IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8446 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 11, 2022 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To modify and extend the Global Food Security Act of 2016. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
The Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Food Security 
Reauthorization Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Section 2 of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 
(22 U.S.C. 9301) is amended by striking ‘‘Congress 
makes’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(3) A comprehen-
sive’’ and inserting ‘‘Congress finds that a comprehen-
sive’’. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY OBJECTIVES; SENSE OF 
CONGRESS. 
Section 3(a) of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 
(22 U.S.C. 9302(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘programs, activities, and initiatives that’’ 
and inserting ‘‘comprehensive, multi-sectoral pro-
grams, activities, and initiatives that consider agri-
culture and food systems in their totality and that’’. 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and economic 
freedom through the coordination’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
economic freedom, and security through the phasing, 
sequencing, and coordination’’; 
(3) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(3) increase the productivity, incomes, and 
livelihoods of small-scale producers and artisanal 
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fishing communities, especially women in these com-
munities, by working across terrestrial and aquatic 
food systems and agricultural value chains, including 
by— 
‘‘(A) enhancing local capacity to manage 
agricultural resources and food systems effec-
tively and expanding producer access to, and 
participation in, local, regional, and inter-
national markets; 
‘‘(B) increasing the availability and afford-
ability of high quality nutritious and safe foods 
and clean water; 
‘‘(C) creating entrepreneurship opportuni-
ties and improving access to business develop-
ment related to agriculture and food systems, 
including among youth populations, linked to 
local, regional, and international markets; and 
‘‘(D) enabling partnerships to facilitate the 
development of and investment in new agricul-
tural technologies to support more resilient and 
productive agricultural practices; 
‘‘(4) build resilience to agriculture and food sys-
tems shocks and stresses, including global food ca-
tastrophes in which conventional methods of agri-
culture are unable to provide sufficient food and nu-
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trition to sustain the global population, among vul-
nerable populations and households through inclu-
sive growth, while reducing reliance upon emergency 
food and economic assistance;’’; 
(4) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, adolescent girls,’’ after 
‘‘women’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and incidence of wast-
ing’’ after ‘‘child stunting’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘large-scale food fortifica-
tion,’’ after ‘‘diet diversification,’’; and 
(D) by inserting before the semicolon at 
the end the following: ‘‘and nutrition, especially 
during the first 1,000-day window until a child 
reaches 2 years of age’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘combating fragility, resil-
ience,’’ after ‘‘national security,’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘natural resource man-
agement,’’ after ‘‘science and technology,’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘nutrition,’’ and inserting 
‘‘nutrition, including deworming,’’. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 4 of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 
(22 U.S.C. 9303) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, including 
in response to shocks and stresses to food and nutri-
tion security’’ before the period at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (5)(H)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘local’’ before ‘‘agricul-
tural’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and fisher’’ after ‘‘farm-
er’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘youth,’’ after ‘‘small- 
scale producers,’’; 
(3) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘the Inter- 
American Foundation,’’ after ‘‘United States African 
Development Foundation,’’; 
(4) in paragraph (8)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘agriculture and food’’ be-
fore ‘‘systems’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, including global food 
catastrophes,’’ after ‘‘food security’’; 
(5) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘fishers’’ and 
inserting ‘‘artisanal fishing communities’’; 
(6) in paragraph (10), by amending subpara-
graphs (D) and (E) to read as follows: 
‘‘(D) is a marker of an environment defi-
cient in the various needs that allow for a 
child’s healthy growth, including nutrition; and 
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‘‘(E) is associated with long-term poor 
health, delayed motor development, impaired 
cognitive function, and decreased immunity.’’; 
(7) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘agriculture 
and nutrition security’’ and inserting ‘‘food and nu-
trition 
security 
and 
agriculture-led 
economic 
growth’’; 
(8) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(12), as amended, as paragraphs (5) through (13), 
respectively; 
(9) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) FOOD SYSTEM.—The term ‘food system’ 
means the intact or whole unit made up of inter-
related components of people, behaviors, relation-
ships, and material goods that interact in the pro-
duction, processing, packaging, transporting, trade, 
marketing, consumption, and use of food, feed, and 
fiber through aquaculture, farming, wild fisheries, 
forestry, and pastoralism that operates within and is 
influenced by social, political, economic, and environ-
mental contexts.’’; and 
(10) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(14) WASTING.—The term ‘wasting’ means— 
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‘‘(A) a life-threatening condition attrib-
utable to poor nutrient intake or disease that is 
characterized by a rapid deterioration in nutri-
tional status over a short period of time; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of children, is character-
ized by low weight for height and weakened im-
munity, increasing their risk of death due to 
greater frequency and severity of common infec-
tion, particularly when severe.’’. 
SEC. 5. COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRAT-
EGY. 
(a) STRATEGY.—Section 5(a) of the Global Food Se-
curity Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9304) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘country-owned agri-
culture, nutrition, and food security policy’’ and 
inserting ‘‘partner country-led agriculture, nu-
trition, regulatory, food security, and water re-
sources management policy’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘investment plans’’ 
the following: ‘‘and governance systems’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (5) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(5) support the locally-led and inclusive devel-
opment of agriculture and food systems, including 
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by enhancing the extent to which small-scale food 
producers, especially women, have access to and con-
trol over the inputs, skills, resource management ca-
pacity, networking, bargaining power, financing, 
market linkages, technology, and information needed 
to sustainably increase productivity and incomes, re-
duce poverty and malnutrition, and promote long- 
term economic prosperity;’’; 
(3) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, adolescent girls,’’ after 
‘‘women’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and preventing incidence 
of wasting’’ after ‘‘reducing child stunting’’; 
(4) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘poor water 
resource management and’’ after ‘‘including’’; 
(5) in paragraph (8)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the long-term success of 
programs’’ and inserting ‘‘long-term impact’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, including agricultural 
research capacity,’’ after ‘‘institutions’’; 
(6) in paragraph (9)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘integrate resilience and 
nutrition strategies into food security programs, 
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such that’’ and inserting ‘‘coordinate with and 
complement relevant strategies to ensure’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘adapt and’’ before ‘‘build 
safety nets’’; 
(7) in paragraph (13), by inserting ‘‘nongovern-
mental organizations, including’’ after ‘‘civil soci-
ety,’’; 
(8) in paragraph (14), by inserting ‘‘and coordi-
nation, as appropriate,’’ after ‘‘collaboration’’; 
(9) in paragraph (16)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 8(b)(4)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 8(a)(4)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end and in-
serting a semicolon; 
(10) by redesignating paragraph (17) as para-
graph (22); 
(11) by redesignating paragraphs (12) through 
(16), as amended, as paragraphs (14) through (18), 
respectively; 
(12) by striking paragraphs (10) and (11) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(10) develop community and producer resil-
ience and adaptation strategies to disasters, emer-
gencies, and other shocks and stresses to food and 
nutrition security, including conflicts, droughts, 
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flooding, pests, and diseases, that adversely impact 
agricultural yield and livelihoods; 
‘‘(11) harness science, technology, and innova-
tion, including the research and extension activities 
supported by the private sector, relevant Federal De-
partments and agencies, Feed the Future Innovation 
Labs or any successor entities, and international and 
local researchers and innovators, recognizing that 
significant investments in research and technological 
advances will be necessary to reduce global poverty, 
hunger, and malnutrition; 
‘‘(12) use evidenced-based best practices, in-
cluding scientific and forecasting data, and improved 
planning and coordination by, with, and among key 
partners and relevant Federal Departments and 
agencies to identify, analyze, measure, and mitigate 
risks, and strengthen resilience capacities; 
‘‘(13) ensure scientific and forecasting data is 
accessible and usable by affected communities and 
facilitate communication and collaboration among 
local stakeholders in support of adaptation planning 
and implementation, including scenario planning and 
preparedness using seasonal forecasting and sci-
entific and local knowledge;’’; and 
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(13) by inserting after paragraph (18), as re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(19) improve the efficiency and resilience of 
agricultural production, including management of 
crops, rangelands, pastures, livestock, fisheries, and 
aquacultures; 
‘‘(20) ensure investments in food and nutrition 
security consider and integrate best practices in the 
management and governance of natural resources 
and conservation, especially among food insecure 
populations living in or near biodiverse ecosystems; 
‘‘(21) be periodically updated in a manner that 
reflects learning and best practices; and’’. 
(b) PERIODIC UPDATES.—Section 5 of the Global 
Food Security Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9304), as amended 
by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(d) PERIODIC UPDATES.—Not less frequently than 
quinquennially through fiscal year 2030, the President, in 
consultation with the head of each relevant Federal de-
partment and agency, shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees updates to the Global Food Security 
Strategy required under subsection (a) and the agency- 
specific plans described in subsection (c)(2).’’. 
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SEC. 6. ASSISTANCE TO IMPLEMENT THE GLOBAL FOOD SE-
CURITY STRATEGY; AUTHORIZATION OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS. 
Section 6(b) of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 
(22 U.S.C. 9305(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$1,000,600,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,200,000,000’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2017 through 
2023’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2024 through 
2028’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Amounts authorized to appropriated by this sub-
section should be prioritized to carry out programs 
and activities in target countries.’’. 
SEC. 7. EMERGENCY FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7 of the Global Food Se-
curity Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9306) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) Sense of Congress’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘It shall be’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be’’; and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b). 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
492(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2292a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘$2,794,184,000 for 
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each of fiscal years 2017 through 2023, of which up to 
$1,257,382,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,905,460,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2024 through 2028, of which up to 
$1,757,457,000’’. 
SEC. 8. REPORTS. 
Section 8 of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 
(22 U.S.C. 9307) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘During each of the first 
7 years after the date of the submission of the 
strategy required under section 5(c)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘For each of fiscal years 2024 through 
2028’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘reports that describe’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a report that describes’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘at the end of the report-
ing period’’ and inserting ‘‘during the preceding 
year’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, including 
any changes to the target countries selected pursu-
ant to the selection criteria described in section 
5(a)(2) and justifications for any such changes’’ be-
fore the semicolon at the end; 
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(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘identify 
and’’ before ‘‘describe’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘agriculture’’ 
and inserting ‘‘food’’; 
(5) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘quantitative and quali-
tative’’ after ‘‘how’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘at the initiative, country, 
and zone of influence levels, including longitu-
dinal data and key uncertainties’’ before the 
semicolon at the end; 
(6) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘within tar-
get countries, amounts and justification for any 
spending outside of target countries’’ after ‘‘amounts 
spent’’; 
(7) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and the im-
pact of private sector investment’’ and inserting 
‘‘and efforts to encourage financial donor burden 
sharing and the impact of such investment and ef-
forts’’; 
(8) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(9) in paragraph (14)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, including key challenges 
or missteps,’’ after ‘‘lessons learned’’; and 
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(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(10) by redesignating paragraphs (12) through 
(14), as amended, as paragraphs (15) through (17), 
respectively; 
(11) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through 
(11), as amended, as paragraphs (7) through (13), 
respectively; 
(12) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(4) identify and describe the priority quan-
titative metrics used to establish baselines and per-
formance targets at the initiative, country, and zone 
of influence levels; 
‘‘(5) identify such established baselines and per-
formance targets at the country, and zone of influ-
ence levels; 
‘‘(6) identify the output and outcome bench-
marks and indicators used to measure results annu-
ally, and report the annual measurement of results 
for each of the priority metrics identified pursuant 
to paragraph (4), disaggregated by age, gender, and 
disability, to the extent practicable and appropriate, 
in an open and transparent manner that is acces-
sible to the American people;’’; 
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(13) by inserting after paragraph (13), as re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(14) describe how agriculture research is 
prioritized within the Global Food Security Strategy 
to support agriculture-led growth and eventual self- 
sufficiency and assess efforts to coordinate research 
programs within the Global Food Security Strategy 
with key stakeholders;’’; and 
(14) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(18) during the final year of each strategy re-
quired under section 5, complete country graduation 
reports to determine whether a country should re-
main a target country based on quantitative and 
qualitative analysis.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 29, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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