Sec. 302. Amendments to Federal Food Donation Act to require food donations by executive agencies and Congress
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Section 2 of the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–247 ; 42 U.S.C. 1792 note) is amended by striking encourage and inserting require . Section 3 of the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–247 ; 42 U.S.C. 1792 note) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(3)and
(4)as paragraphs
(4)and (5), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following: The term executive agency has the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code. . Section 4 of the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 ( 42 U.S.C. 1792 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by redesignating paragraphs
(1)and
(2)as subparagraphs
(A)and (B), respectively, and indenting the subparagraphs appropriately; in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)(as so redesignated), by striking Not later than and all that follows through $25,000 and inserting the following: Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Food Recovery Act of 2017 , the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued in accordance with section 1121 of title 41, United States Code, shall be revised to provide that, except as provided in paragraph (2), all contracts of more than $10,000 ; in subparagraph
(A)(as so redesignated), by striking encourages and inserting requires ; and by adding at the end the following: Paragraph
(1)shall not apply to a contract with an executive agency that has issued a regulation in effect on the date of enactment of the Food Recovery Act of 2017 that prohibits a donation described in paragraph (1)(A). ; and by adding at the end the following: This Act shall apply to the House of Representatives and to contracts entered into by the House of Representatives, and to the Senate and to contracts entered into by the Senate, in the same manner and to the same extent as this Act applies to an executive agency and to contracts entered into by an executive agency. For purposes of carrying out paragraph (1)— the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall be considered to be the head of the House of Representatives; and the Secretary of the Senate shall be considered to be the head of the Senate. The head of each executive agency shall collect data on the quantity of apparently wholesome food donated in accordance with this Act. Not less frequently than once every 2 years, the head of each executive agency shall submit to Congress a report describing the data collected under paragraph (1). . The Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 ( 42 U.S.C. 1792 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out this Act $10,000,000 for each fiscal year. .
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Sec. 302
Amendments to Federal Food Donation Act to require food donations by executive agencies and Congress
Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-247
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