11-Year-Old's Idea May Become Law

Restaurant owners think so, too.

Jack Davis, 11, said, "If you think there's a problem in the world, you don't wait for other people to fix it -- you have to try to fix it yourself."

(ABCNEWS.com)

"I think it's a fabulous idea," said Kim Koch, owner of a restaurant called Christabelle's Quarter. "We do waste a lot of food, and as you know, we can't resell it. And it just goes to waste."

When Jack's bill started gaining momentum, he was suddenly big news in Miami.

"When I go to school, people were chanting my name because they saw me on the cover of the Miami Herald," Jack said. "Over the whole day, they were asking me what does the law say. And in some of my classes they clapped as I walked in.

"If you think there's a problem in the world," he said, "you don't wait for other people to fix it. You have to try to fix it yourself."