NO TIME TO Waste Act);
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill defines definitions for the Act including Administrator (EPA), Commissioner (FDA), food, food loss, food recovery, food spoilage, food waste, Liaison, Secretary (Agriculture), and upcycled food product with supply chain, establishes Office of Food Loss and Waste in USDA with 13 enumerated responsibilities including research, grants, education, policy analysis, and tracking, and creates regional coordinators in USDA for food recovery coordination, block grants to states and tribes for food recovery infrastructure (storage, cold-chain, technology, salaries), with M for coordinators and M/year. It relies on grants, appropriations, definition changes, and compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Agriculture, Education, and Technology.
Who Benefits and How
Food recovery organizations could gain revenue opportunities, State and local governments could gain revenue opportunities, and Tribal governments could face fewer barriers.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal food service contractors would take on compliance duties and USDA would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Defines definitions for the Act including Administrator (EPA), Commissioner (FDA), food, food loss, food recovery, food spoilage, food waste, Liaison, Secretary (Agriculture), and upcycled food product with supply chain...
- Establishes Office of Food Loss and Waste in USDA with 13 enumerated responsibilities including research, grants, education, policy analysis, and tracking.
- Creates regional coordinators in USDA for food recovery coordination, block grants to states and tribes for food recovery infrastructure (storage, cold-chain, technology, salaries), with M for coordinators and M/year...
- Creates interagency collaboration on food loss and waste (USDA, EPA, FDA per 2020 agreement), annual reporting, engagement with other agencies (DOD, DOE, DHS, GSA, etc.), quarterly meetings, stakeholder consultation...
- Creates amendments to USDA composting and food waste reduction program: expanding eligibility to tribal governments, requiring application guidance for under-resourced applicants, extending application windows for rural...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill defines definitions for the Act including Administrator (EPA), Commissioner (FDA), food, food loss, food recovery, food spoilage, food waste, Liaison, Secretary (Agriculture), and upcycled food product with supply chain, establishes Office of Food Loss and Waste in USDA with 13 enumerated responsibilities including research, grants, education, policy analysis, and tracking, and creates regional coordinators in USDA for food recovery coordination, block grants to states and tribes for food recovery infrastructure (storage, cold-chain, technology, salaries), with M for coordinators and M/year.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Education, Technology
Primary Purpose
The bill defines definitions for the Act including Administrator (EPA), Commissioner (FDA), food, food loss, food recovery, food spoilage, food waste, Liaison, Secretary (Agriculture), and upcycled food product with supply chain, establishes Office of Food Loss and Waste in USDA with 13 enumerated responsibilities including research, grants, education, policy analysis, and tracking, and creates regional coordinators in USDA for food recovery coordination, block grants to states and tribes for food recovery infrastructure (storage, cold-chain, technology, salaries), with M for coordinators and M/year.
Policy Domains
Section 2 - Definitions
Identified Gains
- Food recovery organizations
- State and local governments
- Tribal governments
- State and tribal governments
- Rural communities
Identified Costs
- Federal food service contractors
- USDA
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Coons (for himself and Mr. Moran) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Federal food service contractors, Food industry, Food industry companies
Positive-direction: Food industry, Upcycled food product manufacturers
Negative-direction: Federal food service contractors
Food recovery organizations, Under-resourced applicants
State and local governments, State and tribal governments, Tribal governments
Positive-direction: State and local governments, State and tribal governments, Tribal governments
Negative-direction: USDA
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "Liaison"
- → Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison (7 USC 6924)
- "Secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "Commissioner"
- → Commissioner of Food and Drugs
- "Administrator"
- → Administrator of the EPA
- "Office"
- → Office of Food Loss and Waste
- "Secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "Secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "Secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "Commissioner"
- → FDA Commissioner
- "Administrator"
- → EPA Administrator
- "Secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "Secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "Administrator"
- → EPA Administrator
- "Secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "Administrator"
- → EPA Administrator
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Any raw, cooked, processed, or prepared substance, ice, beverage, or ingredient for human consumption
Food that does not reach a consumer due to issues in production, storage, processing, or distribution
Food intended for human consumption but unconsumed at retail or consumption phase
Product created from surplus food, unmarketable food, or food byproducts with verified supply chains and positive environmental impact
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