II 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2862 

To amend the Food for Peace Act to restore the original intent of commodity 

transfers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 

Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. TESTER, Mr. MARSHALL, and Mr. RICKETTS) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To amend the Food for Peace Act to restore the original 

intent of commodity transfers, 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 ‘‘American Farmers 

5 Feed the World Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PETER O’BRIEN FOOD FOR PEACE PROGRAM. 

7 (a) RENAMING OF PROGRAM.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Food for 

9 Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) is amended in the 

10 title heading by striking ‘‘EMERGENCY AND 


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1 PRIVATE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘PETER O’BRIEN FOOD FOR 

3 PEACE PROGRAM’’. 

4 (2) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 201 of the 

5 Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721) is amended in 

6 the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking 

7 ‘‘title (to be implemented by the Administrator)’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘title, to be known as the ‘Peter 

9 O’Brien Food for Peace Program’, to be imple10 mented by the Administrator,’’. 

11 (b) PROVISION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.— 

12 Section 202 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1722) 

13 is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘of law, the Administrator’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘in this Act, the Administrator, 

17 with the consent of the Secretary,’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘the Administrator deter19 mines’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary deter20 mines’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (e)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘7.5 per23 cent nor more than 20 percent’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘5 percent nor more than 10 percent’’; and 

25 (B) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON DIVERSION OF FUNDS.— 

2 Of the funds made available in each fiscal year 

3 under this title to the Administrator, not more than 

4 50 percent shall be made available for expenses 

5 other than the procurement of agricultural commod6 ities and ocean transportation. 

7 ‘‘(6) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

8 the end of each fiscal year, the Administrator shall 

9 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, 

10 and make publicly available on the website of the 

11 Administrator, a report that describes— 

12 ‘‘(A) the uses of funds under this sub13 section; 

14 ‘‘(B) each instance of a provision of this 

15 Act notwithstood under subsection (a) and the 

16 circumstances associated with that instance, in17 cluding an identification of the particular provi18 sion notwithstood; and 

19 ‘‘(C) each request made by the Adminis20 trator to the Secretary to provide agricultural 

21 commodities under subsection (a), the reason 

22 for the request, the determination of the Sec23 retary to grant or not grant the request, and 

24 the reason for the determination.’’; and 

25 (3) in subsection (g)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘or food procured outside 

2 of the United States,’’; 

3 (B) by inserting ‘‘produced and’’ before 

4 ‘‘furnished’’; and 

5 (C) by striking ‘‘of America’’. 

6 (c) LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 204(a)(3) of 

7 the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1724(a)(3)) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The Ad10 ministrator’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary, following 

11 consultation with the Administrator,’’; and 

12 (2) by striking the second sentence and insert13 ing the following: ‘‘Not later than 180 days after the 

14 end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall prepare 

15 and submit to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, 

16 Agriculture, and Appropriations of the House of 

17 Representatives and the Committees on Foreign Re18 lations, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and 

19 Appropriations of the Senate, and make publicly 

20 available on the website of the Administrator, a re21 port that describes the reasons for the waiver.’’. 

22 (d) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ASSISTANCE.—Title 

23 II of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) is 

24 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 209. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ASSISTANCE. 

2 ‘‘Under this title, the use of food procured outside 

3 of the United States, food vouchers, or cash transfers for 

4 food as a form of assistance is prohibited.’’. 

5 (e) DEFINITION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.— 

6 Section 402(2) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 

7 1732(2)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘, 

8 unless otherwise provided for in this Act,’’. 

9 (f) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—Section 403 of the Food 

10 for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1733) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

13 by striking ‘‘, food procured outside of the 

14 United States, food voucher, or cash transfer 

15 for food’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘in the case of the pro18 vision of an agricultural commodity,’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘the commodity’’ each 

20 place it appears and inserting ‘‘the agricul21 tural commodity’’; and 

22 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or use 

23 of the food procured outside of the United 

24 States, food voucher, or cash transfer for food 

25 in the recipient country’’; and 


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1 (2) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by 

2 striking ‘‘, the use of food procured outside of the 

3 United States, food vouchers, and cash transfers for 

4 food,’’. 

5 (g) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.— 

6 Section 406(b)(6) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 

7 1736(b)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘, distribution, and 

8 program implementation costs to use the commodities’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘and distribution costs’’. 

10 (h) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

11 (1) Section 3206 of the Food, Conservation, 

12 and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 1726c) is re13 pealed. 

14 (2) Section 9(b) of the Global Food Security 

15 Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9308(b)) is amended— 

16 (A) by striking paragraph (5); and 

17 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 

18 (7) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively. 

19 SEC. 3. SIMPLIFIED ACCESS TO THE BILL EMERSON HU20 MANITARIAN TRUST. 

21 Section 302 of the Agricultural Act of 1980 (7 U.S.C. 

22 1736f–1) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (c)(1)— 

24 (A) in subparagraph (B)(i), in the matter 

25 preceding subclause (I)— 


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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘by the Secretary in 

2 the discretion of the Secretary, which shall 

3 be informed by information provided, at 

4 the request of the Secretary, by the Ad5 ministrator regarding the ongoing pro6 grams of the Administrator, without undue 

7 delay,’’ after ‘‘released’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘(7 U.S.C. 1721 et 

9 seq.)—’’ and inserting ‘‘(7 U.S.C. 1721 et 

10 seq.), as approved by the Secretary—’’; 

11 and 

12 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘the 

13 Administrator’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’; 

14 and 

15 (2) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘by the 

16 Secretary’’ after ‘‘shall be reimbursed’’. 

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