‘‘(B) the use of compost on a farm to im-
prove water retention and soil health, subject to 
the condition that such a use shall be in compli-
ance with applicable Federal, State, and local 
laws.’’. 
(b) CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 1238D(2)(B)(i) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3838d(2)(B)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 
composting practices’’ after ‘‘agriculture drainage man-
agement systems’’. 
(c) ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PRO-
GRAM.—Section 1240A(4)(A)(ii) of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1(4)(A)(ii)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, including composting practices’’ before the semi-
colon 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: 
‘‘(4) DEVELOPMENT OF COMPOSTING PRACTICE 
STANDARD.—In addition to conducting a review of 
any composting facilities practice standard under 
this subsection, the Secretary shall develop and im-
plement a composting practice standard.’’. 
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SEC. 104. STUDY AND REPORT ON METHODS TO DECREASE 
INCIDENCE OF FOOD WASTE. 
(a) DEFINITION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘agricultural product’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘agricultural products’’ in section 
207 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 
1626). 
(b) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study re-
garding— 
(1) new technologies to increase the period dur-
ing which an agricultural product may be stored be-
fore the agricultural product is considered adulter-
ated under State or Federal law; and 
(2) a method to measure the quantity of agri-
cultural product that is not harvested or sent to 
market each year by the farms that produce the ag-
ricultural product. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report that includes— 
(1) the results of the study conducted under 
subsection (b); and 
(2) the recommendations of the Secretary with 
respect to methods of decreasing the incidence of 
food waste. 
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TITLE II—RETAIL AND 
RESTAURANTS 
SEC. 201. GOOD SAMARITAN FOOD DONATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Bill Emerson Good Samari-
tan Food Donation Act (42 U.S.C. 1791) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘quality and labeling’’ 
and inserting ‘‘safety and safety-related la-
beling’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘passage of a date on 
a date label,’’ after ‘‘surplus,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘quality and labeling’’ 
and inserting ‘‘safety and safety-related la-
beling’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘passage of a date on 
a date label,’’ after ‘‘surplus,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘not re-
quired to give anything of monetary value’’ and 
inserting ‘‘not required to give anything of 
monetary value or charged a good Samaritan 
reduced price’’; 
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(D) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), 
(8), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (7), (8), (9), 
(10), and (11), respectively; and 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 
following: 
‘‘(6) GOOD SAMARITAN REDUCED PRICE.—The 
term ‘good Samaritan reduced price’ means the 
price of an apparently wholesome food or an appar-
ently fit grocery product that is an amount not 
greater than the cost of handling, administering, and 
distributing the apparently wholesome food or ap-
parently fit grocery product.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or sells 
at a good Samaritan reduced price’’ after ‘‘do-
nates in good faith’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 
from a sale at a good Samaritan reduced price’’ 
after ‘‘donation in good faith’’; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4); 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) DIRECT DONATIONS TO NEEDY INDIVID-
UALS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A qualified direct 
donor described in subparagraph (B) shall not 
be subject to civil or criminal liability arising 
from the nature, age, packaging, or condition of 
apparently wholesome food or an apparently fit 
grocery product that the qualified direct donor 
donates in good faith or sells at a good Samari-
tan reduced price to a needy individual. 
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED
DIRECT
DONOR
DE-
SCRIBED.—A qualified direct donor referred to 
in subparagraph (A) is a retail grocer, whole-
saler, agricultural producer, restaurant, caterer, 
school food authority, or institution of higher 
education (as defined in section 102 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002)).’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (C)), by striking ‘‘Paragraphs (1) 
and (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘Paragraphs (1), (2), 
and (3)’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS; GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall— 
(1) in consultation with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, issue regulations with respect 
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to the safety and safety-related labeling standards of 
an apparently wholesome food and an apparently fit 
grocery product under the Bill Emerson Good Sa-
maritan Food Donation Act (42 U.S.C. 1791) (as 
amended by subsection (a)); 
(2) promote awareness of food donation under 
that Act (as amended by subsection (a)); and 
(3) issue guidance with respect to the amend-
ments made by subsection (a). 
SEC. 202. REPORT ON FOOD DONATION BY RETAIL FOOD 
STORES. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a re-
port describing the recommendations of the Secretary with 
respect to methods of increasing food donation by retail 
food stores, as defined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 203. USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
FUNDS TO COVER EMERGENCY FOOD ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM STORAGE AND DISTRIBU-
TION COSTS. 
Section 204 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act 
of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section designation and 
heading and all that follows through ‘‘available to 
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(B) by striking ‘‘appropriations made or 
authorized under this section’’ and inserting 
‘‘amounts made available under subsection 
(a)(1)’’. 
SEC. 204. EXPANSION OF CHARITABLE DEDUCTION FOR 
CONTRIBUTIONS OF FOOD INVENTORY. 
(a) 
NONPROFIT
RETAIL
SALES.—Section 
170(e)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(vii) NONPROFIT RETAIL SALE.—For 
purposes of clause (i), a charitable con-
tribution of food includes a contribution to 
or for the use of an organization described 
in subsection (c) that is a food bank, food 
pantry, soup kitchen, or other similar orga-
nization which holds such food for non-
profit retail sale. For purposes of the pre-
ceding sentence, the terms ‘food bank’, 
‘food pantry’, and ‘soup kitchen’ have the 
meanings given such terms by section 
201A of the Emergency Food Assistance 
Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as otherwise provided 
in this subsection, the amendment made by this section 
shall apply to contributions made after the date of the en-
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actment of this Act, in taxable years ending after such 
date. 
TITLE III—SCHOOLS AND OTHER 
INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF FOOD RECOVERY LIAISON. 
Subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Reorga-
nization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 221. FOOD RECOVERY LIAISON. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish within the Office of the Secretary a Food Recovery 
Liaison to coordinate Federal programs to measure and 
reduce the incidence of food waste in accordance with this 
section. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Food Recovery Liaison shall— 
‘‘(1) coordinate food waste reduction efforts 
with other Federal agencies, including— 
‘‘(A) the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy; and 
‘‘(B) the Food and Drug Administration; 
‘‘(2) support and promote Federal programs to 
measure and reduce the incidence of food waste; 
‘‘(3) provide information to, and serve as a re-
source for, entities engaged in food recovery con-
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cerning the availability of, and eligibility require-
ments for, participation in Federal programs; 
‘‘(4) raise awareness of food recovery issues in 
interactions with employees of the Department; and 
‘‘(5) make recommendations with respect to re-
ducing the incidence of food waste.’’. 
SEC. 302. AMENDMENTS TO FEDERAL FOOD DONATION ACT 
TO REQUIRE FOOD DONATIONS BY EXECU-
TIVE AGENCIES AND CONGRESS. 
(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) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(2) 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.’’. 
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(c) PROMOTING FEDERAL FOOD DONATION.—Sec-
tion 4 of the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 (42 
U.S.C. 1792) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 
and indenting the subparagraphs appropriately; 
(B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘Not later 
than’’ and all that follows through ‘‘$25,000’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the Food Recovery 
Act of 2017, the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
issued in accordance with section 1121 of title 41, 
United States Code, shall be revised to provide that, 
except as provided in paragraph (2), all contracts of 
more than $10,000’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘encourages’’ and inserting 
‘‘requires’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to a contract with an executive agency that 
has issued a regulation in effect on the date of en-
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actment of the Food Recovery Act of 2017 that pro-
hibits a donation described in paragraph (1)(A).’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) CONTRACTS.—This Act shall apply to the 
House of Representatives and to contracts entered 
into by the House of Representatives, and to the 
Senate and to contracts entered into by the Senate, 
in the same manner and to the same extent as this 
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 to be the head of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary of the Senate shall be 
considered to be the head of the Senate. 
‘‘(d) DATA; REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) DATA.—The head of each executive agency 
shall collect data on the quantity of apparently 
wholesome food donated in accordance with this Act. 
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‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Not less frequently than once 
every 2 years, the head of each executive agency 
shall submit to Congress a report describing the 
data collected under paragraph (1).’’. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—The 
Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1792) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture to carry out this Act $10,000,000 
for each fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 303. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SERVICE LEARNING 
PROGRAM. 
Section 413 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7633) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(4), by inserting ‘‘to pro-
mote agricultural education, to raise awareness re-
garding the consequences of wasted food, and to en-
courage the implementation of food recovery initia-
tives to reduce the quantity of wasted food’’ before 
the semicolon; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
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SEC. 304. MODIFICATION OF NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH 
PROGRAM PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS 
TO 
ENCOURAGE 
PURCHASE 
OF 
LOWER- 
PRICE, 
NONSTANDARD-SIZE 
OR 
-SHAPE 
PRODUCE. 
Section 9(a)(4)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(4)(C)) is amended 
by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) in the product specifications and 
practices required under clause (i), encour-
age State departments of agriculture and 
education, school food authorities, local 
educational agencies, and local processing 
entities 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’’. 
SEC. 305. FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE 
ACCESS TO LOCAL FOODS IN SCHOOLS AND 
REDUCE FOOD WASTE. 
Section 18(g)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(v), by inserting ‘‘and 
reducing food waste at both the school and farm lev-
els’’ before the semicolon at the end; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) PRIORITY FOR PROJECTS WITH FOOD 
WASTE PLANS.—In making awards under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to 
eligible schools that have in effect a plan to re-
duce or recover food waste.’’. 
TITLE IV—FOOD DATE 
LABELING 
SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ADMINISTERING SECRETARIES.—The term 
‘‘administering Secretaries’’ means— 
(A) with respect to products described in 
paragraph (4)(A), the Secretary; and 
(B) with respect to products described in 
paragraph (4)(B), the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services. 
(2) FOOD LABELER.—The term ‘‘food labeler’’ 
means the producer, manufacturer, distributor, or 
retailer that places a date label on food packaging 
of a product. 
(3) QUALITY DATE.—The term ‘‘quality date’’ 
means a date voluntarily printed on food packaging 
that is intended to communicate to consumers the 
date after which the quality of the product may 
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begin to deteriorate, but the product remains appar-
ently wholesome food (as defined in section 22(b) of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1791(b)). 
(4) 
READY-TO-EAT
PRODUCT.—The 
term 
‘‘ready-to-eat product’’ means— 
(A) with respect to a product under the ju-
risdiction of the Secretary, a product that— 
(i) is in a form that is edible without 
additional preparation to achieve food safe-
ty and may receive additional preparation 
for palatability or aesthetic, epicurean, 
gastronomic, or culinary purposes; and 
(ii) is— 
(I) a poultry product (as defined 
in section 4 of the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 453)); 
(II) a meat food product (as de-
fined in section 1 of the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601)); or 
(III) an egg product (as defined 
in section 4 of the Egg Products In-
spection Act (21 U.S.C. 1033)); and 
(B) with respect to a food (as defined in 
section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
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Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321)) under the juris-
diction of the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services— 
(i) a food that is normally eaten in its 
raw state; or 
(ii) any other food, including a proc-
essed food, for which it is reasonably fore-
seeable that the food will be eaten without 
further processing that would significantly 
minimize biological hazards. 
(5) SAFETY
DATE.—The term ‘‘safety date’’ 
means a date printed on food packaging of a high- 
risk ready-to-eat product, which signifies the end of 
the estimated period of shelf life under any stated 
storage conditions, after which the product may pose 
a health safety risk. 
SEC. 402. QUALITY DATES AND SAFETY DATES. 
(a) QUALITY DATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If a food labeler includes a 
quality date on food packaging, the label shall use 
the uniform quality date label phrase under para-
graph (2). 
(2) UNIFORM
PHRASE.—The uniform quality 
date label phrase under this paragraph shall be 
‘‘BEST If Used By’’, unless and until the admin-
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istering Secretaries, acting jointly, specify through 
rulemaking another uniform phrase to be used for 
purposes of complying with paragraph (1). 
(3) OPTION OF LABELER.—The decision to in-
clude a quality date on food packaging shall be at 
the discretion of the food labeler. 
(b) SAFETY DATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The label of a ready-to-eat 
product that meets the criteria established under 
paragraph (3)(A) shall include a safety date deter-
mined under paragraph (3)(B) that is immediately 
preceded by the uniform safety date label phrase 
under paragraph (2). 
(2) UNIFORM
PHRASE.—The uniform safety 
date label phrase under this paragraph shall be 
‘‘USE By’’, unless and until the administering Sec-
retaries jointly specify through rulemaking another 
uniform phrase to be used for purposes of complying 
with paragraph (1). 
(3) HIGH-RISK READY-TO-EAT PRODUCTS.—The 
administering Secretaries, acting jointly, shall issue 
guidance— 
(A) establishing criteria for determining 
the conditions under which ready-to-eat prod-
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ucts may have a high level of risk associated 
with consumption after a certain date; and 
(B) for determining safety dates for high- 
risk ready-to-eat products described in subpara-
graph (A). 
(c) QUALITY DATE AND SAFETY DATE LABELING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The quality date and safety 
date, as applicable, and immediately adjacent uni-
form quality date label phrase or safety date label 
phrase shall be— 
(A) in single easy-to-read type style; and 
(B) located in a conspicuous place on the 
package of the food. 
(2) DATE
FORMAT.—Each quality date and 
safety date shall be stated in terms of day and 
month and, as appropriate, year. 
(3) ABBREVIATIONS.—A food labeler may use a 
standard abbreviation of ‘‘BB’’ and ‘‘UB’’ for the 
quality date and safety date, respectively, only if the 
food packaging is too small to include the uniform 
phrase described in subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2), as 
applicable. 
(4) FREEZE BY.—A food labeler may add ‘‘or 
Freeze By’’ following a quality date or safety date 
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uniform phrase described in subsection (a)(2) or 
(b)(2), as applicable. 
(d) SALE OR DONATION AFTER QUALITY DATE.— 
The sale, donation, or use of any product shall not be pro-
hibited based on passage of the quality date of the prod-
uct. 
(e) EDUCATION.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the administering Secre-
taries, acting jointly, shall provide consumer education 
and outreach on the meaning of quality date and safety 
date food labels. 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION; PREEMPTION.— 
(1) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section prohibits any State or political subdivision of 
a State from establishing or continuing in effect any 
requirement that prohibits the sale or donation of 
foods based on passage of the safety date. 
(2) PREEMPTION.—No State or political sub-
division of a State may establish or continue in ef-
fect any requirement that— 
(A) relates to the inclusion in food labeling 
of a quality date or a safety date that is dif-
ferent from or in addition to, or that is other-
wise not identical with, the requirements under 
this section; or 
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(B) prohibits the sale or donation of foods 
based on passage of the quality date. 
(3) ENFORCEMENT.—The administering Secre-
taries, acting jointly and in coordination with the 
Federal Trade Commission, shall ensure that the 
uniform quality date label phrase and uniform safety 
date label phrase are standardized across all food 
products. 
(4) SAVINGS.—Nothing in this Act, any amend-
ment made by this Act, or any standard or require-
ment imposed pursuant to this Act preempts, dis-
places, or supplants any State or Federal common 
law rights or any State or Federal statute creating 
a remedy for civil relief, including those for civil 
damage, or a penalty for criminal conduct. 
(g) TIME
TEMPERATURE
INDICATOR
LABELS.— 
Nothing in this section prohibits or restricts the use of 
time-temperature indicator labels or similar technology 
that is consistent with the requirements of this Act. 
SEC. 403. MISBRANDING VIOLATION FOR QUALITY DATES 
AND SAFETY DATES IN FOOD LABELING. 
(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: 
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‘‘(z) if its labeling is in violation of section 402 of 
the Food Recovery Act of 2017 (relating to quality dates 
and safety dates).’’. 
(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 it does not bear a label in accordance 
with section 402 of the Food Recovery Act of 
2017.’’. 
(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 it does not bear a label in accordance 
with section 402 of the Food Recovery Act of 
2017.’’. 
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(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 adding before the period at the end 
‘‘or if it does not bear a label in accordance with section 
402 of the Food Recovery Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 404. REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the administering Secre-
taries, acting jointly, shall— 
(1) promulgate final regulations for carrying 
out this title and the amendments made by this title 
(other than section 402(b)(3)); and 
(2) issue the guidance required by section 
402(b)(3). 
(b) UPDATES TO GUIDANCE.—Not less frequently 
than once every 4 years, the administering Secretaries, 
acting jointly, shall review and, as the administering Sec-
retaries determine to be appropriate, update the guidance 
required by section 402(b)(3). 
SEC. 405. 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 
on which final regulations are promulgated under section 
404(a)(1). 
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SEC. 406. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the administering Secretaries, acting jointly, 
shall report to the appropriate committees of Congress on 
rates of compliance of food labelers with the food date la-
beling requirements under this title and the amendments 
made by this title. 
TITLE V—CONSUMERS AND 
LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE 
SEC. 501. SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS TO 
DECREASE INCIDENCE OF FOOD WASTE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall support na-
tional media campaigns to decrease the incidence of food 
waste. 
(b) MANDATORY FUNDING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use 
$8,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to carry out this section for fiscal year 
2018. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds described in para-
graph (1) shall remain available until expended. 
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SEC. 502. INCREASE IN RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY FA-
CILITIES LOANS DIRECTED AT COMPOSTING 
AND ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FOOD WASTE- 
TO-ENERGY OPERATIONS. 
Section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(1)) is amended 
by inserting after the first 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 
subsection 
(c)(2), 
for 
municipal 
or 
county 
composting, anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy 
projects, and the conversion of animal waste products into 
industrial products or into raw materials that can be con-
verted into finished products other than by anaerobic di-
gestion or the production of bioethanol through fermenta-
tion. The Secretary shall not make or insure a loan under 
the preceding sentence to an entity that will use the 
amounts under the loan for an anaerobic digester that 
uses solely manure as undigested biomass, and shall give 
preference to loans under the preceding sentence for an-
aerobic digesters that use primarily nonedible food, crop 
waste, or nonedible food and crop waste as undigested bio-
mass.’’. 
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SEC. 503. 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 ANAEROBIC 
DIGESTION FOOD WASTE-TO-ENERGY OPER-
ATIONS. 
Section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1926) is amended by inserting 
after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) WATER
OR WASTE DISPOSAL LOANS
AND 
GRANTS FOR PROJECTS TO INCORPORATE ANAEROBIC 
DIGESTION FOOD WASTE-TO-ENERGY OPERATIONS
IN 
WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2018, 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 those 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 of the loan or 
grant— 
‘‘(i) a written commitment that the 
recipient has read and agrees to comply 
with the Food Recovery Hierarchy of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, particu-
larly as applied to apparently wholesome 
food (as defined in section 22(b) of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1791(b)) that may be provided to or re-
ceived by the recipient; and 
‘‘(ii) a written end-product recycling 
plan that provides for the beneficial use of 
the material resulting from any anaerobic 
digestion food waste-to-energy operation 
with respect to which the loan or grant is 
made, in a manner that meets all applica-
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ble Federal, State, and local laws that pro-
tect human health and the environment. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—A loan or grant under 
paragraph (1) may not be used for an anaerobic 
digester that uses solely manure as undigested 
biomass. 
‘‘(C) PREFERENCE.—The Secretary shall 
give preference to loans and grants under para-
graph (1) for anaerobic digesters that use pri-
marily nonedible food, crop waste, or nonedible 
food and crop waste as undigested biomass. 
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available 
under paragraph (1) shall remain available until ex-
pended.’’. 
SEC. 504. GRANTS FOR COMPOSTING AND ANAEROBIC DI-
GESTION 
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 ANAEROBIC DI-
GESTION 
FOOD 
WASTE-TO-ENERGY 
PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Administrator shall establish a 
grant program to award grants to States eligible to receive 
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the grants under subsection (b)(1) to construct large-scale 
composting or anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy 
projects. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE STATES.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible to 
receive a grant under this section, a State shall— 
‘‘(A) have in effect a plan to limit the 
quantity of food waste that may be disposed of 
in landfills in the State; and 
‘‘(B) provide to the Administrator— 
‘‘(i) a written commitment that the 
State has read and agrees to comply with 
the Food Recovery Hierarchy of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, particularly 
as applied to apparently wholesome food 
(as defined in section 22(b) of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1791(b)) 
that may be provided to or received by the 
State; and 
‘‘(ii) a written end-product recycling 
plan that provides for the beneficial use of 
the material resulting from any anaerobic 
digestion food waste-to-energy operation 
with respect to which the loan or grant is 
made, in a manner that meets all applica-
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