Food Waste Accountability Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4382
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2016-01-13
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Food assistance and relief

Food industry and services

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Government information and archives

Public contracts and procurement

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Solid waste and recycling
Latest action: action_date: 2016-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-01-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Food Waste Accountability Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 to require contractors who enter into contracts above $25,000 with a federal executive agency for the provision, service, or sale of food in the United States to submit annual reports on the weight of food that was disposed of by donation, composting, or discarding. The agency must submit such reports to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the OMB must then submit an annual report to Congress aggregating the information in the reports.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4382 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 13, 2016 Mr. McNerney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To amend the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 to require certain Federal contractors to submit a report on food waste, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Food Waste Accountability Act of 2016 . 2. Report on food waste by certain Federal contractors Section 4 of the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–247 ; 42 U.S.C. 1792 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by inserting after this Act the following: (or 180 days after the date of the enactment of paragraph (3) with respect to the requirements in such paragraph) ; (B) in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end; (C) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (D) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) requires the annual submission, in a form and manner specified by the executive agency awarding the contract, of the report described in subsection (c). ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections: (c) Report described The report described in this subsection, with respect to a contract described in subsection (a) entered into by a contractor and an executive agency, is a report from the contractor to the executive agency that describes, for each month of performance of the contract during the year covered by the report, the weight of apparently wholesome food that was, pursuant to the contract, disposed of in each of the following manners: (1) Donation Donation by the contractor pursuant to this Act (organized by the name of the organization receiving such food). (2) Composting Composting or other recycling by the contractor. (3) Discarding Discarding by the contractor (organized by the reason such food was so discarded). (d) Aggregation of data (1) Reports to OMB Not later than 30 days after the date that an executive agency receives a report pursuant to subsection (a)(3), the agency shall submit a copy of the report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (2) Reports to Congress The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress an annual report aggregating the information in the reports received pursuant to paragraph (1) during the year covered by the report. .