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HR4516119th Congress

Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act

Sponsored By: Representative Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]

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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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

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, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]

NY • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 7/17/2025

  • Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 7/17/2025

  • Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 7/17/2025

  • Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 7/17/2025

  • Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 7/17/2025

  • Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]

    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

  • Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 7/29/2025

  • Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 8/5/2025

  • McBride

    DE • D

    Sponsored 8/26/2025

  • Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 8/26/2025

  • Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 9/3/2025

  • Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 9/9/2025

  • Fletcher

    TX • D

    Sponsored 9/19/2025

  • Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 10/3/2025

  • Smith (WA)

    WA • D

    Sponsored 10/10/2025

  • Cherfilus-McCormick

    FL • D

    Sponsored 11/4/2025

  • Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 11/4/2025

  • Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 11/4/2025

  • Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]

    WI • D

    Sponsored 11/4/2025

  • Cohen

    TN • D

    Sponsored 11/10/2025

  • Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 11/12/2025

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

    DC • D

    Sponsored 11/12/2025

  • Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 11/17/2025

  • Carson

    IN • D

    Sponsored 11/17/2025

  • Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 11/17/2025

  • Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 11/17/2025

  • Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 11/18/2025

  • Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]

    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

  • Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 12/1/2025

  • Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 12/9/2025

  • Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]

    MO • D

    Sponsored 1/8/2026

  • Levin

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 4/2/2026

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