I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1616 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reauthor-
ize the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nu-
trition 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 Geor-
gia, 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. NOR-
TON, 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. MCNUL-
TY, 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. JEFFER-
SON, 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 deter-
mined 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
REAUTHORIZATION 
OF 
MCGOVERN–DOLE 
INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM. 
(a) ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM.—Section 3107 
of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(7 U.S.C. 1736o–1) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The President shall des-
ignate 1 or more Federal agencies to’’ and inserting 
‘‘The Secretary shall’’; 
(2) in subsection (f)(2), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘implementing agen-
cy’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(3) in subsections (c)(2)(B), (f)(1), (h)(1) and 
(2), and (i), by striking ‘‘President’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Section 3107(l) of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(l)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in-
serting the following: 
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‘‘(1) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
FUNDS.—Of the funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this 
section— 
‘‘(A) not less than $140,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2008; 
‘‘(B) not less than $180,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2009; 
‘‘(C) not less than $220,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2010; 
‘‘(D) not less than $260,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2011; and 
‘‘(E) not less than $300,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2012.’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2); and 
(3) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2)), by striking ‘‘any Federal agency imple-
menting or assisting’’ and inserting ‘‘the Depart-
ment of Agriculture or any other Federal agency as-
sisting’’. 
Æ 
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