To encourage the donation of excess food to nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to food-insecure people in the United States in contracts entered into by executive agencies for the provision, service, or sale of food.
To encourage the donation of excess food to nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to food-insecure people in the United States in contracts entered into by executive agencies for the provision, service, or sale of food.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
The purpose of this Act is to encourage executive agencies and their contractors, whenever practical and safe, to donate excess, apparently wholesome food to feed food-insecure people in the United States.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
SEC. 3. PROMOTING FEDERAL FOOD DONATION.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to provide that each contract in an amount greater than $25,000 for the provision, service, or sale of food, or for the lease or rental of Federal property to a private entity for events at which food is provided, shall include a clause that--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) encourages the donation of excess, apparently wholesome food to nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to food-insecure people in the United States;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(2) provides that the head of an executive agency shall not assume responsibility for the costs and logistics of collecting, transporting, maintaining the safety of, or distributing such excess, apparently wholesome food to food-insecure people in the United States; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(3) states that executive agencies and contractors making donations pursuant to this Act are protected from civil or criminal liability under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (42 U.S.C. 1791).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) EXCESS- The term `excess', when applied to food, means food that is not required to meet the needs of executive agencies and would otherwise be discarded.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(2) APPARENTLY WHOLESOME FOOD- The term `apparently wholesome food' has the meaning provided in section 2(b)(2) of the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (42 U.S.C. 1791(b)(2)).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION- The term `nonprofit organization' means any organization that is described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(4) FOOD INSECURE- The term `food insecure' means inconsistent access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
To encourage the donation of excess food to nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to food-insecure people in the United States in contracts entered into by executive agencies for the provision, service, or sale of foodLORRAINE C. MILLER,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.4220 as Referred in Senate Federal Food Donation Act of 2007
