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S. 5329 · 117th Congress

A bill to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other…

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A bill to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other purposes.

Law · 117-362 · Jan 5, 2023
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RBD BlumenthalSponsor

No cosponsors.

  1. Senate Introduced Dec 20, 2022
  2. Senate Passed Dec 20, 2022
  3. House Passed Dec 21, 2022
  4. President To the President Dec 28, 2022
  5. President Signed Jan 5, 2023
  6. Law Jan 5, 2023

This act expands liability protections for the donation of food and grocery products.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Jan 5, 2023

This act expands liability protections for the donation of food and grocery products.

Specifically, the act expands the liability protections to include donations of an apparently fit grocery product or apparently wholesome food

  • for which the recipient is charged a good Samaritan reduced price that is no greater than the cost of handling, administering, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, and distributing the food or product; or
  • that is donated directly to a needy individual at zero cost by a retail grocer, wholesaler, agricultural producer, agricultural processor, agricultural distributor, restaurant, caterer, school food authority, or institution of higher education.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A bill to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other purposes.

Latest action (Jan 5, 2023): Became Public Law No: 117-362.

Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Dec 20, 2022

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. Senate Introduced Dec 20, 2022
  2. Senate Passed Dec 20, 2022
  3. House Passed Dec 21, 2022
  4. President To the President Dec 28, 2022
  5. President Signed Jan 5, 2023
  6. Law Jan 5, 2023

No recorded floor vote found.