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H.R. 4382 114th Congress House

Food Waste Accountability Act of 2016

Official title: To amend the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 to require certain Federal contractors to submit a report on food waste, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 13, 2016 See on congress.gov
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 Latest action January 13, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Food Waste Accountability Act of 2016

This bill amends the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 to require contractors who enter into contracts above $25,000 with a federal executive agency for the provision, service, or sale of food in the United States to submit annual reports on the weight of food that was disposed of by donation, composting, or discarding. The agency must submit such reports to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the OMB must then submit an annual report to Congress aggregating the information in the reports.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4382: Food Waste Accountability Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4382/
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"H.R. 4382: Food Waste Accountability Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4382/.
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H.R. 4382, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4382/.
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