# 119-hr-7144: Food Rescue Act

119-hr-7144, Food Rescue Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-25).

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- As of: 2026-07-25
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7144
- Congress: 119
- Title: Food Rescue Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-01-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-25

## Summary

This bill would create a **national food rescue system** to coordinate recovery, processing, transportation, and distribution of surplus and donated food to emergency feeding organizations and food-insecure communities. - Families and households could see steadier access to rescued food through improved logistics, cold storage, and real-time matching between surplus sources and local emergency providers. - Nonprofit food rescue groups, food banks, local agencies, and partners could compete for grants to fund transportation, cold-chain storage, processing or repackaging, technology platforms, personnel, equipment, and other operational needs. - The Agriculture Department, acting through the Food and Nutrition Service, would run the system and coordinate it with the Farm-to-Food Bank Project and other USDA efforts. Funds appropriated for the new program are excluded from calculations under section 203D(b).

## Provisions PRIA read

- National food rescue system and grants: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Food and Nutrition Service, to set up a national food rescue system. The system would coordinate finding, processing, transporting, and distributing surplus and donated food to food banks, emergency feeding groups, and foo…
- New accounting rule for rescue funds: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act to add a parenthetical that excludes funds appropriated under the new food rescue section from the phrase "appropriated under this Act" in section 203D(b). This would change how USDA counts and treats those section 216 funds for rel…

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- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act
- 119-hr-4714: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-7144 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7144)

## Related
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3633)
- [119-hr-4714: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4714)
- [119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5658)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7144 (as of 2026-07-25).