S. 1374: Traditional Foods Nourishment Act of 2013
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S. 1374: Traditional Foods Nourishment Act of 2013
113th Congress · introduced 2013-07-25 · Native Americans · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-07-25 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Traditional Foods Nourishment Act of 2013
Plain summary
Traditional Foods Nourishment Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to allow the donation to and serving of traditional food through a food service program at a public or nonprofit facility that primarily services Indians if the food service program operator takes specified measures to ensure the safe preparation, processing, and labeling of such food. Includes wild game meat, fish, seafood, marine mammals, plants, and berries as traditional food. States that the United States and an Indian tribe or tribal organization shall not be liable in any civil action for any damage, injury, or death caused to any person by the donation to or serving of traditional foods through a food service program.
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Official text
Traditional Foods Nourishment Act of 2013
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s1374.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>
Record fed-us-cong113-s1374 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113