S. 5329 · 117th Congress

A bill to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other purposes.

Introduced on Dec 20, 2022 by Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). Became Public Law 117-362.

Stage
Became law
Public Law 117-362
Introduced
Dec 20, 2022
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Sent to the President
  6. Became law

Subjects

  • Charitable contributions
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Food assistance and relief
  • Food industry and services
  • Food supply, safety, and labeling
  • Retail and wholesale trades

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Public Law, Jan 5, 2023). Public domain.

This act expands liability protections for the donation of food and grocery products.

Specifically, the act expands the liability protections to include donations of an apparently fit grocery product or apparently wholesome food

  • for which the recipient is charged a good Samaritan reduced price that is no greater than the cost of handling, administering, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, and distributing the food or product; or
  • that is donated directly to a needy individual at zero cost by a retail grocer, wholesaler, agricultural producer, agricultural processor, agricultural distributor, restaurant, caterer, school food authority, or institution of higher education.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Richard BlumenthalD-CTSponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Dec 20, 2022Introduced in Senate
  2. Dec 20, 2022Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  3. Dec 20, 2022 · SenateIntroduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9613; text: CR S9613)
  4. Dec 21, 2022 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Dec 21, 2022 · HouseReceived in the House.
  6. Dec 21, 2022 · HouseHeld at the desk.
  7. Dec 21, 2022 · HouseMrs. Peltola moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  8. Dec 21, 2022 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9958-9959)
  9. Dec 21, 2022 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 5329.
  10. Dec 21, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
  11. Dec 21, 2022 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9958)
  12. Dec 21, 2022 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  13. Dec 28, 2022Presented to President.
  14. Dec 28, 2022 · HousePresented to President.
  15. Jan 5, 2023Signed by President.
  16. Jan 5, 2023Signed by President.
  17. Jan 5, 2023Became Public Law No: 117-362.
  18. Jan 5, 2023Became Public Law No: 117-362.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.