I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3077 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to provide 
assistance to foreign countries to promote food security and agricultural 
development, to develop rural infrastructure and stimulate rural econo-
mies, and to improve emergency response to food crises, to amend the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2009 
Ms. MCCOLLUM (for herself, Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. JACKSON of Il-
linois, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
HONDA, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 
2014 to provide assistance to foreign countries to pro-
mote food security and agricultural development, to de-
velop rural infrastructure and stimulate rural economies, 
and to improve emergency response to food crises, to 
amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for 
other purposes. 
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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Global Food Security Act of 2009’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—POLICY OBJECTIVES, PLANNING AND COORDINATION 
Sec. 101. Policy objectives. 
Sec. 102. International investments in developing country agricultural land. 
Sec. 103. Comprehensive food security strategy. 
Sec. 104. Reports. 
TITLE II—BILATERAL PROGRAMS 
Sec. 201. Agriculture, rural development, and nutrition. 
Sec. 202. Agricultural research. 
TITLE III—UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS FOR AGRICULTURE 
Sec. 301. Amendment to Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
TITLE IV—EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO FOOD CRISES 
Sec. 401. Emergency rapid response to food crises account. 
Sec. 402. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Nearly 1,000,000,000 people worldwide suf-
fer from food insecurity, defined as a lack of access 
to sufficient food to meet dietary needs for an active 
and healthy life. 
(2) The number of food insecure increased from 
849,000,000 in 2006 to 982,000,000 in 2007, ac-
cording to the Department of Agriculture. 
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(3) The United Nations World Food Program 
reports that 25,000 people die each day from mal-
nutrition-related causes. 
(4) The food security situation of lower income 
countries is projected to continue to deteriorate over 
the next decade. 
(5) Nearly one-half of the world’s food insecure 
live in sub-Saharan Africa. 
(6) The agricultural sector comprises large por-
tions of the total labor force in many developing 
countries, as high as 70 to 80 percent in sub-Saha-
ran Africa, where it also contributes about 35 per-
cent of the total gross national product (GNP). 
(7) Agriculture has the potential to be an effi-
cient engine for promoting economic growth and in-
creasing the incomes of the poor in developing coun-
tries. 
(8) A diverse, secure, affordable, and univer-
sally available food supply has health benefits, in-
cluding increasing child survival, improving cognitive 
and physical development of children, especially 
those under two years of age, and strengthening the 
immune system to bolster resistance to disease. 
(9) Under-nutrition is responsible for 35 per-
cent of child deaths and 11 percent of the total glob-
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al disease burden is attributable to maternal and 
child under-nutrition according to a review of lit-
erature published in The Lancet. 
(10) Rapid increases in global food costs since 
2007 and the subsequent global financial crisis 
threaten to significantly undermine gains achieved in 
poverty reduction and health programs. 
(11) The poor in developing countries spend as 
much as 50 to 70 percent of their incomes on food. 
(12) Three out of five of those suffering from 
hunger are rural small-scale agriculturalists. One 
out of five is a rural landless laborer, and another 
one-fifth are urban poor, according to the United 
Nations Secretary General’s High Level Task Force 
on the Global Food Security Crisis. 
(13) Women, who are often heads of house-
holds, comprise a large proportion of small holders 
and face unique challenges and heightened vulner-
ability to food insecurity. Women produce 80 percent 
of food in sub-Saharan Africa, but have access to 
less than 5 percent of land, credit, and extension 
services. 
(14) Many food insecure countries also suffer 
from natural resource degradation and the resulting 
decrease in food and other ecosystem services these 
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resources provide. Many of these countries are also 
among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate 
change. 
(15) A comprehensive approach to long-term 
food security should encompass improvements in nu-
trition, education, agricultural infrastructure and 
productivity, finance and markets, safety net pro-
grams, job creation, household incomes, research 
and technology, ecosystem services, and the sustain-
able management of land and natural resources. 
(16) The comprehensive, long-term global food 
security strategy of the United States should be in-
tegrated into a new national strategy for global de-
velopment. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
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(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
(3) CHRONIC
FOOD
INSECURITY.—The term 
‘‘chronic food insecurity’’ means ongoing and per-
sistent lack of access to sufficient food to meet die-
tary needs for an active and healthy life. 
(4) AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.—The term 
‘‘agricultural development’’ means methods to use 
agriculture as a basis for food security, family liveli-
hood, and economic growth by increasing the pro-
ductivity of those involved in the production of food, 
fuel, and fiber, including farmers, fishers, foresters, 
and pastoralists, particularly those that operate on 
a small scale, and linking them and their products 
to consumers through markets, including post har-
vest activities such as storage, processing, transport, 
and improving market efficiency. 
(5) 
RURAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.—The 
term 
‘‘rural infrastructure’’— 
(A) means public and private facilities and 
services necessary for agricultural production 
and other activities in non-urban (rural) areas; 
and 
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(B) includes roads or other means of 
transportation, water supplies including irriga-
tion, rural electrification, communication tech-
nology, financial services, storage, warehousing, 
and processing facilities needed for increasing 
agricultural production and linking producers to 
markets, including policies and regulations of 
such sectors in addition to physical infrastruc-
ture. 
TITLE I—POLICY OBJECTIVES, 
PLANNING AND COORDINATION 
SEC. 101. POLICY OBJECTIVES. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that food insecurity is 
expanding rapidly in developing countries, forcing tens of 
millions of people into poverty, contributing to political 
and social instability, eroding economic growth, and un-
dermining United States foreign assistance investments in 
areas including basic education, global health, environ-
mental protection, and democratic institutions. 
(b) POLICY OBJECTIVES.—Congress declares the fol-
lowing to be the policy objectives of the United States with 
respect to food security: 
(1) The United States will respond with re-
newed urgency and increased commitment to the 
problem of chronic food insecurity through a com-
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nated in a manner that promotes achievement of the policy 
objectives described in section 101 and to leverage and im-
prove program effectiveness. 
SEC. 104. REPORTS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not 
later than December 31 of each year thereafter 
through 2014, the President shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report on the 
implementation of the strategy described in section 
103(b) and how it fulfills the policy objectives de-
scribed in section 101. 
(2) CONTENT.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a copy of the strategy and an indica-
tion of any changes made in the strategy during 
the preceding calendar year; 
(B) an assessment of progress made dur-
ing the preceding calendar year toward meeting 
the objectives described in section 101 and the 
specific goals, benchmarks, and time frames 
specified in the strategy described in section 
103(b); 
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