Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Sep 21, 2023
Step 2
Referred
Jan 11, 2024
Agriculture · Oversight
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take several actions to reduce U.S. food loss and waste (FLW). Under the bill, food loss means the food that does not reach a consumer as a result of an issue in the production, storage, processing, or distribution phase. Food waste means that food intended for human consumption is unconsumed for any reason at the retail or consumption phase. The bill requires USDA to collaborate with the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out a December, 17, 2020, agreement to coordinate federal efforts to cut FLW. Further, USDA must establish an Office of Food Loss and Waste to support the existing role...
Timeline · 4 actions
Jan 11, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Sep 21, 2023
Introduced in House
Sep 21, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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 concerned.
Sep 21, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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 concerned.