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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4750 
To amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to provide 
protection for the good faith donation of pet products, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2023 
Mr. RASKIN (for himself, Mrs. KIM of California, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. JOYCE 
of Ohio, Ms. MACE, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. HUFFMAN, 
Mr. POCAN, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. CARSON, Mr. COHEN, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. SCHIFF, 
Ms. TITUS, and Mr. MOSKOWITZ) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation 
Act to provide protection for the good faith donation 
of pet products, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bring Animals Relief 
and Kibble Act of 2023’’ or as the ‘‘BARK Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS. 
Section 22(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1791(b)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘for human 
consumption’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘for— 
‘‘(A) human consumption; or 
‘‘(B) pet, emotional support animal, or 
service animal consumption.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘pet supply,’’ 
after ‘‘household cleaning product,’’; 
(3) in paragraph (11), by inserting ‘‘pet food 
supplier,’’ after ‘‘farmer,’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT
ANIMAL.—The 
term ‘emotional support animal’ means an animal 
that is— 
‘‘(A) covered by the exclusion specified in 
section 5.303 of title 24, Code of Federal Regu-
lations (or a successor regulation); and 
‘‘(B) not a service animal. 
‘‘(14) PET.—The term ‘pet’ means a domes-
ticated animal, such as a dog, cat, bird, rodent, fish, 
turtle, or other animal that is kept for pleasure rath-
er than for commercial purposes. 
‘‘(15) PET
SUPPLY.—The term ‘pet supply’ 
means tangible personal property used for a pet, in-
cluding a pet carrier, crate, kennel, house, cage, arti-
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cle of clothing, bedding, toy, collar, leash, lead, tie- 
out, feeder, bowl, dish, pet gate, or pet door. 
‘‘(16) SERVICE
ANIMAL.—The term ‘service 
animal’ has the meaning given the term in section 
36.104 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
a successor regulation).’’. 
SEC. 3. LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO PET PRODUCT DONA-
TIONS. 
Section 22(c) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1791(c)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); 
(2) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(3), and (4)’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘State or local govern-
ment,’’ after ‘‘gleaner,’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO PETS, SERV-
ICE ANIMALS, OR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS.— 
‘‘(A) DONATIONS
MADE.—A person or 
gleaner shall not be subject to civil or criminal 
liability arising from the nature, age, pack-
aging, or condition of food described in sub-
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section (b)(4)(B) or pet supplies that the per-
son or gleaner donates in good faith to a non-
profit organization or State or unit of local gov-
ernment for direct distribution to pets, service 
animals, or emotional support animals. 
‘‘(B) DONATIONS RECEIVED.—A nonprofit 
organization or State or unit of local govern-
ment shall not be subject to civil or criminal li-
ability arising from the nature, age, packaging, 
or condition of food described in subsection 
(b)(4)(B) or pet supplies that the nonprofit or-
ganization or State or unit of local government 
received as a donation in good faith from a per-
son or gleaner for direct distribution to pets, 
service animals, or emotional support animals.’’. 
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