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 2015’’. 
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 promote 
global food security, resilience, and nutrition, consistent 
with national food security investment plans, which is rein-
forced through programs, activities, and initiatives that— 
(1) accelerate inclusive, agricultural-led economic 
growth that reduces global poverty, hunger, and mal-
nutrition, particularly among women and children; 
(2) increase the productivity, incomes, and liveli-
hoods of small-scale producers, especially women, by 
working across agricultural value chains, enhancing 
local capacity to manage agricultural resources effec-
tively, and expanding producer access to local and 
international markets; 
(3) build resilience to food shocks among vulner-
able populations and households while reducing reli-
ance upon emergency food assistance; 
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(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 stunting, in-
cluding through the promotion of highly nutritious 
foods, diet diversification, and nutritional behaviors 
that improve maternal and child health; 
(6) align with and leverage broader United 
States strategies and investments in trade, economic 
growth, science and technology, maternal and child 
health, nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene; 
(7) continue to strengthen partnerships between 
United States-based universities and institutions in 
target countries and communities that build agricul-
tural capacity; and 
(8) ensure the effective use of United States tax-
payer dollars to further these objectives. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that the President, in providing assistance to imple-
ment the Global Food Security Strategy, should— 
(1) coordinate, through a whole-of-government 
approach, the efforts of relevant Federal departments 
and agencies to implement the Global Food Security 
Strategy; and 
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(2) 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 commit-
tees’’ means— 
(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. 
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(3) FEED THE FUTURE INNOVATION LABS.—The 
term ‘‘Feed the Future Innovation Labs’’ means re-
search partnerships led by United States universities 
that advance solutions to reduce global hunger, pov-
erty, and malnutrition. 
(4) FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY.—The term 
‘‘food and nutrition security’’ means access to, and 
availability, utilization, and stability of, sufficient 
food to meet caloric and nutritional needs for an ac-
tive and healthy life. 
(5) GLOBAL
FOOD
SECURITY
STRATEGY.—The 
term ‘‘Global Food Security Strategy’’ means the 
strategy developed and implemented pursuant to sec-
tion 4(a). 
(6) MALNUTRITION.—The term ‘‘malnutrition’’ 
means poor nutritional status caused by nutritional 
deficiency or excess. 
(7) RELEVANT
FEDERAL
DEPARTMENTS
AND 
AGENCIES.—The term ‘‘relevant Federal departments 
and agencies’’ means the United States Agency for 
International Development, the Department of Agri-
culture, the Department of Commerce, the Department 
of State, the Department of the Treasury, the Millen-
nium Challenge Corporation, the Overseas Private In-
vestment Corporation, the Peace Corps, the Office of 
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the United States Trade Representative, the United 
States African Development Foundation, the United 
States Geological Survey, and any other department 
or agency specified by the President for purposes of 
this section. 
(8) RESILIENCE.—The term ‘‘resilience’’ means 
the ability of people, households, communities, coun-
tries, and systems to mitigate, adapt to, and recover 
from shocks and stresses to food security in a manner 
that reduces chronic vulnerability and facilitates in-
clusive growth. 
(9) SMALL-SCALE PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘small- 
scale producer’’ means farmers, pastoralists, foresters, 
and fishers that have a low-asset base and limited re-
sources, including land, capital, skills and labor, and, 
in the case of farmers, typically farm on fewer than 
5 hectares of land. 
(10) 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. 
(11) TARGET COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘target coun-
try’’ means a developing country that is selected to 
participate in agriculture and nutrition security pro-
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