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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4637 

To amend the Food for Peace Act to allow additional forms of assistance, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 8, 2024 

Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. SANDERS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Food for Peace Act to allow additional forms 

of assistance, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Streamlining Inter5 national Food Assistance Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FORMS OF ASSISTANCE UNDER FOOD FOR PEACE 

7 ACT. 

8 (a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 201 of the Food 

9 for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721) is amended— 

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


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘agricultural commodities’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘assistance, including in the form 

3 of agricultural commodities,’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘States to—’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘States—’’; and 

6 (2) in each of paragraphs (1) through (7), by 

7 inserting ‘‘to’’ after the paragraph designation. 

8 (b) ASSISTANCE.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202 of the Food for 

10 Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1722) is amended— 

11 (A) in the section heading, by inserting 

12 ‘‘ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING’’ before ‘‘AGRI13 CULTURAL COMMODITIES’’; 

14 (B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘agricul15 tural commodities’’ and inserting ‘‘assistance, 

16 including in the form of agricultural commod17 ities,’’; 

18 (C) in subsection (b)(1)— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘agricultural commod20 ities’’ and inserting ‘‘assistance, including 

21 in the form of agricultural commodities,’’; 

22 and 

23 (ii) by inserting ‘‘assistance or agri24 cultural’’ after ‘‘to use the’’; 

25 (D) by striking subsection (e); and 


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1 (E) by redesignating subsections (f) 

2 through (h) as subsections (e) through (g), re3 spectively. 

4 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

5 (A) Section 205(d)(2) of the Food for 

6 Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1725(d)(2)) is amended by 

7 striking ‘‘section 202(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

8 202(g)’’. 

9 (B) Section 207(f)(4)(A) of the Food for 

10 Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1726a(f)(4)(A)) is amend11 ed by striking ‘‘section 202(h)(3)’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘section 202(g)(3)’’. 

13 (C) Section 407(f)(2) of the Food for 

14 Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736a(f)(2)) is amended 

15 by striking subparagraph (I). 

16 (D) Section 412(e)(2) of the Food for 

17 Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(2)) is amended 

18 by striking ‘‘and that are consistent with sec19 tion 202(e)(1)(C)’’. 

20 (E) Section 201(a)(3) of the Africa: Seeds 

21 of Hope Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 1721 note; Pub22 lic Law 105–385) is amended by striking ‘‘sec23 tion 202(f) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1722(f))’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘section 202(e) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 

25 1722(e))’’. 


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1 (c) REPEAL OF LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 204 of the Food for 

3 Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1724) is repealed. 

4 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

5 302(c)(1) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust 

6 Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1(c)(1)) is amended by striking 

7 subparagraph (D). 

8 (d) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.— 

9 Section 406 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736) 

10 is amended— 

11 (1) by striking subsection (b); and 

12 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

13 subsections (b) and (c), respectively. 

14 (e) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—Section 

15 407(c)(1) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 

16 1736a(c)(1)) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

18 (2) by striking the paragraph designation and 

19 heading and all that follows through ‘‘The Adminis20 trator’’ in subparagraph (A) and inserting the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(1) ACQUISITION.—The Administrator’’. 

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