Act applies to an executive agency and to contracts 
entered into by an executive agency. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—For purposes of car-
rying out paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) the Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives shall be consid-
ered the head of the House of Representatives; 
and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary of the Senate shall be 
considered the head of the Senate.’’. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Such Act 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 
each fiscal year to the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce 
this Act.’’. 
SEC. 303. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SERVICE LEARNING 
PROGRAM. 
(a) PURPOSES AND PRIORITIES.—Section 413 of the 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform 
Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7633) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and improve 
the nutritional health of children’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
improve the nutritional health of children, and raise 
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public awareness about wasted food and the use of 
food recovery efforts to reduce the quantity of wast-
ed food’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 
(5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) to raise public awareness about the con-
sequences of wasted food and to encourage the im-
plementation of food recovery initiatives to reduce 
the quantity of wasted food;’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘and 
where food comes from’’ and inserting ‘‘, where food 
comes from, the consequences of food waste, and 
food recovery initiatives’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Section 413 of the Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 
U.S.C. 7633) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Subject to 
the availability of appropriations under subsection 
(e), the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(1) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Using funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall 
make available $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 and 
for each fiscal year thereafter to carry out the Pro-
gram. Such amounts shall remain available until ex-
pended.’’. 
SEC. 304. FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE 
ACCESS TO LOCAL FOODS IN SCHOOLS AND 
REDUCE FOOD WASTE. 
(a) 
PURPOSE
OF
GRANT
PROGRAM.—Section 
18(g)(3)(A)(v) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)(A)(v)) is amended by 
inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘‘and reduc-
ing food waste at both the school and farm level’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Section 18(g)(8)(A) of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1769(g)(8)(A))— 
(1) by striking ‘‘On October 1, 2012, and each 
October 1 thereafter, out’’ and inserting ‘‘Out’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000 on Octo-
ber 1, 2012, and each October 1 thereafter through 
October 1, 2015, and $6,000,000 on October 1, 
2016, and each October 1 thereafter. Amounts made 
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available under this subparagraph shall remain 
available until expended.’’ 
(c) SET-ASIDE
FOR
FOOD
WASTE
REDUCTION 
GRANTS.—Section 18(g)(3) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) SET-ASIDE FOR FOOD WASTE REDUC-
TION GRANTS.—Of the funds made available for 
a fiscal year for grants under this subsection, 
the Secretary shall reserve at least $1,000,000 
for grants to implement farm to school pro-
grams designed to both facilitate a school’s use 
of food from farms that would otherwise go to 
waste and projects that provide farms with 
compostable materials from schools, including 
food scraps, and compostable lunch trays and 
utensils.’’. 
SEC. 305. MODIFICATION OF NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH 
PROGRAM PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS 
TO 
ENCOURAGE 
PURCHASE 
OF 
LOWER- 
PRICE, 
NON-STANDARD 
SIZE 
OR 
SHAPE 
PRODUCE. 
Section 9(a)(4)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.(a)(4)(C)) is 
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amended by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following 
new clause (ii): 
‘‘(ii) in the product specifications and 
practices required by clause (i), encourage 
State departments of agriculture and edu-
cation, school food authorities, local edu-
cational agencies, and local processing enti-
ties to purchase lower-price, non-standard 
size or shape produce to be used in school 
nutrition programs under this Act and the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1771 et seq.); and’’. 
TITLE IV—CONSUMERS AND 
LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE 
SEC. 401. FOOD DATE LABELING. 
(a) MISBRANDING.—Section 403 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(z) If it is food whose date labeling is in violation 
of section 424.’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Chapter IV of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 424. DATE LABELING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If the labeling of food includes 
a date by which the food is recommended to be sold or 
consumed, such date— 
‘‘(1) shall be immediately preceded by the 
words ‘Best if Used By’; 
‘‘(2) shall be immediately followed by the state-
ment ‘Manufacturer’s Suggestion Only’ in the same 
size, font, and color as such date; and 
‘‘(3) shall not be characterized as a sell-by, use- 
by, best-by, quality best-by, expires on, or other 
similar date. 
‘‘(b) HIGH-RISK FOODS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘high-risk food’ means food for which a listing pur-
suant to paragraph (3) is in effect. 
‘‘(2) LABELING.—If the labeling of any high- 
risk food includes a date by which the food is rec-
ommended to be sold or consumed, such date— 
‘‘(A) shall be immediately preceded by the 
words ‘Expires on’; 
‘‘(B) shall be immediately followed by the 
statement ‘Manufacturer’s Suggestion Only’ in 
the same size, font, and color as such date; and 
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