IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1171 
Recognizing the instrumental role United States global food security pro-
grams, particularly the Feed the Future program, have played in reduc-
ing global poverty, building resilience and tackling hunger and malnutri-
tion around the world, and calling for continued investment in global 
food security in the face of the economic impact of COVID–19. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2020 
Ms. MCCOLLUM (for herself and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the instrumental role United States global food 
security programs, particularly the Feed the Future pro-
gram, have played in reducing global poverty, building 
resilience and tackling hunger and malnutrition around 
the world, and calling for continued investment in global 
food security in the face of the economic impact of 
COVID–19. 
Whereas food security and nutrition are fundamental to 
human development, particularly in the critical 1,000 day 
window until a child’s second birthday, and persistent 
hunger and malnutrition stunt children’s mental and 
physical development and hinder the health, prosperity, 
and security of societies; 
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•HRES 1171 IH 
Whereas food insecurity and malnutrition in low- and middle- 
income countries force tens of millions of people into pov-
erty, contribute to political and social instability, and 
erode economic growth; 
Whereas in its 2014 Worldwide Threat Assessment of the 
United States, the United States intelligence community 
reported that the ‘‘lack of adequate food will be a desta-
bilizing factor in countries important to United States 
national security’’ and has since consistently linked global 
food insecurity to broader instability; 
Whereas, despite decades of progress, the State of Food Se-
curity and Nutrition in the World report for 2020 indi-
cates that global hunger has increased since 2014, with 
2,000,000,000 people worldwide currently experiencing 
food insecurity, of which nearly 750,000,000 people are 
facing severe food insecurity, and 10,000,000 more peo-
ple having fallen into hunger between 2018 and 2019, 
144,000,000 children stunted, and 47,000,0000 children 
experiencing wasting; 
Whereas the COVID–19 pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities 
in global food systems and food supply chains, and has 
severely exacerbated existing food security shocks, such 
as the Fall Army Worm and desert locust infestations in 
the Horn of Africa region, particularly in Kenya, Ethi-
opia, and Somalia, as well as parts of Asia and the Mid-
dle East, which already represented an unprecedented 
threat to global food security and livelihoods; 
Whereas the COVID–19 pandemic and its second-order im-
pacts are expected to dramatically worsen the state of 
global food security and nutrition, with preliminary as-
sessments predicting a doubling of severe hunger (from 
135,000,000 to 265,000,000 people) and an increase in 
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