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This bill provides substantial, predictable federal funding and targeted grants to expand food‑waste reduction infrastructure and advance equity and market development, but does so at significant long‑term taxpayer cost while placing eligibility limits and reporting burdens that could disadvantage small nonprofits and some local governments.
State and local governments: receive predictable, multi-year federal funding ($650 million/year through 2035) to sustain food-waste reduction programs and planning.
Local and state governments (and their programs): can get grants to build or expand food-waste reduction infrastructure and operations, enabling on-the-ground investment (collection, composting, anaerobic digestion, program delivery).
Low-income communities, communities of color, and Tribal communities: are prioritized for grants targeting on-the-ground reduction activities, increasing equity in who benefits from federal investments.
Taxpayers: face a long-term federal spending obligation of $650 million per year through 2035 to finance these programs.
Nonprofit organizations and the communities they serve: are excluded or deprioritized for some study and data-grant eligibility, which limits access for community food‑rescue groups and may disadvantage nonprofits serving underserved populations.
Applicants for anaerobic digestion projects (local governments, states, small businesses): face feedstock and end-product restrictions (≤20% animal waste; specific end‑use plans) that reduce feedstock flexibility and could raise project costs or feasibility barriers.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Establishes a competitive grant program to fund planning, data collection, and implementation aimed at reducing food waste 50% by 2035 (vs. 2015).
Creates a federal competitive grant program to help states and area-level entities plan, measure, and carry out projects to cut food waste 50% by 2035 (relative to 2015). Grants fund studies, data collection and public reporting, and implementation actions such as pricing, restrictions on incineration/landfilling, recycling-market policies, technical assistance, and related data work. Applicants must follow forms and deadlines set by the Administrator; nonprofits face additional letter-of-support requirements. The Administrator is directed to seek geographic and use diversity in awards and to prioritize non‑profit‑excluded applicants that implement or need infrastructure and projects serving communities of color, low-income, and Tribal communities for certain implementation grants.
Official title: To provide grants to reduce the amount of food waste, and for other purposes.
Introduced December 12, 2025 by Julia Brownley · Last progress December 12, 2025