# 117-hr-6251: Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021

117-hr-6251, Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-6251
- Congress: 117
- Title: Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Introduced: 2021-12-13
- Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 50
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021 This bill expands liability protections for the donation of food and grocery products. Specifically, the bill 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, and distributing the food or product; or that is donated directly to a needy individual by a retail grocer, wholesaler, agricultural producer, restaurant, caterer, school food authority, or institution of higher education. The Department of Agriculture must issue regulations that clarify the quality and labeling standards that food products donated under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act must meet to be eligible for liability protection.

## Cosponsors (50)

- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA), 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2] (R-IN), 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12] (R-PA), 2022-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14] (R-PA), 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7] (D-PA), 2022-01-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2022-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2022-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2022-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] (R-FL), 2022-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2022-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2022-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2022-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2022-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2022-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2022-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2022-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5] (D-FL), 2022-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2022-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2022-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7] (D-NJ), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA), 2022-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2022-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2022-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2022-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY), 2022-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2022-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2] (R-IA), 2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2022-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Auchincloss, Jake [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2022-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2022-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2] (D-VA), 2022-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2022-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2022-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2022-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2022-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA), 2022-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2022-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2022-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2022-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-6251 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6251)

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