# 114-hr-4184: Food Recovery Act of 2015

114-hr-4184, Food Recovery Act of 2015, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4184
- Congress: 114
- Title: Food Recovery Act of 2015
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Introduced: 2015-12-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME)
- Cosponsors: 47
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Food Recovery Act of 2015 This bill amends the following to provide funding, expand tax deductions, and establish requirements to reduce food waste: the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act; the Internal Revenue Code; the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act; and several agricultural laws. The bill expands and establishes federal grant and loan programs to: improve the nutritional health of children and raise awareness about food waste, improve cooperation between agricultural producers and emergency feeding organizations, assist schools in using food from farms that would otherwise go to waste and providing farms with compostable materials, and install facilities that include composting or anaerobic digesters that use food or crop waste to produce energy. Recipients of grants to install anaerobic digesters that use waste to produce energy must meet specified requirements regarding environmental laws and the distribution of certain food to hunger-serving organizations. USDA must: (1) establish an Office of Food Recovery to coordinate federal programs to measure and reduce food waste, and (2) study techniques for decreasing food waste and estimating the amount of food wasted by farms. The bill provides that composting is a conservation practice eligible for support under USDA's conservation programs. The bill extends and expands tax deductions for the donation of food to charitable organizations. "Sell-by" dates included on food labeling must indicate that the dates are only the manufacturer's suggestion and use uniform language. Companies that receive food service contracts with the federal government must donate surplus food to nonprofit organizations that assist food-insecure people.

## Cosponsors (47)

- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2016-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ashford, Brad [D-NE-2] (D-NE), 2016-03-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2016-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- CHAKA FATTAH (D-PA), 2016-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2016-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2016-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2016-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2016-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2016-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2016-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2016-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2016-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2016-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2016-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2016-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2016-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2016-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2016-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2016-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2016-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY), 2016-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2016-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2016-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2016-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2016-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2016-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA), 2016-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2016-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2016-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2016-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- LUIS GUTIERREZ (D-IL), 2016-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- SAM FARR (D-CA), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2015-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2016-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2016-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2016-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA), 2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-4184 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4184)

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