HR4516119th Congress

Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act

Sponsored By: Representative Meeks

Introduced

Summary

Would prioritize delivering U.S.-procured aid goods to beneficiaries before they spoil. This bill would add rules to the Foreign Assistance Act requiring expedited funding and delivery, bar destruction of perishable and nonperishable aid unless all donation or sale options are exhausted, and mandate annual reports to Congress on expired, spoiled, or destroyed items.

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  • Beneficiaries overseas: Increases the chance food, medicine, vaccines, and medical devices reach intended recipients before expiration by pushing for donation or expedited delivery.
  • U.S. agencies and implementing partners: Would require the State Department, the Department of Agriculture, and USAID to release funds quickly to move commodities and to document efforts before any destruction.
  • Congress and taxpayers: Agencies must send annual reports to appropriations and foreign affairs committees listing each spoiled or destroyed commodity, efforts made to save it, its purpose, locations of intended recipients, value, and disposal costs.

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Deliver foreign aid before it spoils

If enacted, this would make food, medicine, vaccines, and medical devices reach people before they expire. Agencies and aid partners would have to donate or deliver items, not destroy them. Destruction would be allowed only after every effort to sell, donate, or otherwise make them available. If an aid partner holds the goods, State, USDA, or USAID would quickly release needed funds to deliver them. Within 90 days of enactment, and each year after, State would report any expired, spoiled, or destroyed items to Congress.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Meeks

NY • D

Cosponsors

  • Frankel, Lois

    FL • D

    Sponsored 7/17/2025

  • Meng

    NY • D

    Sponsored 7/17/2025

  • Amo

    RI • D

    Sponsored 7/17/2025

  • Jacobs

    CA • D

    Sponsored 7/17/2025

  • Nadler

    NY • D

    Sponsored 7/17/2025

  • Williams (GA)

    GA • D

    Sponsored 7/17/2025

  • DelBene

    WA • D

    Sponsored 7/21/2025

  • McGovern

    MA • D

    Sponsored 7/29/2025

  • Jackson (IL)

    IL • D

    Sponsored 7/29/2025

  • Dean (PA)

    PA • D

    Sponsored 7/29/2025

  • Brownley

    CA • D

    Sponsored 8/5/2025

  • McBride

    DE • D

    Sponsored 8/26/2025

  • Jayapal

    WA • D

    Sponsored 8/26/2025

  • Goldman (NY)

    NY • D

    Sponsored 9/3/2025

  • Olszewski

    MD • D

    Sponsored 9/9/2025

  • Fletcher

    TX • D

    Sponsored 9/19/2025

  • Pettersen

    CO • D

    Sponsored 10/3/2025

  • Smith (WA)

    WA • D

    Sponsored 10/10/2025

  • Cherfilus-McCormick

    FL • D

    Sponsored 11/4/2025

  • Moulton

    MA • D

    Sponsored 11/4/2025

  • Tlaib

    MI • D

    Sponsored 11/4/2025

  • Pocan

    WI • D

    Sponsored 11/4/2025

  • Cohen

    TN • D

    Sponsored 11/10/2025

  • Beyer

    VA • D

    Sponsored 11/12/2025

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 11/12/2025

  • Hayes

    CT • D

    Sponsored 11/17/2025

  • Carson

    IN • D

    Sponsored 11/17/2025

  • Lieu

    CA • D

    Sponsored 11/17/2025

  • Torres (CA)

    CA • D

    Sponsored 11/17/2025

  • Quigley

    IL • D

    Sponsored 11/18/2025

  • Titus

    NV • D

    Sponsored 11/25/2025

  • McCollum

    MN • D

    Sponsored 11/25/2025

  • McClellan

    VA • D

    Sponsored 11/25/2025

  • Craig

    MN • D

    Sponsored 12/1/2025

  • Horsford

    NV • D

    Sponsored 12/1/2025

  • Lynch

    MA • D

    Sponsored 12/9/2025

  • Bell

    MO • D

    Sponsored 1/8/2026

  • Levin

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • DeGette

    CO • D

    Sponsored 4/2/2026

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