‘‘(C) shall not be characterized as a sell-by, 
use-by, best-by, quality best-by, freshest by, or 
other similar date. 
‘‘(3) LIST.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this section, publish a list 
of foods that— 
‘‘(i) are sold ready-to-eat; and 
‘‘(ii) have a high risk of microbial con-
tamination if not consumed by a certain 
date; and 
‘‘(B) periodically review and, as appro-
priate, update such list. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—This section does not apply with 
respect to infant formula subject to section 412.’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The requirements of sections 
403(z) and 424 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act, as added by this section, apply beginning on the date 
that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
except that subsection (b)(3) of such section 424 is not 
subject to such delay in applicability. 
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SEC. 402. SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS TO 
DECREASE THE INCIDENCE OF FOOD WASTE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
support national media campaigns to decrease the inci-
dence of food waste. 
(b) MANDATORY FUNDING.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall use $8,000,000 of funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation to carry out this section for fiscal year 
2017. Such funds shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 403. INCREASE IN RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY FA-
CILITIES LOANS DIRECTED AT COMPOSTING 
AND WASTE-TO-ENERGY OPERATIONS. 
Section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 926(a)(1)) is amended 
by inserting after the 1st sentence the following: ‘‘5 per-
cent of the amounts made available for each fiscal year 
for loans for essential community facilities under the pre-
ceding sentence shall be reserved for loans, in accordance 
with 
section 
306(e)(2), 
for 
municipal 
or 
county 
composting and anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy 
projects.’’. 
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SEC. 404. EXPANSION OF RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM TO 
PROVIDE LOANS AND GRANTS FOR RURAL 
COMMUNITIES TO ADAPT WASTE DISPOSAL 
FACILITIES TO INCORPORATE FOOD WASTE- 
TO-ENERGY OPERATIONS. 
Section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1926) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(e) WATER
OR WASTE DISPOSAL LOANS
AND 
GRANTS FOR PROJECTS TO INCORPORATE FOOD WASTE- 
TO-ENERGY OPERATIONS IN WASTE DISPOSAL FACILI-
TIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2016, in 
addition to any other amounts available for water or 
waste disposal loans and grants under paragraphs 
(1) and (2) of subsection (a), $50,000,000 of the 
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for each 
fiscal year shall be available for the loans and 
grants, of which the Secretary shall use— 
‘‘(A) $25,000,000 for loans, in accordance 
with paragraph (2), for the adaptation of waste 
disposal facilities to incorporate anaerobic di-
gestion food waste-to-energy operations; and 
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‘‘(B) $25,000,000 for grants, in accord-
ance with paragraph (2), for the adaptation of 
waste disposal facilities to incorporate anaerobic 
digestion food waste-to-energy operations. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A loan or grant is 
made in accordance with this paragraph if, be-
fore making the loan or grant, the Secretary 
has obtained from the recipient— 
‘‘(i) a written agreement entered into 
between the recipient and a hunger-serving 
organization providing for the recipient 
and the organization to work together to 
ensure that apparently wholesome food (as 
defined in section 170(e)(3)(C)(iii) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986) provided 
to the recipient is redistributed to the or-
ganization for provision to people in need 
of food; and 
‘‘(ii) a written end-product recycling 
plan, which shall provide for the disposal 
of the material resulting from any food-to- 
waste operation with respect to which the 
loan or grant is made, in accordance with 
guidelines which the Administrator of the 
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Environmental Protection Agency shall es-
tablish, that ensures that the disposal does 
not create an environmental hazard. 
‘‘(B) 
HUNGER-SERVING
ORGANIZATION 
DEFINED.—In subparagraph (A), the term 
‘hunger-serving organization’ means— 
‘‘(i) a food bank (as defined in section 
201A(5) of the Emergency Food Assist-
ance Act of 1983); 
‘‘(ii) a food pantry (as defined in sec-
tion 201A(6) of such Act); or 
‘‘(iii) a soup kitchen (as defined in 
section 201A(8) of such Act). 
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available 
under paragraph (1) shall remain available until ex-
pended.’’. 
SEC. 405. GRANTS FOR COMPOSTING AND FOOD WASTE-TO- 
ENERGY PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle G of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6971 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 7011. GRANTS FOR COMPOSTING AND FOOD WASTE- 
TO-ENERGY PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Administrator shall establish a 
grant program to award grants to eligible States to con-
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