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H.R. 4184: Food Recovery Act of 2015

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H.R. 4184: Food Recovery Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-12-07 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-12-07 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Food Recovery Act of 2015

Plain summary

Food Recovery Act of 2015 This bill amends the following to provide funding, expand tax deductions, and establish requirements to reduce food waste: the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act; the Internal Revenue Code; the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act; and several agricultural laws. The bill expands and establishes federal grant and loan programs to: improve the nutritional health of children and raise awareness about food waste, improve cooperation between agricultural producers and emergency feeding organizations, assist schools in using food from farms that would otherwise go to waste and providing farms with compostable materials, and install facilities that include composting or anaerobic digesters that use food or crop waste to produce energy. Recipients of grants to install anaerobic digesters that use waste to produce energy must meet specified requirements regarding environmental laws and the distribution of certain food to hunger-serving organizations. USDA must: (1) establish an Office of Food Recovery to coordinate federal programs to measure and reduce food waste, and (2) study techniques for decreasing food waste and estimating the amount of food wasted by farms. The bill provides that composting is a conservation practice eligible for support under USDA's conservation programs. The bill extends and expands tax deductions for the donation of food to charitable organizations. "Sell-by" dates included on food labeling must indicate that the dates are only the manufacturer's suggestion and use uniform language. Companies that receive food service contracts with the federal government must donate surplus food to nonprofit organizations that assist food-insecure people.

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Food Recovery Act of 2015

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] · 47 cosponsors

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James P. McGovern (D-MA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), André Carson (D-IN), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), William R. Keating (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Dina Titus (D-NV)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] reported raising $551,078 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong114-hr4184 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114