H.R.4516

The Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act mandates that foreign assistance commodities be delivered to intended beneficiaries before they expire.

The Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act aims to ensure that foreign assistance commodities, including food, medicine, family planning products, and vaccines, are delivered to intended beneficiaries before they expire. It prohibits the destruction of such commodities unless all efforts to sell, donate, or otherwise make them available have been exhausted. The Secretary of State is required to submit annual reports detailing any commodities that expired, spoiled, or were destroyed, including reasons and efforts made to prevent such outcomes.