sharing and developing procure-14 |
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| 385 | 385 | | ment best practices that will assist the 15 |
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| 386 | 386 | | heads of Federal departments and agencies 16 |
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| 387 | 387 | | described in paragraph (3) in— 17 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (I) preventing food loss and 18 |
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| 389 | 389 | | waste; 19 |
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| 390 | 390 | | (II) reducing food loss and food 20 |
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| 391 | 391 | | waste; 21 |
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| 392 | 392 | | (III) leading by example in ad-22 |
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| 393 | 393 | | dressing issues relating to food loss 23 |
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| 394 | 394 | | and food waste; and 24 |
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| 399 | 399 | | ducing food loss and food waste in the 2 |
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| 400 | 400 | | operations of the contractors. 3 |
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| 401 | 401 | | (B) R |
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| 402 | 402 | | EPRESENTATIVES.—The representa-4 |
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| 403 | 403 | | tives referred to in subparagraph (A) are rep-5 |
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| 404 | 404 | | resentatives of— 6 |
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| 405 | 405 | | (i) the private sector; 7 |
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| 406 | 406 | | (ii) agricultural producers; 8 |
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| 407 | 407 | | (iii) food industry members, such as 9 |
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| 408 | 408 | | food safety trainers, food aggregators and 10 |
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| 409 | 409 | | processors, food safety professionals, retail-11 |
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| 410 | 410 | | ers, and food service entities; 12 |
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| 411 | 411 | | (iv) nonprofit organizations; 13 |
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| 412 | 412 | | (v) food recovery organizations of 14 |
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| 413 | 413 | | varying sizes; and 15 |
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| 414 | 414 | | (vi) any other sector, as determined 16 |
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| 415 | 415 | | by the Secretary. 17 |
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| 416 | 416 | | (C) R |
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| 417 | 417 | | EPRESENTATION OF SMALLER PRO -18 |
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| 418 | 418 | | DUCERS AND FOOD INSECURE COMMUNITIES .— 19 |
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| 419 | 419 | | In consulting and receiving advice under sub-20 |
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| 420 | 420 | | paragraph (A), the Secretary shall ensure par-21 |
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| 421 | 421 | | ticipation by smaller producers and organiza-22 |
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| 422 | 422 | | tions from communities most impacted by food 23 |
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| 423 | 423 | | and nutrition insecurity and food loss and food 24 |
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| 424 | 424 | | waste issues. 25 |
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| 428 | 428 | | (D) FORMS OF CONSULTATION .—The Sec-1 |
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| 429 | 429 | | retary may consult and receive advice under 2 |
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| 430 | 430 | | subparagraph (A) through— 3 |
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| 431 | 431 | | (i) a meeting through which input is 4 |
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| 432 | 432 | | sought, such as a workshop, town hall 5 |
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| 433 | 433 | | meeting, or listening session; 6 |
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| 434 | 434 | | (ii) a meeting described in clause (i) 7 |
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| 435 | 435 | | with an existing group formed by rep-8 |
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| 436 | 436 | | resentatives described in subparagraph 9 |
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| 437 | 437 | | (B); and 10 |
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| 438 | 438 | | (iii) such other means as the Sec-11 |
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| 439 | 439 | | retary determines to be appropriate. 12 |
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| 440 | 440 | | (E) I |
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| 441 | 441 | | NTERAGENCY MEETINGS .—The Sec-13 |
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| 442 | 442 | | retary shall host quarterly meetings with the 14 |
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| 443 | 443 | | Administrator, the Commissioner, and the 15 |
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| 444 | 444 | | heads of other Federal agencies for the purpose 16 |
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| 445 | 445 | | of sharing communications relating to consulta-17 |
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| 446 | 446 | | tion and advice received under subparagraph 18 |
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| 447 | 447 | | (A) with those officials regularly. 19 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (F) FACA |
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| 449 | 449 | | EXEMPTION.—Chapter 10 of 20 |
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| 450 | 450 | | title 5, United States Code (commonly referred 21 |
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| 451 | 451 | | to as the ‘‘Federal Advisory Committee Act’’), 22 |
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| 452 | 452 | | shall not apply to any group formed for pur-23 |
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| 453 | 453 | | poses of consultation or providing advice under 24 |
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| 454 | 454 | | this paragraph. 25 |
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| 458 | 458 | | (5) CONTINUATION OF EFFECT .—Nothing in 1 |
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| 459 | 459 | | the subsection shall be affected by the expiration of 2 |
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| 460 | 460 | | the agreement described in paragraph (1). 3 |
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| 461 | 461 | | (6) A |
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| 462 | 462 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 4 |
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| 463 | 463 | | There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-5 |
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| 464 | 464 | | retary to carry out this subsection $1,000,000 for 6 |
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| 465 | 465 | | each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030. 7 |
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| 466 | 466 | | (b) F |
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| 467 | 467 | | EDERALCONTRACTORS.—Section 4 of the Fed-8 |
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| 468 | 468 | | eral Food Donation Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1792) is 9 |
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| 469 | 469 | | amended— 10 |
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| 470 | 470 | | (1) in subsection (a)— 11 |
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| 471 | 471 | | (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 12 |
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| 472 | 472 | | by striking ‘‘180 days’’ and all that follows 13 |
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| 473 | 473 | | through ‘‘the Federal’’ and inserting ‘‘180 days 14 |
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| 474 | 474 | | after the date of enactment of the New Oppor-15 |
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| 475 | 475 | | tunities for Technological Innovation, Mitiga-16 |
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| 476 | 476 | | tion, and Education To Overcome Waste Act, 17 |
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| 477 | 477 | | the Federal’’; 18 |
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| 478 | 478 | | (B) in paragraph (1)— 19 |
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| 479 | 479 | | (i) by striking ‘‘encourages’’ and in-20 |
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| 480 | 480 | | serting ‘‘requires’’; and 21 |
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| 481 | 481 | | (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-22 |
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| 482 | 482 | | colon; 23 |
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| 483 | 483 | | (C) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-24 |
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| 484 | 484 | | riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 25 |
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| 488 | 488 | | (D) by adding at the end the following: 1 |
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| 489 | 489 | | ‘‘(3) requires the contractor to submit to the 2 |
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| 490 | 490 | | applicable executive agency a report describing— 3 |
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| 491 | 491 | | ‘‘(A) efforts and actions to prevent and re-4 |
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| 492 | 492 | | duce food loss and food waste (as those terms 5 |
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| 493 | 493 | | are defined in section 2 of the New Opportuni-6 |
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| 494 | 494 | | ties for Technological Innovation, Mitigation, 7 |
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| 495 | 495 | | and Education To Overcome Waste Act); 8 |
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| 496 | 496 | | ‘‘(B) food waste (as so defined) through 9 |
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| 497 | 497 | | activities carried out under the contract; and 10 |
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| 498 | 498 | | ‘‘(C) food donated as described in para-11 |
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| 499 | 499 | | graph (1).’’; and 12 |
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| 500 | 500 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 13 |
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| 501 | 501 | | ‘‘(c) R |
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| 502 | 502 | | EPORTS TOCONGRESS.—Every 2 years, each 14 |
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| 503 | 503 | | executive agency shall submit to Congress reports describ-15 |
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| 504 | 504 | | ing the matters reported to the executive agency under 16 |
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| 505 | 505 | | subsection (a)(3).’’. 17 |
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| 506 | 506 | | (c) S |
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| 507 | 507 | | TRENGTHENING FOODLOSS ANDWASTERE-18 |
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| 508 | 508 | | SEARCH AT THEDEPARTMENT OFAGRICULTURE.— 19 |
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| 509 | 509 | | (1) C |
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| 510 | 510 | | RITICAL AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND 20 |
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| 511 | 511 | | EXTENSION.—In awarding grants under the critical 21 |
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| 512 | 512 | | agriculture research and extension crosscutting pro-22 |
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| 513 | 513 | | gram area priority established by the Secretary 23 |
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| 514 | 514 | | under subsection (b) of the Competitive, Special, and 24 |
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| 515 | 515 | | Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 3157(b)), 25 |
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| 520 | 520 | | food loss and food waste. 2 |
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| 521 | 521 | | (2) I |
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| 522 | 522 | | NTER-DISCIPLINARY ENGAGEMENT IN ANI -3 |
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| 523 | 523 | | MAL SYSTEMS.—In awarding grants under the inter- 4 |
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| 524 | 524 | | disciplinary engagement in animal systems cross-5 |
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| 525 | 525 | | cutting program area priority established by the Sec-6 |
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| 526 | 526 | | retary under subsection (b) of the Competitive, Spe-7 |
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| 527 | 527 | | cial, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 8 |
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| 528 | 528 | | 3157(b)), the Secretary shall give priority to grants 9 |
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| 529 | 529 | | to address food loss and food waste. 10 |
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| 530 | 530 | | (3) A |
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| 531 | 531 | | NIMAL NUTRITION, GROWTH, AND LACTA-11 |
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| 532 | 532 | | TION.—In awarding grants under the animal nutri-12 |
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| 533 | 533 | | tion, growth, and lactation emphasis area program 13 |
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| 534 | 534 | | established by the Secretary under subsection (b) of 14 |
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| 535 | 535 | | the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research 15 |
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| 536 | 536 | | Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 3157(b)), the Secretary shall 16 |
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| 537 | 537 | | give priority to grants— 17 |
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| 538 | 538 | | (A) to reduce losses due to production inef-18 |
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| 539 | 539 | | ficiencies, including on-farm milk loss; and 19 |
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| 540 | 540 | | (B) to use wholesome uneaten food and 20 |
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| 541 | 541 | | food processing byproducts from the human 21 |
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| 542 | 542 | | food system as feed ingredients. 22 |
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| 547 | 547 | | GRAM. 2 |
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| 548 | 548 | | Section 222(d)(2) of the Department of Agriculture 3 |
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| 549 | 549 | | Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923(d)(2)) is 4 |
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| 550 | 550 | | amended— 5 |
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| 551 | 551 | | (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘local or 6 |
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| 552 | 552 | | municipal governments’’ and inserting ‘‘State, local, 7 |
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| 553 | 553 | | municipal, or Tribal governments’’; 8 |
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| 554 | 554 | | (2) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the end 9 |
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| 555 | 555 | | the following: 10 |
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| 556 | 556 | | ‘‘(iv) G |
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| 557 | 557 | | UIDANCE.—The Secretary shall 11 |
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| 558 | 558 | | publish guidance for applying for pilot 12 |
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| 559 | 559 | | projects under this paragraph for appli-13 |
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| 560 | 560 | | cants that lack resources to obtain tech-14 |
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| 561 | 561 | | nical assistance in preparing an application 15 |
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| 562 | 562 | | to assist those applicants in preparing an 16 |
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| 563 | 563 | | application, particularly to carry out a 17 |
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| 564 | 564 | | pilot project for the reduction of food loss 18 |
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| 565 | 565 | | and food waste (as those terms are defined 19 |
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| 566 | 566 | | in section 2 of the New Opportunities for 20 |
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| 567 | 567 | | Technological Innovation, Mitigation, and 21 |
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| 568 | 568 | | Education To Overcome Waste Act) 22 |
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| 569 | 569 | | through means other than composting. 23 |
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| 570 | 570 | | ‘‘(v) P |
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| 573 | 573 | | submissions of applications for pilot 26 |
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| 578 | 578 | | tion sufficient to ensure that smaller and 2 |
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| 579 | 579 | | rural communities are able to submit ap-3 |
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| 580 | 580 | | plications, as determined by the Sec-4 |
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| 581 | 581 | | retary.’’; and 5 |
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| 582 | 582 | | (3) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘(which 6 |
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| 583 | 583 | | may include private funding or other sources of rev-7 |
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| 584 | 584 | | enue, as determined by the Secretary)’’ after ‘‘funds 8 |
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| 585 | 585 | | provided through the grant’’. 9 |
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| 586 | 586 | | SEC. 7. PROMOTING THE FORMATION OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE 10 |
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| 587 | 587 | | PARTNERSHIPS ON FOOD LOSS AND WASTE. 11 |
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| 588 | 588 | | (a) I |
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| 589 | 589 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 12 |
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| 590 | 590 | | Office of Food Loss and Waste established under section 13 |
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| 591 | 591 | | 3, in collaboration with the Administrator, shall establish 14 |
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| 592 | 592 | | a program to award grants to eligible governments de-15 |
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| 593 | 593 | | scribed in subsection (b) to incentivize the establishment 16 |
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| 594 | 594 | | of public-private partnerships that commit to reducing 17 |
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| 595 | 595 | | food loss and food waste in accordance with the goal of 18 |
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| 596 | 596 | | the Secretary and the Administrator to reduce food loss 19 |
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| 597 | 597 | | and food waste by 50 percent by 2030. 20 |
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| 598 | 598 | | (b) E |
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| 599 | 599 | | LIGIBLEGOVERNMENTS.—A entity eligible to 21 |
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| 600 | 600 | | receive a grant under subsection (a) is a State, municipal, 22 |
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| 601 | 601 | | local, or Tribal government. 23 |
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| 602 | 602 | | (c) P |
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| 604 | 604 | | scribed in subsection (b) that receives a grant under sub-25 |
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| 608 | 608 | | section (a) shall use the grant to establish a partnership 1 |
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| 609 | 609 | | with the following entities: 2 |
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| 610 | 610 | | (1) 1 or more nonprofit organizations. 3 |
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| 611 | 611 | | (2) 1 or more private entities from any of the 4 |
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| 612 | 612 | | following sectors: 5 |
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| 613 | 613 | | (A) Grocery and specialty food. 6 |
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| 614 | 614 | | (B) Hospitality. 7 |
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| 615 | 615 | | (C) Restaurants. 8 |
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| 616 | 616 | | (D) Supercenters. 9 |
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| 617 | 617 | | (E) Hospitals. 10 |
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| 618 | 618 | | (F) Nursing homes. 11 |
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| 619 | 619 | | (G) Adult care facilities. 12 |
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| 620 | 620 | | (H) Any other sector that the Secretary 13 |
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| 621 | 621 | | determines to be appropriate. 14 |
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| 622 | 622 | | (d) R |
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| 623 | 623 | | EQUIREMENTS.—A partnership established 15 |
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| 624 | 624 | | under subsection (c) shall— 16 |
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| 625 | 625 | | (1) commit to reducing food loss and food waste 17 |
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| 626 | 626 | | in accordance with the goal described in subsection 18 |
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| 627 | 627 | | (a); 19 |
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| 628 | 628 | | (2) provide— 20 |
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| 629 | 629 | | (A) a framework for cooperative action re-21 |
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| 630 | 630 | | lating to food loss and food waste; 22 |
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| 631 | 631 | | (B) a forum for leadership and the sharing 23 |
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| 632 | 632 | | of information on best practices relating to food 24 |
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| 633 | 633 | | loss and food waste; and 25 |
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| 638 | 638 | | relating to food loss and food waste; 2 |
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| 639 | 639 | | (3) establish a methodology for measurement of 3 |
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| 640 | 640 | | reductions in food loss and food waste, with the sup-4 |
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| 641 | 641 | | port of a technical team of individuals from 1 or 5 |
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| 642 | 642 | | more organizations in the partnership; 6 |
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| 643 | 643 | | (4) collect data and prepare reports for the pur-7 |
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| 644 | 644 | | poses of— 8 |
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| 645 | 645 | | (A) establishing a baseline of food loss and 9 |
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| 646 | 646 | | food waste appropriate for the scope of the col-10 |
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| 647 | 647 | | laboration for which the grant was awarded; 11 |
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| 648 | 648 | | (B) monitoring progress in reducing food 12 |
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| 649 | 649 | | loss and food waste; 13 |
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| 650 | 650 | | (C) identifying particular areas relating to 14 |
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| 651 | 651 | | food loss and food waste that need attention; 15 |
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| 652 | 652 | | and 16 |
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| 653 | 653 | | (D) highlighting successes in reducing food 17 |
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| 654 | 654 | | loss and food waste that can be replicated; 18 |
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| 655 | 655 | | (5) establish 1 or more working groups to facili-19 |
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| 656 | 656 | | tate dialogue and dissemination of insights and best 20 |
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| 657 | 657 | | practices relating to food loss and food waste; and 21 |
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| 658 | 658 | | (6) make publicly available an annual report de-22 |
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| 659 | 659 | | scribing the activities of the partnership. 23 |
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| 660 | 660 | | (e) M |
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| 662 | 662 | | ment described in subsection (b) that receives a grant 25 |
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| 666 | 666 | | under subsection (a) shall provide funds, in-kind contribu-1 |
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| 667 | 667 | | tions, or a combination of both from sources other than 2 |
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| 668 | 668 | | funds provided through the grant in an amount equal to 3 |
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| 669 | 669 | | not less than 50 percent of the amount of the grant, which 4 |
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| 670 | 670 | | may include private funding or other sources of revenue, 5 |
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| 671 | 671 | | as determined by the Secretary. 6 |
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| 673 | 673 | | OORDINATION.—A partnership established under 7 |
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| 674 | 674 | | subsection (c) shall coordinate with regional coordinators 8 |
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| 675 | 675 | | established under section 4(a), as the partnership deter-9 |
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| 676 | 676 | | mines to be appropriate. 10 |
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| 677 | 677 | | (g) A |
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| 678 | 678 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 11 |
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| 679 | 679 | | authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 12 |
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| 680 | 680 | | $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030. 13 |
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| 681 | 681 | | SEC. 8. FOOD LOSS AND WASTE EDUCATION AND AWARE-14 |
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| 682 | 682 | | NESS CAMPAIGN. 15 |
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| 683 | 683 | | (a) I |
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| 684 | 684 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 16 |
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| 685 | 685 | | with the Administrator, shall initiate a national food waste 17 |
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| 686 | 686 | | education and public awareness campaign (referred to in 18 |
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| 687 | 687 | | this section as the ‘‘campaign’’) through— 19 |
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| 688 | 688 | | (1) the Liaison; and 20 |
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| 689 | 689 | | (2) the Office of Food Loss and Waste estab-21 |
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| 690 | 690 | | lished under section 3. 22 |
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| 691 | 691 | | (b) R |
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| 692 | 692 | | EQUIREMENTS.—The campaign shall, at a min-23 |
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| 693 | 693 | | imum— 24 |
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| 697 | 697 | | (1) illustrate how much food goes to waste in 1 |
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| 698 | 698 | | the United States and households across the United 2 |
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| 699 | 699 | | States; 3 |
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| 700 | 700 | | (2) highlight methods for preserving and stor-4 |
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| 701 | 701 | | ing foods; 5 |
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| 702 | 702 | | (3) provide consumers tips to identify whether 6 |
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| 703 | 703 | | food is still safe and edible, regardless of any 7 |
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| 704 | 704 | | ‘‘BEST If Used By’’ or the ‘‘USE By’’ date on the 8 |
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| 705 | 705 | | label or food packaging indicating quality and 9 |
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| 706 | 706 | | freshness; 10 |
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| 707 | 707 | | (4) teach consumers the differences between 11 |
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| 708 | 708 | | food freshness and food safety; 12 |
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| 709 | 709 | | (5) teach consumers how to compost food 13 |
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| 710 | 710 | | scraps; 14 |
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| 711 | 711 | | (6) develop educational materials usable by sev-15 |
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| 712 | 712 | | eral different channels, including for specific indus-16 |
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| 713 | 713 | | try sectors (including retail, food service, and con-17 |
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| 714 | 714 | | sumer packaged goods), local governments, schools, 18 |
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| 715 | 715 | | community and faith-based organizations, and other 19 |
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| 716 | 716 | | appropriate channels; 20 |
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| 717 | 717 | | (7) educate consumers on food products made 21 |
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| 718 | 718 | | with food waste, including upcycled food products, or 22 |
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| 719 | 719 | | that use innovative technology to prevent food loss 23 |
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| 720 | 720 | | and food waste; 24 |
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| 721 | 721 | | (8) include interactive elements; and 25 |
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| 726 | 726 | | loss and food waste, including public health, food in-2 |
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| 727 | 727 | | security, and climate change. 3 |
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| 728 | 728 | | (c) P |
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| 729 | 729 | | RIORITIES.—In carrying out the campaign, the 4 |
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| 730 | 730 | | Secretary shall prioritize— 5 |
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| 731 | 731 | | (1) initial research to determine a means to 6 |
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| 732 | 732 | | segment populations to target; 7 |
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| 733 | 733 | | (2) identify, using the means determined under 8 |
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| 734 | 734 | | paragraph (1), population segments to target; 9 |
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| 735 | 735 | | (3) understanding how to best target those 10 |
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| 736 | 736 | | identified population segments; and 11 |
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| 737 | 737 | | (4) determining which strategies are most effec-12 |
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| 738 | 738 | | tive in changing consumer behaviors. 13 |
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| 739 | 739 | | (d) D |
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| 740 | 740 | | UALFRAMEWORKCAMPAIGN.— 14 |
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| 741 | 741 | | (1) I |
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| 742 | 742 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 15 |
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| 743 | 743 | | out the campaign through— 16 |
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| 744 | 744 | | (A) community engagement, which allows 17 |
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| 745 | 745 | | information to be delivered through locally 18 |
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| 746 | 746 | | trusted sources, with locally tailored solutions 19 |
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| 747 | 747 | | and partners (such as for donation or compost 20 |
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| 748 | 748 | | options); and 21 |
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| 749 | 749 | | (B) national messaging appropriate for 22 |
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| 750 | 750 | | raising awareness of— 23 |
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| 751 | 751 | | (i) nationally applicable issues (such 24 |
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| 752 | 752 | | as the meaning of ‘‘best by’’ date labels, 25 |
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| 757 | 757 | | manufacture products using ingredients 2 |
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| 758 | 758 | | that would otherwise go to waste, including 3 |
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| 759 | 759 | | upcycled food products); and 4 |
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| 760 | 760 | | (ii) such other issues as the Secretary 5 |
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| 761 | 761 | | determines to be appropriate. 6 |
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| 762 | 762 | | (2) P |
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| 763 | 763 | | ILOT PROJECTS.— 7 |
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| 764 | 764 | | (A) I |
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| 765 | 765 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 8 |
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| 766 | 766 | | (i) for the purpose of testing methods 9 |
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| 767 | 767 | | and materials for carrying out the cam-10 |
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| 768 | 768 | | paign through community engagement 11 |
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| 769 | 769 | | under paragraph (1)(A), carry out pilot 12 |
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| 770 | 770 | | projects in communities selected by the 13 |
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| 771 | 771 | | Secretary; and 14 |
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| 772 | 772 | | (ii) assess the results of those pilot 15 |
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| 773 | 773 | | projects, including through waste audits or 16 |
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| 774 | 774 | | other quantitative measurements. 17 |
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| 776 | 776 | | EQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out 18 |
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| 777 | 777 | | pilot projects under subparagraph (A), the Sec-19 |
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| 778 | 778 | | retary shall— 20 |
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| 779 | 779 | | (i) ensure equity and diversity of rep-21 |
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| 780 | 780 | | resentation; 22 |
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| 781 | 781 | | (ii) incorporate elements of behavioral 23 |
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| 782 | 782 | | science to inform which aspects of the 24 |
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| 783 | 783 | | campaign will be effective; and 25 |
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| 788 | 788 | | or municipal governments, inform con-2 |
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| 789 | 789 | | sumers in a community of solutions, food 3 |
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| 790 | 790 | | products, or initiatives that are available to 4 |
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| 791 | 791 | | help prevent or reduce food waste. 5 |
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| 793 | 793 | | ASTEAUDITS.—The Secretary shall conduct 6 |
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| 794 | 794 | | audits to gather data relating to the impact of the cam-7 |
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| 795 | 795 | | paign in communities targeted by the campaign for the 8 |
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| 796 | 796 | | purpose of informing future efforts under the campaign, 9 |
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| 797 | 797 | | including by comparing outcomes in communities targeted 10 |
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| 798 | 798 | | by the campaign to outcomes in communities not targeted 11 |
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| 799 | 799 | | by the campaign. 12 |
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| 801 | 801 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 13 |
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| 802 | 802 | | authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 14 |
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