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H.R. 2883119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Apr 10, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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HR 2883 directs USDA to cut food waste 50% by 2030 vs. 2016, creating a new office, regional coordinators, grants, and a national education campaign.
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HR 2883 directs the USDA to establish an Office of Food Loss and Waste to research food waste levels, study prevention technologies, and share findings with the public and Congress. Regional coordinators would connect farmers, food companies, and food banks to redirect surplus food. Grants would fund improved storage and refrigerated transportation for state, local, and tribal governments.
Federal contractors, food businesses, schools, hospitals, faith organizations, and local governments would face new requirements or receive educational materials. People in food-insecure communities are identified as a priority audience for the required national education campaign.
Federal contractors who currently are only encouraged to donate leftover food would be legally required to do so and report on their waste reduction efforts. Agencies would report those results to Congress every two years, creating an ongoing public accountability record through 2030.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.