Food Rescue Act

HR 7144, the Food Rescue Act, establishes a national food rescue system under the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service to coordinate the recovery and distribution of surplus food to food-insecure communities. The bill creates a competitive grant program for food rescue organizations to improve logistics (like refrigerated transport and storage), build partnerships with retailers and farms, and use technology to match surplus food with emergency feeding organizations. It directly affects food-insecure communities by increasing access to rescued food and supports food banks, nonprofits, and local governments through grants covering recovery operations, transportation, and infrastructure. The bill amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to integrate food rescue efforts with existing USDA programs.