,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ecbi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #bj1 
#bjbb,mr4 ,blumenthal introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice1   
considered1 read the third time1 and    
passed  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,bill  
,emerson ,good ,samaritan ,food         
,donation ,act to improve the program1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,bill      
,emerson ,good ,samaritan ,food         
,donation ,act ,the ,bill ,emerson ,good
 ,samaritan ,food ,donation ,act 7#db   
,u4,s4,c4 #agia7 is amended-- 7#a7 in   
subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#c71
 by inserting or is charged a good      
,samaritan reduced price before the     
period at the end2  7,b7 by             
redesignating paragraphs 7#f7 through   
7#aj7 as paragraphs 7#g7 through 7#aa71 
respectively2  7,c7 by inserting after  
paragraph 7#e7 the following3  7#f7     
,good ,samaritan reduced price ,the term
 good ,samaritan reduced price means1   
with respect to the price of an         

apparently wholesome food or apparently 
fit grocery product1 a price that is an 
amount not greater than the cost of     
handling1 administering1 harvesting1    
processing1 packaging1 transporting1 and
 distributing the apparently wholesome  
food or apparently fit grocery product4 
2 and  7,d7 by adding at the end the    
following3  7#ab7 ,qualified direct     
donor ,the term qualified direct donor  
means a retail grocer1 wholesaler1      
agricultural producer1 agricultural     
processor1 agricultural distributor1    
restaurant1 caterer1 school food        
authority1 or institution of higher     
education 7as defined in section #ajb of
 the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife   
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajjb774  2 and  7#b7 in 
subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 in paragraphs 7#a7
 and 7#b71 by inserting at zero cost or 
at a good ,samaritan reduced price after
 needy individuals each place it        
appears2  7,b7 by redesignating         
paragraph 7#c7 as paragraph 7#d72  7,c7 
by inserting after paragraph 7#b7 the   

following3  7#c7 ,direct donations to   
needy individuals ,a qualified direct   
donor shall not be subject to civil or  
criminal liability arising from the     
nature1 age1 packaging1 or condition of 
apparently wholesome food or an         
apparently fit grocery product that the 
qualified direct donor donates in good  
faith to a needy individual at zero     
cost4  2 and  7,d7 in paragraph 7#d7 7as
 so redesignated71 by striking and 7#b7 
and inserting 1 7#b71 and 7#c74