The bill would require foreign assistance commodities and products, including medicine, vaccines, medical devices, and food, to be made available to intended beneficiaries for their intended purpose before spoiling or expiring. If a commodity is controlled by a foreign assistance implementing partner, the Secretary of State, Secretary of Agriculture, or USAID Administrator would be required, as appropriate, to release necessary funds on an expedited basis for delivery or donation. Destruction would be allowed only after efforts to sell, donate, or otherwise provide the commodity had been made, and the Secretary of State would report annually on commodities that expired, spoiled, or were destroyed before delivery.

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