H. Res. 922 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 1, 2022. 
Whereas, in 2021, 193,000,000 people experienced crisis lev-
els of food insecurity, with nearly 139,000,000 people liv-
ing in environments where conflict was the main driver 
of this crisis, and the COVID–19 pandemic has worsened 
rising global food insecurity; 
Whereas conflict acutely impacts vulnerable populations such 
as women and children, persons with disabilities, refu-
gees, and internally displaced persons; 
Whereas armed conflict’s impacts on food security can be di-
rect, such as displacement from land, destruction of live-
stock grazing areas and fishing grounds, or destruction 
of food stocks and agricultural assets, or indirect, such 
as disruptions to food systems, leading to increased food 
prices, including water and fuel, and the breakdown of a 
government’s ability to enforce regulations or perform its 
judiciary functions; 
Whereas aerial bombing campaigns targeting agricultural 
heartlands, scorched earth methods of warfare, and the 
use of landmines and other explosive devices have direct 
impacts on the ability of vulnerable populations to feed 
themselves;
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Whereas effective humanitarian response in armed conflict, 
including in the threat of conflict-induced famine and 
food insecurity in situations of armed conflict, requires 
respect for international humanitarian law by all parties 
to the conflict, and allowing and facilitating the rapid 
and unimpeded movement of humanitarian relief to all 
those in need; 
Whereas efforts to restrict humanitarian aid and the oper-
ational integrity and impartiality of humanitarian aid 
works and distribution efforts, including through block-
ades, security impediments, or irregular bureaucratic re-
quirements is another means by which combatants em-
ploy starvation and food deprivation as a weapon of war; 
and 
Whereas the United States Government has the tools to fight 
global hunger, provide and protect lifesaving assistance, 
and promote the prevention of conflict, including through 
the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (title V of division J of 
Public Law 116–94), the Global Food Security Act of 
2016 (Public Law 114–195), and the Agriculture Im-
provement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–334), and has 
the potential to hold accountable those using hunger as 
a weapon in conflict through the Global Magnitsky 
Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII 
of Public Law 114–328) and other means: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns— 
(A) the use of starvation of civilians as a weap-
on of warfare;
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(B) the intentional and reckless destruction, 
removing, looting, blocking, or rendering useless ob-
jects necessary for food production and distribution 
such as farmland, markets, mills, food processing 
and storage areas, such as ports and hubs con-
taining grain terminals, foodstuffs, crops, livestock, 
agricultural assets, waterways, water systems, 
drinking water installations and supplies, and irri-
gation works; 
(C) the denial of humanitarian access and the 
deprivation of objects indispensable to people’s sur-
vival, such as food supplies and nutrition resources; 
and 
(D) the willful interruption of market systems 
to affected populations in need in conflict environ-
ments by preventing travel and manipulating cur-
rency exchange; 
(2) calls on the United States Government to— 
(A) prioritize diplomatic efforts to call out and 
address instances where hunger and intentional 
deprivation of food is being utilized as a weapon of 
war, including efforts to ensure that security oper-
ations do not undermine livelihoods of local popu-
lations to minimize civilian harm;
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(B) continue efforts to address severe food in-
security through humanitarian and development re-
sponse efforts, including in-kind food assistance, 
vouchers, and other flexible modalities, and long- 
term programming focused on agriculture support 
and resilient livelihoods; 
(C) ensure existing interagency strategies, cri-
sis response efforts, and ongoing programs consider, 
integrate, and adapt to address conflict by utilizing 
crisis modifiers in United States Agency for Inter-
national Development programming to respond to 
rapid shocks and stress such as the willful targeting 
of food systems; and 
(D) ensure that the use of hunger as a weapon 
in conflict is considered within the employment of 
tools to hold individuals, governments, militias, or 
entities responsible such as the Global Magnitsky 
Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 
2656), where appropriate, and taking into consider-
ation the need for humanitarian exemptions and the 
protection of lifesaving assistance. 
Attest: 
Clerk.