Title: To establish a grant program to provide certain eligible entities engaged in food recovery with grants to support certain costs.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to award grants to public food service providers, tribal organizations, or private nonprofit entities for activities related to food recovery.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4541 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4541

   To establish a grant program to provide certain eligible entities 
     engaged in food recovery with grants to support certain costs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2019

  Mr. McKinley (for himself and Ms. Kaptur) introduced the following 
        bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish a grant program to provide certain eligible entities 
     engaged in food recovery with grants to support certain costs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FOOD WASTE RECOVERY TRANSPORTATION GRANTS.

    (a) Authority To Provide Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--From amounts made available to carry out 
        this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make grants to 
        assist an eligible entity with--
                    (A) purchasing, leasing, or otherwise acquiring 
                vehicles, including refrigerated vehicles, or other 
                equipment to carry out activities related to food 
                recovery;
                    (B) reimbursing travel costs related to food 
                recovery at the per mile rate established by the 
                Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service; and
                    (C) the costs of preparing, storing, and 
                transporting donated food.
            (2) Limitation.--An eligible entity may only receive one 
        grant under this section.
    (b) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (a), an eligible entity shall submit an application to the 
Secretary of Agriculture, at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Secretary of Agriculture may require.
    (c) Eligible Entity.--To be eligible for a grant under subsection 
(a), a public food program service provider, a tribal organization, or 
a private nonprofit entity (including a gleaner) shall--
            (1) have experience in the area of--
                    (A) food recovery and distribution, particularly 
                concerning small and medium-sized farms;
                    (B) job training and business development 
                activities for food-related activities in low-income 
                communities; or
                    (C) efforts to reduce food insecurity in the 
                community, including food recovery and distribution, 
                improving access to services, or coordinating services 
                and programs; and
            (2) demonstrate competency to implement a project, provide 
        fiscal accountability, collect data, and prepare reports and 
        other necessary documentation.
    (d) Gleaner Defined.--In this section, the term ``gleaner'' has the 
meaning given the term in section 25(a)(2) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2034(a)(2)).
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to carry 
out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.
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