Zero Food Waste Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6684 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6684 To provide grants to reduce the amount of food waste, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 12, 2025 Ms. Brownley (for herself, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Casten, and Ms. Tokuda) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide grants to reduce the amount of food waste, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Zero Food Waste Act''. SEC. 2. FOOD WASTE REDUCTION GRANTS. (a) In General.-- (1) Establishment.--The Administrator shall establish and carry out a program to award competitive grants as provided in paragraph (3). (2) Purpose.--The purpose of the program established under paragraph (1) is to help reduce the amount of food waste by 50 percent by 2035, relative to such amount in 2015. (3) Grants.-- (A) Study on food waste generation and food waste management planning.--Under the program established under paragraph (1), the Administrator may award a grant to an eligible entity, excluding any eligible entity that is a nonprofit organization, to-- (i) study-- (I) the generation of food waste in the State or area in which the eligible entity is located or otherwise serves; and (II) policies and programs that significantly reduce the amount of food waste, including policies and programs to carry out food waste reduction activities; and (ii) develop a plan under which such eligible entity will carry out at least one food waste reduction activity, prioritizing prevention to the extent practicable. (B) Food waste data and reports.--Under the progr