,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddcj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #h1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,womack 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,ms4
 ,pingree of ,maine1 and ,mr4 ,gardner7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the 
,,fda ,food ,safety ,modernization ,act 
to ensure that certain facilities       
continue to be treated as               
alcohol-related facilities1             
notwithstanding the distribution of     
spent grains resulting from the         
production of alcoholic beverages4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protecting the ,sustainable ,use of
 ,spent ,grains ,act of #bjad4  #b4     
,applicability of exemption to          
alcohol-related facilities that         
distribute spent grains ,section #aaf of
 the ,,fda ,food ,safety ,modernization 
,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #bbjf7 is amended-- 
7#a7 by redesignating subsection 7c7 as 
subsection 7d72  7#b7 by inserting after

 subsection 7b7 the following3  7c7     
,spent grains ,notwithstanding          
subsection 7b71 the exemption in        
subsection 7a7 shall not cease to apply 
to a facility on the basis of such      
facility distributing1 for use as food  
for animals1 spent grains resulting from
 the facility's production of alcoholic 
beverages4  2 and  7#c7 in subsection   
7d71 as redesignated1 by striking       
,except as provided in subsections 7a7  
and 7b7 and inserting ,except as        
provided in subsections 7a71 7b71 and   
7c74