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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1616 

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reauthorize the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 21, 2007 

Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mrs. EMERSON, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. MCCOLLUM

of Minnesota, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mrs. 

TAUSCHER, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. SCHIFF, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. 

JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 

HOLT, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. NORTON, Ms. LEE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. OBERSTAR, Ms. HERSETH, 

Mr. LAHOOD, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. 

WALSH of New York, Mr. KIND, Mr. STARK, Ms. WATSON, Mr. MCNULTY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. BOUCHER, Ms. 

WOOLSEY, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. POMEROY, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. CARSON, 

Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. CORRINE

BROWN of Florida, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. 

COURTNEY, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. FARR, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. 

SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. HARE, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MEEKS of 

New York, Mr. WELCH of Vermont, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. OLVER, Ms. SOLIS, 

Mr. CUMMINGS, and Ms. BALDWIN) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 


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of 2002 to reauthorize the McGovern-Dole International 

Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, 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. REAUTHORIZATION OF MCGOVERN–DOLE 

4 INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND 

5 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM. 

6 (a) ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM.—Section 3107 

7 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 

8 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding 

10 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The President shall des11 ignate 1 or more Federal agencies to’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘The Secretary shall’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (f)(2), in the matter preceding 

14 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘implementing agen15 cy’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; and 

16 (3) in subsections (c)(2)(B), (f)(1), (h)(1) and 

17 (2), and (i), by striking ‘‘President’’ each place it 

18 appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 

19 (b) FUNDING.—Section 3107(l) of the Farm Security 

20 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(l)) 

21 is amended— 

22 (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in23 serting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(1) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION

2 FUNDS.—Of the funds of the Commodity Credit 

3 Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this 

4 section— 

5 ‘‘(A) not less than $140,000,000 for fiscal 

6 year 2008; 

7 ‘‘(B) not less than $180,000,000 for fiscal 

8 year 2009; 

9 ‘‘(C) not less than $220,000,000 for fiscal 

10 year 2010; 

11 ‘‘(D) not less than $260,000,000 for fiscal 

12 year 2011; and 

13 ‘‘(E) not less than $300,000,000 for fiscal 

14 year 2012.’’; 

15 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para16 graph (2); and 

17 (3) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by para18 graph (2)), by striking ‘‘any Federal agency imple19 menting or assisting’’ and inserting ‘‘the Depart20 ment of Agriculture or any other Federal agency as21 sisting’’. 

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