(3) by inserting before paragraph (4) (as redes-
ignated) the following: 
‘‘(1) According to the Food and Agriculture Or-
ganization of the United Nations, as many as 
828,000,000 people are facing hunger, an estimated 
2.3 billion people are moderately or severely food in-
secure, and 10 percent of the global population is 
undernourished. 
‘‘(2) The World Bank estimates that as many 
as 95 million more people will experience extreme 
poverty and 40 million more people will experience 
acute food insecurity as a result of the COVID-19 
pandemic, conflict, and related economic shocks. 
‘‘(3) Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified full- 
scale invasion of Ukraine and blockade of Ukraine’s 
Black Sea ports has halted exports and resulted in 
global shortages of grain and other agricultural com-
modities and rising food and fuel prices.’’. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY OBJECTIVES; SENSE OF 
CONGRESS. 
Section 3(a) of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 
(22 U.S.C. 9302(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3) to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) increase the productivity, incomes, and 
livelihoods 
of 
small-scale 
producers, 
especially 
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women, by working across the food system and agri-
cultural value chains, including through— 
‘‘(A) enhancing local capacity to manage 
agricultural resources effectively and expanding 
producer access to local and international mar-
kets; 
‘‘(B) increasing the availability and afford-
ability of high quality nutritious and safe foods, 
and sustainable clean water; 
‘‘(C) creating sustainable entrepreneurship 
opportunities related to agriculture and food 
systems, including among youth populations, 
linked to local, regional and international mar-
kets; and 
‘‘(D) enabling partnerships to facilitate the 
development of new agricultural technologies to 
support more resilient and productive agricul-
tural practices;’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end be-
fore the semicolon the following: ‘‘, particularly in 
the face of conflict and increasing environmental 
shocks and stresses’’; 
(3) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘women’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, adolescent girls,’’; 
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(B) by inserting after ‘‘child stunting’’ the 
following: ‘‘and incidence of wasting’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end before the semi-
colon the following: ‘‘and nutrition, especially 
during the first 1,000-day window until a child 
reaches 2 years of age’’; 
(4) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘science and tech-
nology,’’ the following: ‘‘the environment,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘nutrition,’’ and inserting 
‘‘, including nutrition, deworming,’’; 
(5) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(6) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para-
graph (10); and 
(7) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(9) support increased engagement with women 
to increase women’s access to agricultural innova-
tions, access to savings groups and other financing 
mechanisms, and ensure related agriculture, food, 
and water systems programs and policies informed 
by data and evidence; and’’. 
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SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 4 of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 
(22 U.S.C. 9303) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5)(H), by inserting after 
‘‘farmer’’ the following: ‘‘and fisher’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Overseas Private In-
vestment Corporation’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
United States International Development Fi-
nance Corporation’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘the United States 
Geological Survey,’’ the following: ‘‘the Inter- 
American Foundation,’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) WASTING.—The term ‘wasting’— 
‘‘(A) means a life-threatening condition at-
tributable to poor nutrient intake or disease 
that is characterized by a rapid deterioration in 
nutritional status over a short period of time; 
and 
‘‘(B) in the case of children, is character-
ized by being too thin for their height with 
weakened immunity, increasing their risk of 
death due to greater frequency and severity of 
common infection, particularly when severe.’’. 
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SEC. 5. COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRAT-
EGY. 
Section 5 of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 
(22 U.S.C. 9304) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by inserting after 
‘‘investment plans’’ the following: ‘‘and govern-
ance systems’’; 
(B) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘support’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘strengthen nutritious food systems, 
including through’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘with small-scale pro-
ducers’’ and inserting ‘‘for small-scale pro-
ducers’’; and 
(iii) by inserting after ‘‘market link-
ages needed to’’ the following: ‘‘sustainably 
increase productivity and incomes to re-
duce poverty and malnutrition, and’’; 
(C) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘inte-
grate resilience and nutrition strategies into 
food security programs, such that’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘coordinate with and complement relevant 
strategies to ensure’’; 
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(D) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and 
natural occurrences’’ and inserting ‘‘natural oc-
currences, and environmental shocks’’; 
(E) in paragraph (14), by inserting after 
‘‘collaboration’’ the following: ‘‘and coordina-
tion, as appropriate,’’; 
(F) in paragraph (16)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 8(b)(4)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 8(a)(4)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(G) by redesignating paragraph (17) as 
paragraph (20); and 
(H) by inserting after paragraph (16) the 
following: 
‘‘(17) improve the efficiency and sustainability 
of agricultural production, including management of 
crops, rangelands, pastures, livestock, fisheries, and 
aquacultures; 
‘‘(18) ensure investments in food systems and 
food security consider and integrate the management 
and governance of natural resources and habitat 
conservation, especially among food insecure popu-
lations living in or near biodiverse ecosystems; 
‘‘(19) support agricultural research and devel-
opment to improve agricultural productivity, resil-
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ience, and sustainability, including reducing plant 
pests and diseases, and development of new varieties 
and alternative crops for resilience and use of 
drought resistant seeds; and’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘Not later 
than October 1, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later 
than the expiration of the Global Food Security 
Strategy for 2022–2026’’. 
SEC. 6. ASSISTANCE TO IMPLEMENT THE GLOBAL FOOD SE-
CURITY STRATEGY; AUTHORIZATION OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS. 
Section 6(b) of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 
(22 U.S.C. 9305(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$1,000,600,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,100,000,000’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2017 through 
2023’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2023 through 
2028’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Amounts authorized to appropriated by this sub-
section should be prioritized to carry out programs 
and activities in target countries.’’. 
SEC. 7. EMERGENCY FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7 of the Global Food Se-
curity Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9306) is amended— 
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(1) by striking subsection (a); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (a) and (b), respectively. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
492(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2292a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2017 
through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2023 through 
2028’’. 
SEC. 8. REPORTS. 
Section 8 of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 
(22 U.S.C. 9307) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘7 years’’ and inserting ‘‘5 
years’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the President shall sub-
mit’’ and inserting ‘‘the President shall, not 
later than April 1 of each year, submit’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) GRADUATION REPORT.—During the final year 
of each strategy required by section 5(c), the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
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a report outlining the criteria and methodologies for grad-
uating target countries and communities from assistance 
provided to implement such strategy as such countries and 
communities meet the progress benchmarks identified pur-
suant to subsection (a)(5).’’. 
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