Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Food Waste Accountability Act of 2016”.
Food Waste Accountability Act of 2016
A BILL
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.
Sec. 2 Report on food waste by certain Federal contractors
in subsection (a)—
by inserting after “this Act” the following: “(or 180 days after the date of the enactment of paragraph (3) with respect to the requirements in such paragraph)”;
in paragraph (1), by striking “and” at the end;
in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(3) requires the annual submission, in a form and manner specified by the executive agency awarding the contract, of the report described in subsection (c).”
by adding at the end the following new subsections:
“(c) Report described—The report described in this subsection, with respect to a contract described in subsection (a) entered into by a contractor and an executive agency, is a report from the contractor to the executive agency that describes, for each month of performance of the contract during the year covered by the report, the weight of apparently wholesome food that was, pursuant to the contract, disposed of in each of the following manners:
“(1) Donation—Donation by the contractor pursuant to this Act (organized by the name of the organization receiving such food).
“(2) Composting—Composting or other recycling by the contractor.
“(3) Discarding—Discarding by the contractor (organized by the reason such food was so discarded).
“(d) Aggregation of data
“(1) Reports to OMB—Not later than 30 days after the date that an executive agency receives a report pursuant to subsection (a)(3), the agency shall submit a copy of the report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
“(2) Reports to Congress—The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress an annual report aggregating the information in the reports received pursuant to paragraph (1) during the year covered by the report.”