114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1252 

AN ACT 

To authorize a 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, agriculturalled economic growth, improve nutritional outcomes, especially for women and children, build resilience among 

vulnerable populations, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Global Food Security 

5 Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) According to the Food and Agriculture Or9 ganization of the United Nations (referred to in this 

10 section as the ‘‘FAO’’), 805,000,000 people world11 wide suffer from chronic hunger. Hunger and mal12 nutrition rob people of health and productive lives 

13 and stunt the mental and physical development of 

14 future generations. 

15 (2) According to the January 2014 ‘‘Worldwide 

16 Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Commu17 nity’’— 

18 (A) the ‘‘[l]ack of adequate food will be a 

19 destabilizing factor in countries important to 

20 US national security that do not have the fi21 nancial or technical abilities to solve their inter22 nal food security problems’’; and 

23 (B) ‘‘[f]ood and nutrition insecurity in 

24 weakly governed countries might also provide 

25 opportunities for insurgent groups to capitalize 
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1 on poor conditions, exploit international food 

2 aid, and discredit governments for their inabil3 ity to address basic needs’’. 

4 (3) A comprehensive approach to sustainable 

5 food and nutrition security should not only respond 

6 to emergency food shortages, but should also ad7 dress malnutrition, resilience to food and nutrition 

8 insecurity, building the capacity of poor, rural popu9 lations to improve their agricultural productivity and 

10 incomes, removing institutional impediments to agri11 cultural development, value chain access and effi12 ciency, including processing and storage, enhancing 

13 agribusiness development, access to markets and ac14 tivities that address the specific needs and barriers 

15 facing women and small-scale producers, education, 

16 and collaborative research. 

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

18 CONGRESS. 

19 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY OBJECTIVES.—It is in 

20 the national interest of the United States to promote glob21 al food security, resilience, and nutrition, consistent with 

22 national food security investment plans, which is rein23 forced through programs, activities, and initiatives that— 

24 (1) place food insecure countries on a path to25 ward self-sufficiency and economic freedom through 
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1 the coordination of United States foreign assistance 

2 programs; 

3 (2) accelerate inclusive, agricultural-led eco4 nomic growth that reduces global poverty, hunger, 

5 and malnutrition, particularly among women and 

6 children; 

7 (3) increase the productivity, incomes, and live8 lihoods of small-scale producers, especially women, 

9 by working across agricultural value chains, enhanc10 ing local capacity to manage agricultural resources 

11 effectively and expanding producer access to local 

12 and international markets; 

13 (4) build resilience to food shocks among vul14 nerable populations and households while reducing 

15 reliance upon emergency food assistance; 

16 (5) create an enabling environment for agricul17 tural growth and investment, including through the 

18 promotion of secure and transparent property rights; 

19 (6) improve the nutritional status of women 

20 and children, with a focus on reducing child stunt21 ing, including through the promotion of highly nutri22 tious foods, diet diversification, and nutritional be23 haviors that improve maternal and child health; 

24 (7) demonstrably meet, align with and leverage 

25 broader United States strategies and investments in 
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1 trade, economic growth, national security, science 

2 and technology, agriculture research and extension, 

3 maternal and child health, nutrition, and water, 

4 sanitation, and hygiene; 

5 (8) continue to strengthen partnerships between 

6 United States-based universities, including land7 grant colleges, and universities and institutions in 

8 target countries and communities that build agricul9 tural capacity; and 

10 (9) ensure the effective use of United States 

11 taxpayer dollars to further these objectives. 

12 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 

13 Congress that the President, in providing assistance to im14 plement the Global Food Security Strategy, should— 

15 (1) coordinate, through a whole-of-government 

16 approach, the efforts of relevant Federal depart17 ments and agencies to implement the Global Food 

18 Security Strategy; 

19 (2) seek to fully utilize the unique capabilities 

20 of each relevant Federal department and agency 

21 while collaborating with and leveraging the contribu22 tions of other key stakeholders; and 

23 (3) utilize open and streamlined solicitations to 

24 allow for the participation of a wide range of imple25 menting partners through the most appropriate pro-
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1 curement mechanisms, which may include grants, 

2 contracts, cooperative agreements, and other instru3 ments as necessary and appropriate. 

4 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT7 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com8 mittees’’ means— 

9 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

10 the Senate; 

11 (B) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri12 tion, and Forestry of the Senate; 

13 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of 

14 the Senate; 

15 (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

16 the House of Representatives; 

17 (E) the Committee on Agriculture of the 

18 House of Representatives; and 

19 (F) the Committee on Appropriations of 

20 the House of Representatives. 

21 (2) FEED THE FUTURE INNOVATION LABS.— 

22 The term ‘‘Feed the Future Innovation Labs’’ 

23 means research partnerships led by United States 

24 universities that advance solutions to reduce global 

25 hunger, poverty, and malnutrition. 
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1 (3) FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY.—The 

2 term ‘‘food and nutrition security’’ means access to, 

3 and availability, utilization, and stability of, suffi4 cient food to meet caloric and nutritional needs for 

5 an active and healthy life. 

6 (4) GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY.—The 

7 term ‘‘Global Food Security Strategy’’ means the 

8 strategy developed and implemented pursuant to sec9 tion 5(a). 

10 (5) KEY STAKEHOLDERS.—The term ‘‘key 

11 stakeholders’’ means actors engaged in efforts to ad12 vance global food security programs and objectives, 

13 including— 

14 (A) relevant Federal departments and 

15 agencies; 

16 (B) national and local governments in tar17 get countries; 

18 (C) other bilateral donors; 

19 (D) international and regional organiza20 tions; 

21 (E) international, regional, and local finan22 cial institutions; 

23 (F) international, regional, and local pri24 vate voluntary, nongovernmental, faith-based, 

25 and civil society organizations; 
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1 (G) the private sector, including agri2 businesses and relevant commodities groups; 

3 (H) agricultural producers, including farm4 er organizations, cooperatives, small-scale pro5 ducers, and women; and 

6 (I) agricultural research and academic in7 stitutions, including land-grant universities and 

8 extension services. 

9 (6) MALNUTRITION.—The term ‘‘malnutrition’’ 

10 means poor nutritional status caused by nutritional 

11 deficiency or excess. 

12 (7) RELEVANT FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND

13 AGENCIES.—The term ‘‘relevant Federal depart14 ments and agencies’’ means the United States Agen15 cy for International Development, the Department of 

16 Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the De17 partment of State, the Department of the Treasury, 

18 the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Overseas 

19 Private Investment Corporation, the Peace Corps, 

20 the Office of the United States Trade Representa21 tive, the United States African Development Foun22 dation, the United States Geological Survey, and 

23 any other department or agency specified by the 

24 President for purposes of this section. 
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1 (8) RESILIENCE.—The term ‘‘resilience’’ means 

2 the ability of people, households, communities, coun3 tries, and systems to mitigate, adapt to, and recover 

4 from shocks and stresses to food security in a man5 ner that reduces chronic vulnerability and facilitates 

6 inclusive growth. 

7 (9) SMALL-SCALE PRODUCER.—The term 

8 ‘‘small-scale producer’’ means farmers, pastoralists, 

9 foresters, and fishers that have a low asset base and 

10 limited resources, including land, capital, skills and 

11 labor, and, in the case of farmers, typically farm on 

12 fewer than 5 hectares of land. 

13 (10) STUNTING.—The term ‘‘stunting’’ refers 

14 to a condition that— 

15 (A) is measured by a height-to-age ratio 

16 that is more than 2 standard deviations below 

17 the median for the population; 

18 (B) manifests in children who are younger 

19 than 2 years of age; 

20 (C) is a process that can continue in chil21 dren after they reach 2 years of age, resulting 

22 in an individual being ‘‘stunted’’; 

23 (D) is a sign of chronic malnutrition; and 
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1 (E) can lead to long-term poor health, de2 layed motor development, impaired cognitive 

3 function, and decreased immunity. 

4 (11) SUSTAINABLE.—The term ‘‘sustainable’’ 

5 means the ability of a target country, community, 

6 implementing partner, or intended beneficiary to 

7 maintain, over time, the programs authorized and 

8 outcomes achieved pursuant to this Act. 

9 (12) TARGET COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘target 

10 country’’ means a developing country that is selected 

11 to participate in agriculture and nutrition security 

12 programs under the Global Food Security Strategy 

13 pursuant to the selection criteria described in section 

14 5(a)(2), including criteria such as the potential for 

15 agriculture-led economic growth, government com16 mitment to agricultural investment and policy re17 form, opportunities for partnerships and regional 

18 synergies, the level of need, and resource availability. 

19 SEC. 5. COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRAT20 EGY. 

21 (a) STRATEGY.—The President shall coordinate the 

22 development and implementation of a United States 

23 whole-of-government strategy to accomplish the policy ob24 jectives set forth in section 3(a), which shall— 
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1 (1) set specific and measurable goals, bench2 marks, timetables, performance metrics, and moni3 toring and evaluation plans that reflect international 

4 best practices relating to transparency, account5 ability, food and nutrition security, and agriculture6 led economic growth, consistent with the policy ob7 jectives described in section 3(a); 

8 (2) establish clear and transparent selection cri9 teria for target countries, communities, regions, and 

10 intended beneficiaries of assistance; 

11 (3) describe the methodology and criteria for 

12 the selection of target countries; 

13 (4) support and be aligned with country-owned 

14 agriculture, nutrition, and food security policy and 

15 investment plans developed with input from key 

16 stakeholders, as appropriate; 

17 (5) support inclusive agricultural value chain 

18 development, with small-scale producers, especially 

19 women, gaining greater access to the inputs, skills, 

20 resource management capacity, networking, bar21 gaining power, financing, and market linkages need22 ed to sustain their long-term economic prosperity; 

23 (6) support improvement of the nutritional sta24 tus of women and children, particularly during the 

25 critical first 1,000-day window until a child reaches 
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1 2 years of age and with a focus on reducing child 

2 stunting, through nutrition-specific and nutrition3 sensitive programs, including related water, sanita4 tion, and hygiene programs; 

5 (7) facilitate communication and collaboration, 

6 as appropriate, among local stakeholders in support 

7 of a multi-sectoral approach to food and nutrition 

8 security, to include analysis of the multiple under9 lying causes of malnutrition, including lack of access 

10 to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene; 

11 (8) support the long-term success of programs 

12 by building the capacity of local organizations and 

13 institutions in target countries and communities; 

14 (9) integrate resilience and nutrition strategies 

15 into food security programs, such that chronically 

16 vulnerable populations are better able to build safety 

17 nets, secure livelihoods, access markets, and access 

18 opportunities for longer-term economic growth; 

19 (10) develop community and producer resilience 

20 to natural disasters, emergencies, and natural occur21 rences that adversely impact agricultural yield; 

22 (11) harness science, technology, and innova23 tion, including the research and extension activities 

24 supported by relevant Federal Departments and 
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1 agencies and Feed the Future Innovation Labs, or 

2 any successor entities; 

3 (12) integrate agricultural development activi4 ties among food insecure populations living in prox5 imity to designated national parks or wildlife areas 

6 into wildlife conservation efforts, as necessary and 

7 appropriate; 

8 (13) leverage resources and expertise through 

9 partnerships with the private sector, farm organiza10 tions, cooperatives, civil society, faith-based organi11 zations, and agricultural research and academic in12 stitutions; 

13 (14) strengthen and expand collaboration be14 tween United States universities, including public, 

15 private, and land-grant universities, with higher edu16 cation institutions in target countries to increase 

17 their effectiveness and relevance to promote agricul18 tural development and innovation through the cre19 ation of human capital, innovation, and cutting edge 

20 science in the agricultural sector; 

21 (15) seek to ensure that target countries and 

22 communities respect and promote land tenure rights 

23 of local communities, particularly those of women 

24 and small-scale producers; 
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1 (16) include criteria and methodologies for 

2 graduating target countries and communities from 

3 assistance provided to implement the Global Food 

4 Security Strategy as such countries and communities 

5 meet the progress benchmarks identified pursuant to 

6 section 8(b)(4); and 

7 (17) demonstrably support the United States 

8 national security and economic interest in the coun9 tries where assistance is being provided. 

10 (b) COORDINATION.—The President shall coordinate, 

11 through a whole-of-government approach, the efforts of 

12 relevant Federal departments and agencies in the imple13 mentation of the Global Food Security Strategy by— 

14 (1) establishing monitoring and evaluation sys15 tems, coherence, and coordination across relevant 

16 Federal departments and agencies; 

17 (2) establishing linkages with other initiatives 

18 and strategies of relevant Federal departments and 

19 agencies; and 

20 (3) establishing platforms for regular consulta21 tion and collaboration with key stakeholders and the 

22 appropriate congressional committees. 

23 (c) STRATEGY SUBMISSION.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 

25 2016, the President, in consultation with the head of 
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1 each relevant Federal department and agency, shall 

2 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

3 the Global Food Security Strategy required under 

4 this section, including a detailed description of how 

5 the United States intends to advance the objectives 

6 set forth in section 3(a) and the agency-specific 

7 plans described in paragraph (2). 

8 (2) AGENCY-SPECIFIC PLANS.—The Global 

9 Food Security Strategy shall include specific imple10 mentation plans from each relevant Federal depart11 ment and agency that describes— 

12 (A) the anticipated contributions of the de13 partment or agency, including technical, finan14 cial, and in-kind contributions, to implement 

15 the Global Food Security Strategy; and 

16 (B) the efforts of the department or agen17 cy to ensure that the activities and programs 

18 carried out pursuant to the strategy are de19 signed to achieve maximum impact and long20 term sustainability. 

21 SEC. 6. ASSISTANCE TO IMPLEMENT THE GLOBAL FOOD SE22 CURITY STRATEGY. 

23 (a) FOOD SHORTAGES.—The President is authorized 

24 to carry out activities pursuant to section 103, section 

25 103A, title XII of chapter 2 of part I, and chapter 4 of 
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1 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

2 2151a, 2151a–1, 2220a et seq., and 2346 et seq.) to pre3 vent or address food shortages notwithstanding any other 

4 provision of law. 

5 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

6 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 

7 and the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

8 International Development $1,000,600,000 for each of fis9 cal years 2017 and 2018 to carry out those portions of 

10 the Global Food Security Strategy that relate to the De11 partment of State and the United States Agency for Inter12 national Development, respectively. 

13 (c) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—The President 

14 shall seek to ensure that assistance to implement the Glob15 al Food Security Strategy is provided under established 

16 parameters for a rigorous accountability system to mon17 itor and evaluate progress and impact of the strategy, in18 cluding by reporting to the appropriate congressional com19 mittees and the public on an annual basis. 

20 SEC. 7. EMERGENCY FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM. 

21 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con22 gress that— 

23 (1) the crisis in Syria, which is characterized by 

24 acts of terrorism and atrocities directed against civil25 ians, including mass murder, forced displacement, 
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1 aerial bombardment, ethnic and religious persecu2 tion, torture, kidnapping, rape and sexual enslave3 ment, has triggered one of the most profound hu4 manitarian crises of this century and poses a direct 

5 threat to regional security and the national security 

6 interests of the United States; 

7 (2) it is in the national security interests of the 

8 United States to respond to the needs of displaced 

9 Syrian persons and the communities hosting such 

10 persons, including with food assistance; and 

11 (3) after four years of conflict in Syria and the 

12 onset of other major humanitarian emergencies 

13 where, like Syria, the provision of certain United 

14 States humanitarian assistance has been particularly 

15 challenging, including the 2013 super-typhoon in the 

16 Philippines, the 2014 outbreak of Ebola in west Af17 rica, the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, ongoing human18 itarian disasters in Yemen and South Sudan, and 

19 the threat of a major El Nino event in 2016, United 

20 States international disaster assistance has become 

21 severely stressed. 

22 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

23 of the United States, in coordination with other donors, 

24 regional governments, international organizations, and 

25 international financial institutions, to fully leverage, en-
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1 hance, and expand the impact and reach of available 

2 United States humanitarian resources, including for food 

3 assistance, to mitigate the effects of manmade and natural 

4 disasters by utilizing innovative new approaches to deliv5 ering aid that support affected persons and the commu6 nities hosting them, build resilience and early recovery, 

7 and reduce opportunities for waste, fraud, and abuse. 

8 (c) AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

9 ACT OF 1961.— 

10 (1) Section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

11 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292) is amended— 

12 (A) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub13 section (d); and 

14 (B) by inserting after subsection (b) the 

15 following new subsection: 

16 ‘‘(c) EMERGENCY FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limitations 

18 in section 492, and notwithstanding any other provi19 sion of this or any other Act, the President is au20 thorized to make available emergency food assist21 ance, including in the form of funds, transfers, 

22 vouchers, and agricultural commodities (including 

23 products derived from agricultural commodities) ac24 quired through local or regional procurement, to 
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1 meet emergency food needs arising from manmade 

2 and natural disasters. 

3 ‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—Funds made available 

4 under this subsection shall be known as the ‘Inter5 national Disaster Assistance – Emergency Food Se6 curity Program’.’’. 

7 (2) Section 492 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

8 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292a) is amended— 

9 (A) in subsection (a), by striking 

10 ‘‘$25,000,000 for the fiscal year 1986 and 

11 $25,000,000 for the fiscal year 1987.’’ and in12 serting ‘‘$2,794,184,000 for each of fiscal years 

13 2017 and 2018, of which up to $1,257,382,000 

14 should be made available to carry out section 

15 491(c).’’; and 

16 (B) by inserting after subsection (b) the 

17 following new subsections: 

18 ‘‘(c) AMOUNTS IN ADDITION TO OTHER AMOUNTS.— 

19 Amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to the 

20 authorizations of appropriations under section 491(c) are 

21 in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes. 

22 ‘‘(d) FLEXIBILITY.— 

23 ‘‘(1) UNITED STATES POLICY.—It is the policy 

24 of the United States that the funds made available 

25 to carry out section 491 are intended to provide the 
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1 President with the greatest possible flexibility to ad2 dress disaster-related needs as they arise and to pre3 pare for and reduce the impact of natural and man4 made disasters. 

5 ‘‘(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

6 Congress that any amendments to applicable legal 

7 provisions contained in this Act are not intended to 

8 limit such authorities. 

9 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than March 1 of each fiscal 

10 year, the President shall submit to the Committee on For11 eign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of 

12 the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

13 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa14 tives a report that describes the activities undertaken by 

15 the President over the course of the prior fiscal year pur16 suant to section 491(c), including the amounts of assist17 ance provided, intended beneficiaries, monitoring and eval18 uation strategies, anticipated outcomes, and, as prac19 ticable, actual outcomes.’’. 

20 SEC. 8. REPORTS. 

21 (a) GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY IMPLEMEN22 TATION REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year and 2 years 

23 after the date of the submission of the strategy required 

24 under section 5(c), the President shall submit to the ap25 propriate congressional committees reports that describe 
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1 the status of the implementation of the Global Food Secu2 rity Strategy for 2017 and 2018, which shall— 

3 (1) contain a summary of the Global Food Se4 curity Strategy as an appendix; 

5 (2) identify any substantial changes made in 

6 the Global Food Security Strategy during the pre7 ceding calendar year; 

8 (3) describe the progress made in implementing 

9 the Global Food Security Strategy; 

10 (4) identify the indicators used to establish 

11 benchmarks and measure results over time, as well 

12 as the mechanisms for reporting such results in an 

13 open and transparent manner; 

14 (5) describe related strategies and benchmarks 

15 for graduating target countries and communities 

16 from assistance provided under the Global Food Se17 curity Strategy over time, including by building re18 silience, reducing risk, and enhancing the sustain19 ability of outcomes from United States investments 

20 in agriculture and nutrition security; 

21 (6) indicate how findings from monitoring and 

22 evaluation were incorporated into program design 

23 and budget decisions; 

24 (7) contain a transparent, open, and detailed 

25 accounting of spending by relevant Federal depart-
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1 ments and agencies to implement the Global Food 

2 Security Strategy, including, for each Federal de3 partment and agency, the statutory source of spend4 ing, amounts spent, implementing partners and tar5 geted beneficiaries, and activities supported to the 

6 extent practicable and appropriate; 

7 (8) describe how the Global Food Security 

8 Strategy leverages other United States food security 

9 and development assistance programs on the con10 tinuum from emergency food aid through sustain11 able, agriculture-led economic growth and eventual 

12 self-sufficiency; 

13 (9) describe the contributions of the Global 

14 Food Security Strategy to, and assess the impact of, 

15 broader international food and nutrition security as16 sistance programs, including progress in the pro17 motion of land tenure rights, creating economic op18 portunities for women and small-scale producers, 

19 and stimulating agriculture-led economic growth in 

20 target countries and communities; 

21 (10) assess efforts to coordinate United States 

22 international food security and nutrition programs, 

23 activities, and initiatives with key stakeholders; 

24 (11) assess United States Government-facili25 tated private investment in related sectors and the 
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1 impact of private sector investment in target coun2 tries and communities; 

3 (12) identify any United States legal or regu4 latory impediments that could obstruct the effective 

5 implementation of the programming referred to in 

6 paragraphs (8) and (9); 

7 (13) contain a clear gender analysis of pro8 gramming, to inform project-level activities, that in9 cludes established disaggregated gender indicators to 

10 better analyze outcomes for food productivity, in11 come growth, control of assets, equity in access to 

12 inputs, jobs and markets, and nutrition; and 

13 (14) incorporate a plan for regularly reviewing 

14 and updating strategies, partnerships, and programs 

15 and sharing lessons learned with a wide range of 

16 stakeholders in an open, transparent manner. 

17 (b) GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY CROSSCUT REPORT.— 

18 Not later than 120 days after the President submits the 

19 budget to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, 

20 United States Code, the Director of the Office of Manage21 ment and Budget shall submit to the appropriate congres22 sional committees a report including— 

23 (1) an interagency budget crosscut report 

24 that— 
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1 (A) displays the budget proposed, including 

2 any planned interagency or intra-agency trans3 fer, for each of the principal Federal agencies 

4 that carries out global food security activities in 

5 the upcoming fiscal year, separately reporting 

6 the amount of planned funding to be provided 

7 under existing laws pertaining to the global 

8 food security strategy to the extent available; 

9 and 

10 (B) to the extent available, identifies all 

11 assistance and research expenditures at the ac12 count level in each of the five prior fiscal years 

13 by the Federal Government and United States 

14 multilateral commitments using Federal funds 

15 for global food security strategy activities; 

16 (2) to the extent available, a detailed account17 ing of all assistance funding received and obligated 

18 by the principal Federal agencies identified in the 

19 report and United States multilateral commitments 

20 using Federal funds, for global food security activi21 ties during the current fiscal year; and 

22 (3) a breakout of the proposed budget for the 

23 current and budget years by agency, categorizing ex24 penditures by type of funding, including research, 
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1 resiliency, and other food security activities to the 

2 extent that such information is available. 

3 (c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The 

4 information referred to in subsections (a) and (b) shall 

5 be made available on the public website of the United 

6 States Agency for International Development in an open, 

7 machine readable format, in a timely manner. 

8 SEC. 9. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

9 (a) EFFECT ON OTHER PROGRAMS.—Nothing in the 

10 Global Food Security Strategy or this Act or the amend11 ments made by this Act shall be construed to supersede 

12 or otherwise affect the authority of the relevant Federal 

13 departments and agencies to carry out programs specified 

14 in subsection (b), in the manner provided, and subject to 

15 the terms and conditions, of those programs, including, 

16 but not limited to, the terms, conditions, and requirements 

17 relating to the procurement and transportation of food as18 sistance furnished pursuant to such programs. 

19 (b) PROGRAMS DESCRIBED.—The programs referred 

20 to in subsection (a) are the following: 

21 (1) The Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et 

22 seq.). 

23 (2) The Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 

24 U.S.C. 1736o). 
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1 (3) Section 416(b) of the Agriculture Act of 

2 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431). 

3 (4) McGovern-Dole Food for Education Pro4 gram (7 U.S.C.1736o–1). 

5 (5) Local and Regional Procurement Program 

6 (7 U.S.C. 1726c). 

7 (6) Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 

8 U.S.C. 1736f–1). 

9 (7) Any other food and nutrition security and 

10 emergency and non-emergency food assistance pro11 gram of the Department of Agriculture. 

Passed the Senate April 20, 2016. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1252 

AN ACT 

To authorize a comprehensive strategic approach 

vulnerable populations, and for other purposes. for women and children, build resilience among growth, improve nutritional outcomes, especially clusive, sustainable, agricultural-led economic achieve food and nutrition security, promote incountries to reduce global poverty and hunger, for United States foreign assistance to developing