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S. 2252119th CongressPlaced on the calendarLatest action Jul 27, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act
Introduced:
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The bill requires foreign aid supplies to be delivered before they expire instead of being destroyed, with destruction only as a last resort.
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The "Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act" requires that foreign aid items like food, HIV medications, vaccines, and family planning supplies be delivered to intended recipients before they expire or spoil. Agencies must quickly release funding needed for timely delivery, and destruction is allowed only after every reasonable effort to sell or donate the supplies. It also requires annual reports to Congress explaining any expired, spoiled, or destroyed supplies.
It affects the State Department, USAID, and the Department of Agriculture, along with organizations that distribute aid overseas. It also affects recipients abroad, including refugees, disaster survivors, and people in developing countries, plus U.S. taxpayers and farmers.
Failure to deliver aid on time before it expires results in wasted supplies and lost funding that could otherwise reach people in need.
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Right now: it was placed on the Senate floor calendar, and the official record shows no floor action on it since. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 497.