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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4649 

To amend the Global Food Security Act of 2016 to improve the comprehensive 

strategic approach for United States foreign assistance to developing 

countries to reduce global poverty and hunger, achieve food and nutrition 

security, promote inclusive, sustainable, agricultural-led economic growth, 

improve nutritional outcomes, especially for women and children, build 

resilience among vulnerable populations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 27, 2022 

Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. RISCH, Mr. BOOZMAN, and Mr. COONS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To amend the Global Food Security Act of 2016 to improve 

the comprehensive strategic approach for United States 

foreign assistance to developing countries to reduce global poverty and hunger, achieve food and nutrition security, promote inclusive, sustainable, agricultural-led economic growth, improve nutritional outcomes, especially 

for women and children, build resilience among vulnerable populations, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Food Security 

3 Reauthorization Act of 2022’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Section 2 of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 

6 (22 U.S.C. 9301) is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 ‘‘Congress makes the following findings: 

9 ‘‘(1) According to the World Food Programme 

10 of the United Nations, nearly 193,000,000 people 

11 faced acute food insecurity and required urgent as12 sistance in 2021, compared to 108,000,000 people 

13 who were in such a situation in 2016. 

14 ‘‘(2) According to Food and Agricultural Orga15 nization’s Food Price Index, the cost of food in 2022 

16 has risen to the highest levels on record, rep17 resenting a 57 percent increase compared to the cost 

18 of food 2016. According to the World Bank, every 

19 1 percent increase in food prices pushes 10,000,000 

20 more people into extreme poverty worldwide. 

21 ‘‘(3) According to the February 2022 ‘World22 wide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence 

23 Community’, ‘The economic fallout from COVID–19, 

24 combined with conflict and weather extremes, has 

25 driven hunger worldwide to its highest point in more 


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1 than a decade, which increases the risk of insta2 bility.’. 

3 ‘‘(4) On March 10, 2022, the Office of the Di4 rector of National Intelligence declared that ‘as a 

5 consequence [of the war in Ukraine], we perceive 

6 that there is an increasing [food insecurity] chal7 lenge. . . particularly with developing countries.’. 

8 ‘‘(5) Realizing that increased food production 

9 addresses one aspect, but not all aspects, of food 

10 and nutrition security, a comprehensive, multisec11 toral approach to sustainable food and nutrition se12 curity must consider agriculture and food systems in 

13 their totality. 

14 ‘‘(6) Such an approach to sustainable food and 

15 nutrition security should not only respond to emer16 gency food shortages, but should also address— 

17 ‘‘(A) chronic malnutrition, including stunt18 ing and wasting; 

19 ‘‘(B) resilience to food and nutrition inse20 curity; 

21 ‘‘(C) strengthening the capacity of poor, 

22 rural populations to improve their agricultural 

23 productivity and incomes; 

24 ‘‘(D) removing institutional impediments 

25 to agricultural development; 


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1 ‘‘(E) value chain access and efficiency, in2 cluding processing and storage; 

3 ‘‘(F) enhancing agribusiness development; 

4 ‘‘(G) access to markets and activities that 

5 address the specific needs and barriers facing 

6 women, youth, and small-scale producers; 

7 ‘‘(H) climate adaptation; 

8 ‘‘(I) education; and 

9 ‘‘(J) collaborative research and innova10 tion.’’. 

11 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY OBJECTIVES; SENSE OF 

12 CONGRESS. 

13 Section 3(a) of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 

14 (22 U.S.C. 9302(a)) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and economic 

16 freedom through the coordination’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

17 economic freedom, and security through the phasing, 

18 sequencing, and coordination’’; 

19 (2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and in20 serting the following: 

21 ‘‘(3) increase the productivity, incomes, and 

22 livelihoods of small-scale producers and artisanal 

23 fishing communities, especially women, by working 

24 across agriculture and food systems, enhancing local 

25 capacity to manage agricultural resources and food 


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1 systems effectively, and expanding producer access 

2 to, and participation in, local, regional, and inter3 national markets; 

4 ‘‘(4) build resilience to agriculture and food sys5 tems shocks and stresses, including global food ca6 tastrophes in which conventional methods of agri7 culture are unable to provide sufficient food and nu8 trition to sustain the global population, among vul9 nerable populations and households through inclu10 sive growth, while reducing reliance upon emergency 

11 food and economic assistance;’’; 

12 (3) in paragraph (5) by inserting ‘‘, local sav13 ings groups, and investment in agricultural re14 search’’ after ‘‘property rights’’; 

15 (4) by amending paragraph (6) to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(6) improve the nutritional status of women, 

18 adolescent girls, and children, with a focus on reduc19 ing child stunting and incidence of wasting, includ20 ing through the promotion of highly nutritious foods, 

21 diet diversification, large-scale food fortification, and 

22 nutritional behaviors that improve maternal and 

23 child health;’’; and 

24 (5) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘fragility, re25 silience,’’ after ‘‘national security,’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

2 Section 4 of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 

3 (22 U.S.C. 9303) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, including 

5 in response to shocks and stresses to food security’’ 

6 before the period at the end; 

7 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 

8 (12) as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively; 

9 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(4) FOOD SYSTEM.—The term ‘food system’ 

12 means the intact or whole unit made up of inter13 related components of people, behaviors, relation14 ships, and material goods that interact in the pro15 duction, processing, packaging, transporting, trade, 

16 marketing, consumption, and use of food, feed, and 

17 fiber through aquaculture, farming, wild fisheries, 

18 forestry, and pastoralism that operates within and is 

19 influenced by social, political, economic, and environ20 mental contexts.’’; 

21 (4) in paragraph (6)(H), as redesignated— 

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘local’’ before ‘‘agricul23 tural’’; and 

24 (B) by inserting ‘‘youth,’’ after ‘‘small25 scale producers,’’; 


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1 (5) in paragraph (8), as redesignated, by insert2 ing ‘‘the Inter-American Foundation,’’ after ‘‘Geo3 logical Survey,’’; 

4 (6) in paragraph (9), as redesignated— 

5 (A) by inserting ‘‘agriculture and food’’ be6 fore ‘‘systems’’; and 

7 (B) by inserting ‘‘, including global food 

8 catastrophes,’’ after ‘‘food security’’; 

9 (7) in paragraph (10), as redesignated, by 

10 striking ‘‘fishers’’ and inserting ‘‘artisanal fishing 

11 communities’’; 

12 (8) in paragraph (13), as redesignated, by 

13 striking ‘‘agriculture and nutrition security’’ and in14 serting ‘‘food and nutrition security and agriculture15 led economic growth’’; and 

16 (9) by inserting after paragraph (13), as redes17 ignated, the following: 

18 ‘‘(14) WASTING.—The term ‘wasting’ means— 

19 ‘‘(A) a life-threatening condition attrib20 utable to poor nutrient intake or disease that is 

21 characterized by a rapid deterioration in nutri22 tional status over a short period of time; and 

23 ‘‘(B) in the case of children, is character24 ized by low weight-for-height and weakened im25 munity, increasing their risk of death due to 


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1 greater frequency and severity of common infec2 tion, particularly when severe.’’. 

3 SEC. 5. COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRAT4 EGY. 

5 (a) STRATEGY.—Section 5(a) of the Global Food Se6 curity Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9304(a)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘country8 owned agriculture, nutrition, and food security pol9 icy’’ and inserting ‘‘partner country-led agriculture, 

10 nutrition, regulatory, food security, and water re11 sources management policy’’; and 

12 (2) by amending paragraph (5) to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(5) support the locally led and inclusive devel15 opment of agriculture and food systems, with small16 scale producers, especially women, gaining greater 

17 access to the inputs, skills, resource management ca18 pacity, networking, bargaining power, financing, 

19 market linkages, technology, and information needed 

20 to sustainably increase productivity and incomes to 

21 reduce extreme poverty and malnutrition, and pro22 mote long-term economic prosperity;’’; 

23 (3) in paragraph (6)— 

24 (A) by inserting ‘‘, adolescent girls,’’ after 

25 ‘‘women’’; and 


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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘and preventing incidence 

2 of wasting’’ after ‘‘reducing child stunting’’; 

3 (4) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘poor water 

4 resource management and’’ after ‘‘including’’; 

5 (5) in paragraph (8)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘the long term success of 

7 programs’’ and inserting ‘‘long-term impact’’; 

8 and 

9 (B) by inserting ‘‘, including agricultural 

10 research capacity,’’ after ‘‘institutions’’; 

11 (6) in paragraph (9)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘and nutrition strategies’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘, nutrition strategies, and effec14 tive natural resource management approaches’’; 

15 and 

16 (B) by inserting ‘‘adapt,’’ before ‘‘build 

17 safety nets’’; 

18 (7) by redesignating paragraphs (12) through 

19 (17) as paragraphs (13) through (18), respectively; 

20 (8) by striking paragraphs (10) and (11) and 

21 inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(10) develop community and producer resil23 ience to disasters and emergencies, including 

24 droughts, flooding, pests, and diseases, that ad25 versely impact agricultural yield and livelihoods; 


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1 ‘‘(11) utilize evidenced-based best practices, in2 cluding scientific and forecasting data, and improved 

3 planning and coordination by, with, and among key 

4 partners and relevant Federal departments and 

5 agencies to identify, analyze, measure, and mitigate 

6 risks, and strengthen resilience capacities; 

7 ‘‘(12) harness science, technology, and innova8 tion, including the research and extension activities 

9 supported by the private sector, relevant Federal de10 partments and agencies, Feed the Future Innovation 

11 Labs or any successor entities, and international and 

12 local researchers and innovators, recognizing that 

13 significant investments in research and technological 

14 advances will be necessary to reduce global poverty, 

15 hunger, and malnutrition;’’; 

16 (9) in paragraph (14), as redesignated, by in17 serting ‘‘nongovernmental organizations, including’’ 

18 after ‘‘civil society,’’ 

19 (10) in paragraph (17), as redesignated, by 

20 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

21 (11) in paragraph (18), as redesignated, by 

22 striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

23 and 

24 (12) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(19) be periodically updated in a manner that 

2 reflects learning and best practices.’’. 

3 (b) PERIODIC UPDATES.—Section 5 of the Global 

4 Food Security Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9304), as amended 

5 by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the 

6 end the following: 

7 ‘‘(d) PERIODIC UPDATES.—Not less frequently than 

8 quinquennially through fiscal year 2031, the President, in 

9 consultation with the head of each relevant Federal de10 partment and agency, shall submit to the appropriate con11 gressional committees updates to the Global Food Security 

12 Strategy required under subsection (a) and the agency13 specific plans described in subsection (c)(2).’’. 

14 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS TO IMPLE15 MENT THE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRAT16 EGY. 

17 Section 6(b) of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 

18 (22 U.S.C. 9305(b)) is amended by— 

19 (1) striking ‘‘$1,000,600,000 for each of fiscal 

20 years 2017 through 2023’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘$1,230,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2024 

22 through 2028’’; and 

23 (2) by inserting ‘‘, which should be prioritized 

24 for programs and activities in target countries’’ be25 fore the period at the end. 


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1 SEC. 7. EMERGENCY FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM. 

2 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Section 7(a) of the Glob3 al Food Security Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9306(a)) is 

4 amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con6 gress that— 

7 ‘‘(1) after more than a decade of conflict in 

8 Syria and the onset of other major humanitarian 

9 emergencies where the provision of certain United 

10 States humanitarian assistance has been particularly 

11 challenging, including the 2021 crisis in Northern 

12 Ethiopia, the 2021 super-typhoon in the Philippines, 

13 the 2021 earthquake in Haiti, the 2018 Ebola out14 break in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the on15 going humanitarian disasters in Yemen and South 

16 Sudan, and primary and secondary threats from the 

17 global COVID–19 pandemic, United States inter18 national disaster assistance has become severely 

19 stressed; 

20 ‘‘(2) Russia’s unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine 

21 has exacerbated existing food insecurity crises 

22 around the world, most notably in Ethiopia, South 

23 Sudan, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Somalia, where 

24 more than 750,000 people are at risk for famine, 

25 starvation, and death; 


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1 ‘‘(3) the Russian invasion follows growing glob2 al rates of conflict, the COVID–19 pandemic, and 

3 increasingly severe climate shocks; and 

4 ‘‘(4) the United Stated must continue to enable 

5 people who are in crisis to lift themselves out of 

6 hunger and poverty.’’. 

7 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

8 492(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

9 2292a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘$2,794,184,000 for 

10 each of fiscal years 2017 through 2023, of which up to 

11 $1,257,382,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,905,460,000 for each 

12 of the fiscal years 2024 through 2028, of which up to 

13 $1,757,457,000’’. 

14 SEC. 8. REPORTS. 

15 Section 8(a) of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 

16 (22 U.S.C. 9307(a)) is amended— 

17 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘During each of the first 

19 7 years after the date of the submission of the 

20 strategy required under section 5(c)’’ and in21 serting ‘‘For each of the fiscal years 2024 

22 through 2028’’; 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘reports that describe’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘a report that describes’’; and 


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1 (C) by striking ‘‘at the end of the report2 ing period’’ and inserting ‘‘during the preceding 

3 year’’; 

4 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, including 

5 any changes to the target countries selected pursu6 ant to the selection criteria described in section 

7 5(a)(2) and justifications for any such changes’’ be8 fore the semicolon at the end; 

9 (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘identify 

10 and’’ before ‘‘describe’’; 

11 (4) by redesignating paragraphs (12) through 

12 (14) as paragraphs (15) through (17), respectively; 

13 (5) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through 

14 (11) as paragraphs (7) through (13), respectively; 

15 (6) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(4) identify and describe the priority quan18 titative metrics used to establish baselines and per19 formance targets at the initiative, account, country, 

20 and zone of influence levels; 

21 ‘‘(5) identify such established baselines and per22 formance targets at the account, country, and zone 

23 of influence levels; 

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1 ally, and report the annual measurement of results 

2 for each of the priority metrics identified pursuant 

3 to paragraph (4), broken down by age, gender, and 

4 disability, to the extent practicable and appropriate, 

5 in an open and transparent manner that is acces6 sible to the American people;’’; 

7 (7) in paragraph (7), as redesignated, by strik8 ing ‘‘agriculture’’ and inserting ‘‘food’’; 

9 (8) in paragraph (8), as redesignated— 

10 (A) by inserting ‘‘quantitative and quali11 tative’’ after ‘‘how’’; and 

12 (B) by inserting ‘‘at the initiative, account, 

13 country, and zone of influence levels, including 

14 longitudinal data and key uncertainties’’ before 

15 the semicolon at the end; 

16 (9) in paragraph (9), as redesignated, by insert17 ing ‘‘within target countries, amounts and justifica18 tion for any spending outside of target countries’’ 

19 after ‘‘amounts spent’’; 

20 (10) in paragraph (13), as redesignated— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘and the impact of private 

22 sector investment’’ and inserting ‘‘and efforts to 

23 encourage financial donor burden sharing and 

24 the impact of such investment and efforts’’; 


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1 (11) by inserting after paragraph (13), as re2 designated, the following: 

3 ‘‘(14) describe how agriculture research is 

4 prioritized within the Global Food Security Strategy 

5 to support sustainable, agriculture-led growth and 

6 eventual self-sufficiency and assess efforts to coordi7 nate research programs within the Global Food Se8 curity Strategy with key stakeholders;’’; 

9 (12) in paragraph (16), as redesignated, by 

10 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

11 (13) in paragraph (17), as redesignated— 

12 (A) by inserting ‘‘, including key 

13 missteps,’’ after ‘‘lessons learned’’; and 

14 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

15 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

16 (14) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(18) during the final year of each strategy re18 quired under section 5, complete country graduation 

19 reports to determine whether a country should re20 main a target country based on quantitative and 

21 qualitative analysis.’’. 

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