117th Congress · SENATE BILLENACTED

S. 5329A bill to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other purposes.

Agriculture and food
Introduced Dec 20, 2022
Last action Jan 5, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Dec 20, 2022
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Referred
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
Jan 5, 2023
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill expands liability protections for the donation of food and grocery products. Specifically, the bill expands the liability protections to include donations of an apparently fit grocery product or apparently wholesome food for which the recipient is charged a good Samaritan reduced price that is no greater than the cost of handling, administering, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, and distributing the food or product; or that is donated directly to a needy individual at zero cost by a retail grocer, wholesaler, agricultural producer, agricultural processor, agricultural distributor, restaurant, caterer, school food authority, or institution of higher education.

Provisions · 1 sectionsEnrolled
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H.R. 6251Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021
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S. 3281Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021
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Timeline · 13 actions
Jan 5, 2023
Signed by President.
Jan 5, 2023
Became Public Law No: 117-362.
Dec 28, 2022
Presented to President.
Dec 21, 2022
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 21, 2022
Received in the House.
Dec 21, 2022
Held at the desk.
Dec 21, 2022
Mrs. Peltola moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Dec 21, 2022
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Dec 21, 2022
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 5329.
Dec 21, 2022
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Dec 21, 2022
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 20, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Dec 20, 2022
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.