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imposed pursuant to this title preempts, displaces, 
or supplants any State or Federal common law right 
or any State or Federal common law or any State 
or Federal statute creating a remedy for civil relief, 
including under the Federal Trade Commission Act 
36 (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.). 
(6) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to— 
(A) authorize the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services to require that a food be la-
beled for quality standards or for a discard date 
as described in subsections (a) and (b); or 
(B) preempt a State from setting require-
ments for a quality date or discard date or a 
timeline of quality, listed on a food label, pro-
vided that the requirement complies with the 
uniform quality data phrase or discard date 
phrase specified in subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2). 
SEC. 703. MISBRANDING. 
(a) FDA VIOLATIONS.—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 the label bears a quality date phrase or dis-
card date phrase that is in violation of section 702 of the 
Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025.’’. 
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(b) POULTRY PRODUCTS.—Section 4(h) of the Poul-
try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 453(h)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) if its labeling is in violation of section 
702 of the Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025.’’. 
(c) MEAT PRODUCTS.—Section 1(n) of the Federal 
Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(n)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) if its labeling is in violation of section 
702 of the Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025.’’. 
(d) EGG PRODUCTS.—Section 7(b) of the Egg Prod-
ucts Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1036(b)) is amended, in 
the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘or if its labeling is in vio-
lation of section 702 of the Agriculture Resilience Act of 
2025’’ before the period at the end. 
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SEC. 704. REGULATIONS. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the administering Secretaries, acting in coordi-
nation, shall promulgate final regulations for carrying out 
this title and the amendments made by this title. 
SEC. 705. DELAYED APPLICABILITY. 
This title and the amendments made by this title 
shall apply only with respect to food products that are la-
beled on or after the date that is 2 years after the date 
of promulgation of final regulations pursuant to section 
704. 
Subtitle B—Other Provisions 
SEC. 711. COMPOSTING AS CONSERVATION PRACTICE. 
(a) CONSERVATION
STANDARDS
AND
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 1241(j) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(j)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) COMPOSTING AS CONSERVATION PRACTICE 
AND ACTIVITY.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF COMPOSTING.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘composting’ means— 
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‘‘(I) an activity (including an ac-
tivity that does not require the use of 
a composting facility) to produce com-
post from organic waste that is— 
‘‘(aa) generated on a farm; 
or 
‘‘(bb) brought to a farm 
from a nearby community and 
used to produce compost on that 
farm; and 
‘‘(II) the use and active manage-
ment of compost on a farm, in accord-
ance with any applicable Federal, 
State, or local law, to improve water 
retention and soil health. 
‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION
OF
NEARBY 
COMMUNITIES.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, shall issue 
regulations for determining whether a com-
munity is nearby for purposes of clause 
(i)(I)(bb), which shall ensure that bringing 
organic waste from the community to the 
farm to produce compost results in a net 
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. 
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‘‘(B) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall 
provide, by regulation, that composting is a 
conservation practice and a conservation activ-
ity for the purposes of this title.’’. 
(b) CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 1240I(2)(B)(i) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3839aa–21(2)(B)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 
composting (as defined in section 1241(j)(2))’’ after ‘‘agri-
culture drainage management systems’’. 
(c) ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PRO-
GRAM.—Section 1240A(6)(A)(ii) of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1(6)(A)(ii)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, including composting (as defined in section 
1241(j)(2))’’ before the semicolon at the end. 
(d) DELIVERY OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 
1242(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3842(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) DEVELOPMENT OF COMPOSTING PRACTICE 
STANDARD.—In addition to conducting a review 
under this subsection of any composting facilities 
practice standard established before the date of en-
actment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall de-
velop and implement a composting practice standard 
under the process developed under paragraph (3).’’. 
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SEC. 712. AMENDMENTS TO FEDERAL FOOD DONATION 
ACT. 
(a) PURPOSE.—Section 2 of the Federal Food Dona-
tion Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–247; 42 U.S.C. 1792 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘encourage’’ and inserting 
‘‘require’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Federal Food 
Donation Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–247; 42 U.S.C. 
1792 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 2(b)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘executive 
agency’ has the meaning given the term in section 
133 of title 41, United States Code.’’. 
(c) REPORT ON FOOD WASTE BY CERTAIN FEDERAL 
CONTRACTORS.—Section 4 of the Federal Food Donation 
Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1792) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) REVISION OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULA-
TION.— 
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