Sec. 2. Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act
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The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1791 ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (3), by inserting or is charged a good Samaritan reduced price before the period at the end; by redesignating paragraphs
(6)through
(10)as paragraphs
(7)through (11), respectively; by inserting after paragraph
(5)the following: The term good Samaritan reduced price means, with respect to the price of an apparently wholesome food or apparently fit grocery product, a price that is an amount not greater than the cost of handling, administering, and distributing the apparently wholesome food or apparently fit grocery product. ; and by adding at the end the following: The term qualified direct donor means a retail grocer, wholesaler, agricultural producer, restaurant, caterer, school food authority, and institution of higher education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 )). ; and in subsection (c)— in paragraphs
(1)and (2), by inserting at zero cost or at a good Samaritan reduced price after needy individuals each place it appears; by redesignating paragraph
(3)as paragraph (4); by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following: A qualified direct donor shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability arising from the nature, age, packaging, or condition of apparently wholesome food or an apparently fit grocery product that the qualified direct donor donates in good faith or sells at a good Samaritan reduced price to a needy individual. ; and in paragraph
(4)(as so redesignated), by striking and
(2)and inserting through
(3).
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