H.R. 3159 · 118th Congress

Food Date Labeling Act of 2023

Introduced on May 9, 2023 by Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1). 42 cosponsors, 5 of them from another party. Latest action (Jun 1, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
May 9, 2023
Cosponsors
42
5 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

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

Official title

To establish requirements for quality and discard dates that are voluntarily declared on the food label.

Subjects

  • Federal preemption
  • Food supply, safety, and labeling
  • Meat

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Chellie PingreeD-ME-1Sponsor

Democrats · 37

Republicans · 5

Roll calls

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

History

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  1. May 9, 2023Introduced in House
  2. May 9, 2023Introduced in House
  3. May 9, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. May 9, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. May 12, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  6. Jun 1, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Bread for the World5 reports
  2. FOOD MARKETPLACE INC.5 reports
    $1.7M reported (all issues)
  3. Hellmann's5 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  4. UNILEVER UNITED STATES, INC.5 reports
    $795K reported (all issues)
  5. World Wildlife Fund, Inc.5 reports
    $730K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: WORLD WILDLIFE FUND, INC.AI match · 100%
  6. GRUBHUB HOLDINGS INC.4 reports
    $830K reported (all issues)
  7. Too Good To Go4 reports
  8. Consumer Brands Association (PKA: Grocery Manufacturers Association)3 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  9. THE KROGER CO.2 reports

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.