II 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1567 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 13, 2016 
Received 
AN ACT 
To authorize a comprehensive, strategic approach for United 
States foreign assistance to developing countries to re-
duce global poverty and hunger, achieve food security 
and improved nutrition, promote inclusive, sustainable 
agricultural-led economic growth, improve nutritional 
outcomes, especially for women and children, build resil-
ience among vulnerable populations, and for other pur-
poses. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Food Security 
Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY OBJECTIVES; SENSE OF 
CONGRESS. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY OBJECTIVES.—It is in 
the national security interest of the United States to pro-
mote global food security, resilience, and nutrition, con-
sistent with national food security investment plans, which 
is reinforced through programs, activities, and initiatives 
that— 
(1) accelerate inclusive, agricultural-led eco-
nomic growth that reduces global poverty, hunger, 
and malnutrition, particularly among women and 
children; 
(2) increase the productivity, incomes, and live-
lihoods of small-scale producers, especially women, 
by working across agricultural value chains, enhanc-
ing local capacity to manage agricultural resources 
effectively, and expanding producer access to local 
and international markets; 
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(3) build resilience to food shocks among vul-
nerable populations and households while reducing 
reliance upon emergency food assistance; 
(4) create an enabling environment for agricul-
tural growth and investment, including through the 
promotion of secure and transparent property rights; 
(5) improve the nutritional status of women 
and children, with a focus on reducing child stunt-
ing, including through the promotion of highly nutri-
tious foods, diet diversification, and nutritional be-
haviors that improve maternal and child health; 
(6) align with and leverage broader United 
States strategies and investments in trade, economic 
growth, science and technology, agricultural research 
and extension, maternal and child health, nutrition, 
and water, sanitation, and hygiene; 
(7) continue to strengthen partnerships between 
United States-based universities, including land- 
grant colleges and universities, and institutions in 
target countries and communities that build agricul-
tural capacity; and 
(8) ensure the effective use of United States 
taxpayer dollars to further these objectives. 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that the President, in providing assistance to im-
plement the Global Food Security Strategy, should— 
(1) coordinate, through a whole-of-government 
approach, the efforts of relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies to implement the Global Food 
Security Strategy; 
(2) seek to fully utilize the unique capabilities 
of each relevant Federal department and agency 
while collaborating with and leveraging the contribu-
tions of other key stakeholders; and 
(3) utilize open and streamlined solicitations to 
allow for the participation of a wide range of imple-
menting partners through the most appropriate pro-
curement mechanisms, which may include grants, 
contracts, cooperative agreements, and other instru-
ments as necessary and appropriate. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AGRICULTURE.—The term ‘‘agriculture’’ 
means crops, livestock, fisheries, and forestries. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; 
(E) the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(F) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives. 
(3) FEED THE FUTURE INNOVATION LABS.— 
The term ‘‘Feed the Future Innovation Labs’’ 
means research partnerships led by United States 
universities that advance solutions to reduce global 
hunger, poverty, and malnutrition. 
(4) FOOD
AND
NUTRITION
SECURITY.—The 
term ‘‘food and nutrition security’’ means access to, 
and availability, utilization, and stability of, suffi-
cient food to meet caloric and nutritional needs for 
an active and healthy life. 
(5) GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY.—The 
term ‘‘Global Food Security Strategy’’ means the 
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strategy developed and implemented pursuant to sec-
tion 4(a). 
(6) KEY
STAKEHOLDERS.—The term ‘‘key 
stakeholders’’ means actors engaged in efforts to ad-
vance global food security programs and objectives, 
including— 
(A) relevant Federal departments and 
agencies; 
(B) national and local governments in tar-
get countries; 
(C) other bilateral donors; 
(D) international and regional organiza-
tions; 
(E) international, regional, and local finan-
cial institutions; 
(F) international, regional, and local pri-
vate voluntary, nongovernmental, faith-based, 
and civil society organizations; 
(G) the private sector, including agri-
businesses and relevant commodities groups; 
(H) agricultural producers, including farm-
er organizations, cooperatives, small-scale pro-
ducers, and women; and 
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(I) agricultural research and academic in-
stitutions, including land-grant colleges and 
universities and extension services. 
(7) LAND-GRANT
COLLEGES
AND
UNIVER-
SITIES.—The term ‘‘land-grant colleges and univer-
sities’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
1404(13) of the National Agricultural Research, Ex-
tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3103(13)). 
(8) MALNUTRITION.—The term ‘‘malnutrition’’ 
means poor nutritional status caused by nutritional 
deficiency or excess. 
(9) RELEVANT
FEDERAL
DEPARTMENTS
AND 
AGENCIES.—The term ‘‘relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies’’ means the United States Agen-
cy for International Development, the Department of 
Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the De-
partment of State, the Department of the Treasury, 
the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation, the Peace Corps, 
the Office of the United States Trade Representa-
tive, the United States African Development Foun-
dation, the United States Geological Survey, and 
any other department or agency specified by the 
President for purposes of this section. 
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(10) 
RESILIENCE.—The 
term 
‘‘resilience’’ 
means the ability of people, households, commu-
nities, countries, and systems to mitigate, adapt to, 
and recover from shocks and stresses to food secu-
rity in a manner that reduces chronic vulnerability 
and facilitates inclusive growth. 
(11) 
SMALL-SCALE
PRODUCER.—The 
term 
‘‘small-scale producer’’ means farmers, pastoralists, 
foresters, and fishers that have a low-asset base and 
limited resources, including land, capital, skills and 
labor, and, in the case of farmers, typically farm on 
fewer than 5 hectares of land. 
(12) SUSTAINABLE.—The term ‘‘sustainable’’ 
means the ability of a target country, community, 
implementing partner, or intended beneficiary to 
maintain, over time, the programs authorized and 
outcomes achieved pursuant to this Act. 
(13) TARGET
COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘target 
country’’ means a developing country that is selected 
to participate in agriculture and nutrition security 
programs under the Global Food Security Strategy 
pursuant to the selection criteria described in section 
4(a)(2), including criteria such as the potential for 
agriculture-led economic growth, government com-
mitment to agricultural investment and policy re-
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form, opportunities for partnerships and regional 
synergies, the level of need, and resource availability. 
SEC. 4. COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRAT-
EGY. 
(a) STRATEGY.—The President shall coordinate the 
development and implementation of a United States 
whole-of-government strategy to accomplish the policy ob-
jectives described in section 2(a), which shall— 
(1) set specific and measurable goals, bench-
marks, timetables, performance metrics, and moni-
toring and evaluation plans that reflect international 
best practices relating to transparency, account-
ability, food and nutrition security, and agriculture- 
led economic growth, consistent with the policy ob-
jectives described in section 2(a); 
(2) establish clear and transparent selection cri-
teria for target countries and communities; 
(3) support and be aligned with country-owned 
agriculture, nutrition, and food security policy and 
investment plans developed with input from key 
stakeholders, as appropriate; 
(4) support inclusive agricultural value chain 
development, with small-scale producers, especially 
women, gaining greater access to the inputs, skills, 
resource management capacity, networking, bar-
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gaining power, financing, and market linkages need-
ed to sustain their long-term economic prosperity; 
(5) support improvement of the nutritional sta-
tus of women and children, particularly during the 
critical first 1,000-day window until a child reaches 
2 years of age and with a focus on reducing child 
stunting, through nutrition-specific and nutrition- 
sensitive programs, including related water, sanita-
tion, and hygiene programs; 
(6) facilitate communication and collaboration, 
as appropriate, among local stakeholders in support 
of a multi-sectoral approach to food and nutrition 
security, to include analysis of the multiple under-
lying causes of malnutrition, including lack of access 
to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene; 
(7) support the long-term success of programs 
by building the capacity of local organizations and 
institutions in target countries and communities; 
(8) integrate resilience and nutrition strategies 
into food security programs, such that chronically 
vulnerable populations are better able to build safety 
nets, secure livelihoods, access markets, and access 
opportunities for longer-term economic growth; 
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(9) develop community and producer resilience 
to natural disasters, emergencies, and natural occur-
rences that adversely impact agricultural yield; 
(10) harness science, technology, and innova-
tion, including the research and extension activities 
supported by relevant Federal departments and 
agencies, including State partners, and Feed the Fu-
ture Innovation Labs; 
(11) integrate agricultural development activi-
ties among food insecure populations living in prox-
imity to designated national parks or wildlife areas 
into wildlife conservation efforts, as necessary and 
appropriate; 
(12) leverage resources and expertise through 
partnerships with the private sector, farm organiza-
tions, cooperatives, civil society, faith-based organi-
zations, and agricultural research and academic in-
stitutions; 
(13) support collaboration, as appropriate, be-
tween United States universities, including land- 
grant colleges and universities, and public and pri-
vate institutions in target countries and communities 
to promote agricultural development and innovation; 
(14) seek to ensure that target countries and 
communities respect and promote land tenure rights 
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of local communities, particularly those of women 
and small-scale producers; and 
(15) include criteria and methodologies for 
graduating target countries and communities from 
assistance provided to implement the Global Food 
Security Strategy as such countries and communities 
meet the progress benchmarks identified pursuant to 
section 6(b)(4). 
(b) COORDINATION.—The President shall coordinate, 
through a whole-of-government approach, the efforts of 
relevant Federal departments and agencies in the imple-
mentation of the Global Food Security Strategy by— 
(1) establishing monitoring and evaluation sys-
tems, coherence, and coordination across relevant 
Federal departments and agencies; and 
(2) establishing platforms for regular consulta-
tion and collaboration with key stakeholders and the 
appropriate congressional committees. 
(c) STRATEGY SUBMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 
2016, the President, in consultation with the head of 
each relevant Federal department and agency, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
the Global Food Security Strategy required under 
this section that provides a detailed description of 
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how the United States intends to advance the objec-
tives set forth in section 2(a) and the agency-specific 
plans described in paragraph (2). 
(2) 
AGENCY-SPECIFIC
PLANS.—The 
Global 
Food Security Strategy shall include specific imple-
mentation plans from each relevant Federal depart-
ment and agency that describes— 
(A) the anticipated contributions of the de-
partment or agency, including technical, finan-
cial, and in-kind contributions, to implement 
the Global Food Security Strategy; and 
(B) the efforts of the department or agen-
cy to ensure that the activities and programs 
carried out pursuant to the strategy are de-
signed to achieve maximum impact and long- 
term sustainability. 
SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE TO IMPLEMENT THE GLOBAL FOOD SE-
CURITY STRATEGY. 
(a) FOOD SHORTAGES.—The President is authorized 
to carry out activities pursuant to section 103, section 
103A, title XII of chapter 2 of part I, and chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2151a, 2151a–1, 2220a et seq., and 2346 et seq.) to pre-
vent or address food shortages notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
and the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development $1,000,600,000 for fiscal year 
2017 to carry out those portions of the Global Food Secu-
rity Strategy that relate to the Department of State and 
the United States Agency for International Development, 
respectively. 
(c) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—The President 
shall seek to ensure that assistance to implement the Glob-
al Food Security Strategy is provided under established 
parameters for a rigorous accountability system to mon-
itor and evaluate progress and impact of the strategy, in-
cluding by reporting to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees and the public on an annual basis. 
SEC. 6. REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the submission of the Global Food Security Strat-
egy, the President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report that describes the status of the 
implementation of the Global Food Security Strategy. 
(b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall— 
(1) contain a summary of the Global Food Se-
curity Strategy as an appendix; 
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