# 119-hr-6684: Zero Food Waste Act

119-hr-6684, Zero Food Waste Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6684
- Congress: 119
- Title: Zero Food Waste Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Cut U.S. food waste 50 percent by 2035.** This bill would create an EPA-run grant program to track and reduce food waste and would fund it at $650 million per year from 2026 through 2035. - Families and communities: Prioritizes grants that serve communities of color, low-income areas, and Tribal communities so projects and infrastructure investments reach places with greater need. - State, local, and nonprofit actors: Makes states, territories, Tribes, local governments, nonprofits, and partnerships eligible for three grant tracks for planning, data collection, and on-the-ground reduction projects. Nonprofits must supply letters of support for certain grant tracks. - Food sector and recycling projects: Funds activities like differential disposal pricing, technical assistance, market development for recycled organics, and anaerobic digestion projects that must use source-separated organics, limit animal waste to 20 percent of feedstock, and plan safe end-use of outputs. *Would authorize $650 million per year from 2026 through 2035, increasing federal spending over that period.*

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2025-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2025-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2025-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- EPA food waste program funding: benefit, high. If enacted, the EPA would be required to create a competitive Food Waste Reduction Grant Program. Congress would be authorized to appropriate $650 million each year for fiscal years 2026 through 2035, available until spent. The program would aim to cut total food waste 50% by 2035 compared to 2015.…
- Rules for food waste grants: mixed, medium. If enacted, the program would award three types of grants: studies (A), data and reports (B), and food waste reduction projects (C). Study and data grants (A and B) could not go to nonprofits. Project grants (C) could go to any eligible entity and could fund pricing rules, technical help, disposal…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6684 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6684)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6684 (as of 2026-04-21).