S. 5329 · 117th Congress · enacted
A bill to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other purposes.
Became Public Law No: 117-362.
Latest official action 2023-01-05 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
This bill expands liability protections for the donation of food and grocery products. Specifically, the bill 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.
Congressional Research Service · 2022-12-21
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Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
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PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC. / ENTERPRISE MOBILITY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$9,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $9,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)$5,050
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $5,050
Official PAC record603 PAC$5,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)$5,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordIHEARTMEDIA, INC. PAC$5,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordSEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)$5,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordSERCO INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SERCO PAC)$5,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)$4,500
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $4,500
Official PAC recordSTEPTOE LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$4,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $4,000
Official PAC recordHANGER INC. PAC$3,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordMAGELLAN HEALTH INC. EMPLOYEE COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT$3,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordSAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN CAR RENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordCTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordFGS GLOBAL (US) LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordHERZOG PAC$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordIRANIAN AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - PUBLIC AFFAIRS ALLIANCE OF IRANIAN AMERICANS$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordLABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINERS' ASSOCIATION INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordNELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordUBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordBHFS-E, PC PAC (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE)$2,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordCUMMINS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CIPAC)$2,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordDOCUMENT STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC. (DSS PAC)$2,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordKELLEY DRYE & WARREN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordPITNEY BOWES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordTHE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NIELSEN PAC)$1,500
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $1,500
Official PAC recordAMENTUM HOLDINGS, INC. PAC (AMENTUM PAC)$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordAT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC)$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordBARNES & THORNBURG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordBOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BOEHRINGER PAC)$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordBOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. PAC (BOOZ ALLEN PAC)$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordDLA PIPER LLP (US) POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DLA PIPER PAC)$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordGLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordHUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordNOVOCURE INC. PAC (A.K.A. NOVOCURE PAC)$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordPTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PTC-PAC)$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordTOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC)$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Sponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordThe largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
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Measured outcome: not established
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