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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2817 

To address global hunger and improve food security through the development 

and implementation of a comprehensive governmentwide global hunger 

reduction strategy, the establishment of the White House Office on 

Global Hunger and Food Security, and the creation of the Permanent 

Joint Select Committee on Hunger, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 11, 2009 

Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, and Mr. 

JACKSON of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on 

Agriculture and Rules, 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 address global hunger and improve food security through 

the development and implementation of a comprehensive 

governmentwide global hunger reduction strategy, the establishment of the White House Office on Global Hunger 

and Food Security, and the creation of the Permanent 

Joint Select Committee on Hunger, 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 ‘‘Roadmap to End Glob3 al Hunger and Promote Food Security Act of 2009’’ or 

4 the ‘‘Roadmap Act of 2009’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) The international community has made 

8 progress decreasing global hunger over the past four 

9 decades, reducing the percentage of the world’s pop10 ulation that is hungry from 37 percent to 17 per11 cent. The United States provided critical global lead12 ership in achieving this success and is the world’s 

13 largest donor of emergency food assistance to vul14 nerable populations affected by war, conflict, and 

15 natural and weather-related disasters. 

16 (2) Although the percentage of individuals expe17 riencing hunger has fallen steadily over several dec18 ades, the total number of such individuals has 

19 grown. The United Nations Food and Agricultural 

20 Organization estimated in December 2008 that the 

21 number of individuals suffering from hunger is 

22 963,000,000, an increase of 115,000,000 over the 

23 last 2 years. 

24 (3) Poverty in developing countries remains 

25 largely a rural issue, with 75 percent of individuals 

26 in extreme poverty living in rural areas. Strategies 


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1 to address hunger, food security, and agricultural 

2 development must respond to the needs and reality 

3 of small-scale producers, especially women, who rep4 resent between 60 and 80 percent of agricultural 

5 producers in the developing world, in remote and 

6 rural areas. 

7 (4) According to the United Nations World 

8 Food Program (WFP), more than 400,000,000 chil9 dren suffer from chronic hunger, and an estimated 

10 75,000,000 of these children, two-thirds of whom 

11 are female, do not attend school. The United Na12 tions Children’s Fund estimates that 9,200,000 chil13 dren under the age of 5 die every year, mostly from 

14 preventable and treatable causes, and that child and 

15 maternal malnutrition contributes to approximately 

16 6,000,000 deaths of children under the age of 5 an17 nually. 

18 (5) Children who are malnourished in the first 

19 two years of life suffer irreparable harm, have lower 

20 productivity and lower wages as adults, and are 

21 more likely to have children who are malnourished. 

22 (6) Over the last 25 years, United States assist23 ance for agricultural development has declined by 85 

24 percent and, with few exceptions, much of the inter25 national community has also neglected agricultural 


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1 development in the world’s poorest areas. At the end 

2 of 2008, the United States Agency for International 

3 Development (USAID) had only 16 agricultural spe4 cialists and 6 technical agricultural experts on staff, 

5 representing a substantial lack of expertise and spe6 cialists at USAID headquarters in Washington, DC, 

7 and at United States field missions across the globe. 

8 Further, there has been a decline in United States 

9 and international donor support for agricultural edu10 cation, research and development, and extension 

11 services at all levels in developing countries and 

12 among donor nations. 

13 (7) During the period from 2002 to 2008, the 

14 world experienced rising food prices, including rapid 

15 acceleration occurring from 2007 to 2008, with a 

16 devastating effect on the food security and welfare 

17 of the 1,000,000,000 individuals worldwide who live 

18 on less than one dollar a day and who spend 50 per19 cent to 80 percent of their income on food. Sharply 

20 increased prices for food and petroleum-based prod21 ucts, including fuel and fertilizers, were particularly 

22 devastating for poor, small, and rural agricultural 

23 producers. 

24 (8) The Economic Research Service of the De25 partment of Agriculture reported in May 2009 that 


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1 factors contributing to rising food and fuel costs in2 cluded decreased international stocks of staple 

3 grains and cereals, increased commodity prices 

4 brought about by drought, floods, and global climate 

5 change, increased food and fuel consumption by mid6 dle-income countries, such as China and India, and 

7 increased pressure on land use and production of 

8 basic cereals from greater cultivation of biofuels. Re9 garding rice, which is critical to the diet of about 

10 half the world’s population, factors behind the rise 

11 in global prices in 2008 were trade restrictions by 

12 major suppliers, panic buying of large importers, a 

13 weak dollar, and record oil prices. 

14 (9) From January 2007 through June 2008, 

15 food protests, including strikes, demonstrations, and 

16 riots over food, occurred in more than 50 countries, 

17 with some countries experiencing multiple occur18 rences and a high degree of violence, leading United 

19 States intelligence analysts and the Government Ac20 countability Office (GAO) to identify the political 

21 consequences of severe hunger and food insecurity 

22 among the main threats to national security, par23 ticularly in weak and fragile states. 

24 (10) Reducing hunger and increasing food secu25 rity require sustained multilateral cooperation. At 


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1 the 1996 World Food Summit in Rome, Italy, the 

2 United States and more than 180 world leaders 

3 pledged to halve the total number of undernourished 

4 people worldwide from the 1990 level—a commit5 ment reaffirmed in September 2000 when they 

6 adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration 

7 and established eight Millennium Development 

8 Goals, the first of which is cutting global hunger and 

9 extreme poverty in half by 2015. On July 15, 2008, 

10 the United Nations High Level Task Force on Glob11 al Food Security presented the Comprehensive 

12 Framework for Action to address the global food cri13 sis, providing governments and intergovernmental 

14 and nongovernmental organizations with concrete 

15 immediate and longer term responses to achieving 

16 food security, and which served as an impetus for 

17 dozens of countries to increase aid commitments. 

18 Further, in his March 2009 report to the United 

19 Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Spe20 cial Rapporteur on the Right to Food recognized 

21 that for international assistance to be effective, it is 

22 necessary to overcome structural impediments to the 

23 availability of and access to the global food supply 

24 for the one billion people who are undernourished. 


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1 (11) Established in 1983, the House Select 

2 Committee on Hunger examined domestic and global 

3 hunger issues comprehensively and made rec4 ommendations to the committees of jurisdiction on a 

5 broad range of programmatic and policy matters. 

6 These efforts led to increased resources for a variety 

7 of crucial emergency, safety net, health, education, 

8 income generation, agricultural development, child 

9 survival, and other programs. Congressional author10 ization for the House Select Committee on Hunger 

11 ended in January 1993. 

12 (12) In May 2008, the GAO released the re13 port, ‘‘International Food Security: Insufficient Ef14 forts by Host Governments and Donors Threaten 

15 Progress to Halve Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa by 

16 2015’’, indicating that current efforts by the United 

17 States and international donors would not achieve 

18 the goal of cutting hunger in half by 2015 in sub19 Sahara Africa. The GAO called for a government20 wide comprehensive plan to design, implement, over21 see, and evaluate United States programs and fund22 ing with respect to achieving the goal. 

23 (13) President Barack Obama has committed 

24 the United States to new leadership in the effort to 

25 reduce by half global hunger and poverty by 2015, 


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1 a commitment that was reiterated on January 26, 

2 2009, by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the 

3 High Level Meeting on Food Security for All Con4 ference held in Madrid, Spain. On April 2, 2009, the 

5 President announced at the conclusion of the G–20 

6 Meeting in London the need to provide ‘‘immediate 

7 assistance to vulnerable populations’’ as a result of 

8 the global financial crisis and to ‘‘double support for 

9 agricultural development’’ so that people might ‘‘lift 

10 themselves out of poverty’’. 

11 (14) On February 24, 2009, a broad-based coa12 lition of United States nongovernmental organiza13 tions released the ‘‘Roadmap to End Global Hun14 ger’’, outlining a comprehensive policy framework 

15 and specific funding levels for United States food as16 sistance and development programs through fiscal 

17 year 2014, including the creation of a White House 

18 office on global hunger, appointment of a global 

19 hunger coordinator, restoration of a select committee 

20 on hunger, and the development and implementation 

21 of a comprehensive governmentwide plan to alleviate 

22 global hunger. 

23 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the policy of the United 

25 States to reduce global hunger, advance nutrition, increase 


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1 food security, and ensure that relevant Federal policies 

2 and programs— 

3 (1) provide emergency response and direct sup4 port to vulnerable populations in times of need, 

5 whether provoked by natural disaster, conflict, or 

6 acute economic difficulties; 

7 (2) increase resilience to and reduce, limit, or 

8 mitigate the impact of shocks on vulnerable popu9 lations, reducing the need for emergency interven10 tions; 

11 (3) increase and build the capacity of people 

12 and governments to sustainably feed themselves; 

13 (4) ensure adequate access for all individuals, 

14 especially mothers and children, to the required cal15 ories and nutrients needed to live healthy lives; 

16 (5) strengthen the ability of small-scale farm17 ers, especially women, to sustain and increase their 

18 production and livelihoods; and 

19 (6) incorporate sustainable and environmentally 

20 sound agricultural methods and practices. 

21 (b) INITIATIVES.—It shall be further the policy of the 

22 United States that initiatives developed to carry out sub23 section (a)— 

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1 tegrates the policies and programs of all Federal 

2 agencies; 

3 (2) be balanced and flexible to allow for pro4 grams that meet emergency needs and increased in5 vestments in longer-term programs; 

6 (3) develop mechanisms that allow cash and 

7 commodity-based resources to be effectively com8 bined; 

9 (4) define clear targets, benchmarks and indica10 tors of success, including gender analysis, in order 

11 to monitor implementation, guarantee accountability, 

12 and determine whether beneficiaries achieve in13 creased and sustainable food security; 

14 (5) employ the full range of diplomatic re15 sources and provide incentives to other countries to 

16 meet their obligations to reduce hunger and promote 

17 food security; and 

18 (6) work within a framework of multilateral 

19 commitments. 

20 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE ON 

21 GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY. 

22 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

23 (1) Hunger, malnutrition, under-nutrition, and 

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1 national security, development, and humanitarian re2 sponse within the Federal Government. 

3 (2) While the United States cannot be expected 

4 to shoulder the majority of global investments in 

5 ending hunger and providing food security, the 

6 United States can and should lead the international 

7 community by taking immediate steps to make exist8 ing Federal programs more effective by increasing 

9 funding and requiring greater accountability in the 

10 implementation and effectiveness of United States 

11 global hunger, nutrition, safety net, emergency re12 sponse, and agricultural development policies and 

13 programs. 

14 (3) Despite the broad range of United States 

15 policies and programs related to ending global hun16 ger and promoting food security, there is no single 

17 office, official, or comprehensive governmentwide 

18 strategy that effectively integrates these activities 

19 and allows for comprehensive budgeting, evaluation, 

20 oversight, and accountability. 

21 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

22 Executive Office of the President the White House Office 

23 on Global Hunger and Food Security (hereinafter referred 

24 to in this section as the ‘‘Office’’). 


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1 (c) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Office shall 

2 include the following: 

3 (1) Providing advice to the President on global 

4 hunger and food security issues. 

5 (2) Providing leadership and taking actions, 

6 consistent with applicable law, to ensure that efforts 

7 to reduce global hunger and increase food security 

8 are priorities of the Federal Government. 

9 (3) Working with Federal departments and 

10 agencies to ensure that addressing global hunger 

11 and food security is prioritized within such depart12 ments and agencies and that appropriate consider13 ation is given by such departments and agencies to 

14 the potential impact of their actions on global hun15 ger and food security, including in United States 

16 diplomatic, trade, energy, and labor relations. 

17 (4) Coordinating the development and imple18 mentation of a comprehensive governmentwide strat19 egy to address global hunger and food security with20 in an overall strategy for global development as de21 scribed in subsection (e). 

22 (5) Maintaining an inventory of global hunger 

23 and food security programs and activities of the 

24 Federal Government. 


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1 (6) Assessing existing authorities and mecha2 nisms within the Federal Government to address 

3 global hunger and food security and identifying the 

4 shortfalls of such authorities and mechanisms. 

5 (7) Preparing and submitting to the President 

6 and Congress an annual report on the expenditures 

7 of the Federal Government for global hunger and 

8 food security programs and a suggested budget for 

9 such programs. 

10 (8) Working with Federal departments and 

11 agencies, including the Office of Management and 

12 Budget, to take actions, consistent with applicable 

13 law, to ensure that Federal programs addressing 

14 global hunger and food security receive adequate, 

15 sustained, and reliable funding and that such fund16 ing is effectively spent. 

17 (9) Establishing indicators to measure progress 

18 with respect to specific global hunger and food secu19 rity targets, including gender-sensitive goals, in con20 sultation with and with input solicited from stake21 holders, potential beneficiaries, and implementing 

22 agencies and entities and ensuring adequate moni23 toring and evaluation of such indicators, including 

24 reporting to the President quarterly on the progress 

25 of Federal departments and agencies in meeting 


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1 such targets and the contribution to such progress 

2 by the high-level, governmentwide global hunger and 

3 food security meeting, described in subsection (f)(3). 

4 (10) Taking actions, consistent with applicable 

5 law, to ensure Federal Government coordination 

6 with other donor governments and international in7 stitutions. 

8 (11) Consulting with relevant public, private, 

9 and nongovernmental groups in the development, im10 plementation, and monitoring of the comprehensive 

11 governmentwide strategy to address global hunger 

12 and food security. 

13 (12) Promoting public awareness of the impor14 tance of addressing global hunger and food security 

15 and Federal efforts to achieve the goal of cutting 

16 global hunger in half by 2015. 

17 (13) Submitting to the President and Congress, 

18 not later than March 31 of each year, an annual re19 port on the implementation of the comprehensive 

20 governmentwide strategy to address global hunger 

21 and food security, including an assessment of agency 

22 innovations, achievements, and failures to perform, 

23 and policy and budget recommendations for changes 

24 to agency operations, priorities, and funding. 


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1 (d) COORDINATOR OF THE OFFICE.—The President 

2 shall appoint a Coordinator on Global Hunger and Food 

3 Security (hereinafter referred to in this section as the ‘‘Co4 ordinator’’). The Coordinator shall be the head of the Of5 fice and shall report to the President. 

6 (e) COMPREHENSIVE GOVERNMENTWIDE STRAT7 EGY.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Coordinator shall de9 velop and take actions, consistent with applicable 

10 law, to implement a comprehensive governmentwide 

11 strategy to address global hunger and food security 

12 across the Federal Government, which shall include 

13 content with respect to programs and policies for— 

14 (A) emergency response and management; 

15 (B) safety nets, social protection, and dis16 aster risk reduction; 

17 (C) nutrition; 

18 (D) market-based agriculture, the rehabili19 tation and expansion of rural agricultural infra20 structure, and rural development; 

21 (E) agricultural education, research and 

22 development, and extension services; 

23 (F) government to government technical 

24 assistance programs; 


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1 (G) natural resource management, environ2 mentally sound agriculture, and responses to 

3 the impact of climate change on agriculture and 

4 food production; 

5 (H) monitoring and evaluation mecha6 nisms; and 

7 (I) provision of adequate and sustained re8 sources, including multiyear funding, to ensure 

9 the scale and duration of programs required to 

10 carry out the United States commitment to al11 leviate global hunger and promote food security. 

12 (2) COORDINATION WITH INTERNATIONAL

13 GOALS.—In accordance with applicable law, the Co14 ordinator shall ensure that the comprehensive gov15 ernmentwide strategy described in paragraph (1) 

16 contributes to achieving the Millennium Develop17 ment Goal of reducing global hunger by half not 

18 later than 2015 and to advancing the United Na19 tions Comprehensive Framework for Action with re20 spect to global hunger and food security, including 

21 supporting the United Nations, international agen22 cies, governments and other relevant organizations 

23 and entities in carrying out the Comprehensive 

24 Framework for Action. 


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1 (3) INTEGRATION WITH NATIONAL STRATEGY

2 FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT.—The Coordinator 

3 shall take actions to ensure that the comprehensive 

4 governmentwide strategy described in paragraph (1) 

5 is integrated into any review or development of a 

6 Federal strategy for global development that sets 

7 forth or establishes the United States mission for 

8 global development, guidelines for assistance pro9 grams, and how development policy will be coordi10 nated with policies governing trade, immigration, 

11 and other relevant international issues. 

12 (f) COORDINATION WITH FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS

13 AND AGENCIES.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—In performing its functions, 

15 the Office shall work with all relevant Federal de16 partments and agencies, including the following: 

17 (A) The Central Intelligence Agency. 

18 (B) The Department of Agriculture. 

19 (C) The Department of Commerce. 

20 (D) The Department of Defense. 

21 (E) The Department of Energy. 

22 (F) The Department of Health and 

23 Human Services. 

24 (G) The Department of Labor. 

25 (H) The Department of State. 


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1 (I) The Department of Treasury. 

2 (J) The Environmental Protection Agency. 

3 (K) The Millennium Challenge Corpora4 tion. 

5 (L) The Office of Management and Budg6 et. 

7 (M) The Office of the United States Trade 

8 Representative. 

9 (N) The Peace Corps. 

10 (O) The United States Agency for Inter11 national Development. 

12 (P) The United States Trade and Develop13 ment Agency. 

14 (Q) The Office of Global Women’s Issues 

15 of the Department of State. 

16 (2) COOPERATION REQUIRED.—To the extent 

17 permitted by law, all Federal departments and agen18 cies shall cooperate with the Office and provide such 

19 information, support, and assistance to the Office as 

20 the Coordinator may request. 

21 (3) HIGH-LEVEL, GOVERNMENTWIDE GLOBAL

22 HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY MEETING.— 

23 (A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Coordinator 

24 shall establish, schedule, and administer a high25 level, governmentwide global hunger and food 


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1 security meeting (hereinafter referred to in this 

2 paragraph as the ‘‘meeting’’) once each week in 

3 accordance with this paragraph. 

4 (B) ATTENDEES.—The Coordinator and 

5 the head of each entity listed in paragraph (1), 

6 or the designees of such individuals, shall at7 tend each meeting. The Coordinator may select 

8 additional individuals to attend the meeting as 

9 the Coordinator determines appropriate. 

10 (C) CHAIRMAN.—The meeting shall be 

11 chaired by the Coordinator. 

12 (D) FUNCTION.—The purpose of the meet13 ing shall be to ensure that attendees of the 

14 meeting coordinate and take actions, consistent 

15 with applicable law, to implement the com16 prehensive governmentwide strategy to address 

17 global hunger and food security described in 

18 subsection (e). 

19 (E) OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.—The Coordi20 nator shall ensure that the meeting includes 

21 consultation with and participation of non-Fed22 eral organizations with experience and expertise 

23 in combating global hunger and promoting food 

24 security. 


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1 (g) STAFF AND RESOURCES.—The Coordinator shall 

2 take actions, consistent with applicable law, to ensure that 

3 the Office has the staff and other resources necessary to 

4 carry out this section. 

5 (h) REPORT ON COMPREHENSIVE GOVERNMENT6 WIDE STRATEGY.—Not later than two years after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter, the 

8 Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 

9 Congress a report evaluating the design, implementation, 

10 and Federal Government coordination of the comprehen11 sive governmentwide strategy to address global hunger 

12 and food security required under subsection (e). 

13 (i) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec14 tion shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect the 

15 authority granted to a Federal department or agency, or 

16 the head thereof, by any other provision of law. 

17 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 

18 out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 

19 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014 

20 and such sums as may be necessary for subsequent fiscal 

21 years. 

22 SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT JOINT SELECT 

23 COMMITTEE ON HUNGER. 

24 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Funding, programs, and jurisdiction for ad2 dressing global hunger and food security are divided 

3 among many congressional committees and, as a re4 sult, inadequate emphasis is often given to address5 ing global hunger and food security in a comprehen6 sive way. 

7 (2) As the White House Office on Global Hun8 ger and Food Security, established under section 4, 

9 coordinates the programs, activities, and policies of 

10 the numerous Federal departments and agencies 

11 charged with carrying out hunger alleviation and 

12 food security programs, the establishment of a Per13 manent Joint Select Committee on Hunger will pro14 mote coordination across the multiple committees 

15 with jurisdiction and legislative authority over global 

16 hunger and food security issues. 

17 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Perma18 nent Joint Select Committee on Hunger (hereinafter re19 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Committee’’). 

20 (c) COMPOSITION.—The Committee shall be com21 posed of 16 members in accordance with the following: 

22 (1) 8 Members of the House of Representatives 

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1 sultation with the minority leader of the House of 

2 Representatives. 

3 (2) 8 Members of the Senate, of whom 5 shall 

4 be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate 

5 and 3 shall be appointed by the minority leader of 

6 the Senate. 

7 (d) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the membership of the 

8 Committee shall be filled in the same manner as the origi9 nal appointment. 

10 (e) CHAIRMANSHIP.—The Committee shall select a 

11 chairman from among its members at the beginning of 

12 each Congress. The chairmanship shall alternate between 

13 the House of Representatives and the Senate with each 

14 Congress and the chairman shall be selected by the Mem15 bers from that House entitled to the chairmanship. 

16 (f) DUTIES.—The Committee shall— 

17 (1) hold hearings, conduct investigations, issue 

18 independent reports and analyses, and make policy 

19 and program recommendations to relevant congres20 sional committees of jurisdiction on issues related to 

21 global hunger, nutrition, food security, rural and ag22 ricultural development, emergency and humanitarian 

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1 cluding the effectiveness of such programs in ad2 dressing global hunger and food security; and 

3 (2) examine issues relevant to the development, 

4 implementation, and monitoring of the comprehen5 sive governmentwide strategy to address global hun6 ger and food security provided by the White House 

7 Office on Global Hunger and Food Security through 

8 the holding of hearings, review of reports, and other 

9 relevant activities. 

10 (g) POWERS.—In carrying out its duties under this 

11 section, the Committee is authorized to— 

12 (1) hold hearings and sit and act at places and 

13 times within the United States and outside the 

14 United States during the sessions, recesses, and ad15 journed periods of Congress; 

16 (2) require the attendance of witnesses and the 

17 production of books, papers, and documents, admin18 ister oaths, take testimony, and procure printing and 

19 binding; 

20 (3) record hearings, prepare and provide tran21 scripts of hearings, use transcribers, recorders and 

22 stenographers, and establish a Web site; 

23 (4) make rules respecting its organization and 

24 procedures; and 


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1 (5) exercise any other authority of a committee 

2 of the House of Representatives and the Senate and 

3 utilize the resources of the House of Representatives 

4 and the Senate, except as provided otherwise in this 

5 section. 

6 (h) STAFFING.—The Committee may appoint and fix 

7 the compensation of staff as it deems necessary. 

8 (i) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY.—The Committee 

9 may not exercise legislative jurisdiction and may not take 

10 legislative action on any bill or resolution. 

11 (j) RULEMAKING.—The provisions of this section are 

12 enacted by Congress— 

13 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

14 the House of Representatives and the Senate, re15 spectively, and as such they shall be considered as 

16 part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of 

17 that House to which they specifically apply, and 

18 such rules shall supersede other rules only to the ex19 tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 

20 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

21 right of either House to change such rules (so far 

22 as relating to such House) at any time, in the same 

23 manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 

24 any other rule of such House. 

25 (k) FUNDING.— 


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1 (1) VOUCHERS.—Payments for expenses of the 

2 Committee shall be made using vouchers authorized 

3 by the Committee, signed by the chairman of the 

4 Committee, and approved in a manner directed by 

5 the Committee on House Administration of the 

6 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

7 Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

8 (2) SOURCE OF FUNDS.— 

9 (A) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—There 

10 shall be paid out of the applicable accounts of 

11 the House of Representatives $3,000,000 to 

12 carry out this section during the 111th Con13 gress. 

14 (B) SENATE.—There shall be paid out of 

15 the contingent fund of the Senate $3,000,000 

16 to carry out this section during the 111th Con17 gress. 

18 SEC. 6. FUNDING AND DEFINITION. 

19 (a) FUNDING.—To carry out the comprehensive gov20 ernmentwide strategy described in section 4(e), it is the 

21 sense of Congress that not less than $50,360,000,000 

22 should be made available for fiscal years 2010 through 

23 2014 for Federal programs addressing global hunger and 

24 food security. During such five-year period, funding 

25 should increase investments in intermediate and long-term 


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1 programs, including safety nets, nutrition, and agricul2 tural development programs, and maintain sufficient re3 sources for emergency management and response. It is 

4 further the sense of Congress that funding for Federal 

5 programs addressing global hunger and food security 

6 should, to the maximum extent possible, use as guidance 

7 and not be less than those amounts described for fiscal 

8 years 2010 through 2014 in the Roadmap to End Global 

9 Hunger. 

10 (b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Road11 map to End Global Hunger’’ means the report entitled 

12 ‘‘Roadmap To End Global Hunger’’, released on February 

13 24, 2009, and endorsed by the following organizations: 

14 (1) ACDI/VOCA. 

15 (2) Action Against Hunger. 

16 (3) Africare. 

17 (4) Alliance for Global Food Security. 

18 (5) Alliance to End Hunger. 

19 (6) American Jewish World Service. 

20 (7) Better World Campaign. 

21 (8) Bread for the World. 

22 (9) CARE. 

23 (10) Catholic Relief Services. 

24 (11) Christian Children’s Fund. 


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1 (12) Christian Reformed World Relief Com2 mittee. 

3 (13) Church World Service. 

4 (14) Concern Worldwide. 

5 (15) Congressional Hunger Center. 

6 (16) Counterpart International. 

7 (17) Covenant World Relief. 

8 (18) Episcopal Relief and Development. 

9 (19) Feed the Children. 

10 (20) Food for the Hungry. 

11 (21) Friends of the World Food Program. 

12 (22) Global Child Nutrition Foundation. 

13 (23) Heifer International. 

14 (24) The Humpty Dumpty Institute. 

15 (25) The International Center for Research on 

16 Women. 

17 (26) International Relief and Development. 

18 (27) Islamic Relief. 

19 (28) LIFE for Relief and Development. 

20 (29) MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger. 

21 (30) Mercy Corps. 

22 (31) Oxfam America. 

23 (32) Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in 

24 Africa. 

25 (33) PATH. 


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1 (34) Project Concern International. 

2 (35) RESULTS. 

3 (36) Save the Children. 

4 (37) United Methodist Committee on Relief 

5 (UMCOR). 

6 (38) US Coalition for Child Survival. 

7 (39) U.S. Fund for UNICEF. 

8 (40) Women Organizing for Change in Agri9 culture and NRM. 

10 (41) Women Thrive Worldwide. 

11 (42) World Vision. 

12 SEC. 7. DEFINITION OF UNDERNOURISHMENT. 

13 In this Act, the term ‘‘undernourishment’’, as defined 

14 by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organiza15 tion, means the condition of people whose food consump16 tion is continuously below a minimum dietary energy re17 quirement for maintaining an acceptable minimum body 

18 size, living a healthy life, and carrying out light physical 

19 activity. In this Act, the terms ‘‘chronic undernourish20 ment’’, ‘‘food insecurity’’, and ‘‘hunger’’ have the same 

21 meaning as ‘‘undernourishment’’. 

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