113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5656 
AN ACT 
To authorize a comprehensive strategic approach for United 
States foreign assistance to developing countries to re-
duce global poverty and hunger, achieve food security 
and improved nutrition, promote sustainable agricultural- 
led economic growth, improve nutritional outcomes, espe-
cially for women and children, build resilience among 
vulnerable populations, and for other purposes.
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 2014’’. 
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 pro-
mote global food security and nutrition, consistent with 
national food security investment plans, which is rein-
forced through programs, activities, and initiatives that— 
(1) accelerate inclusive, agricultural-led eco-
nomic growth that reduces global poverty, hunger, 
and malnutrition, particularly among women and 
children; 
(2) increase the productivity, incomes, and live-
lihoods of small-scale producers, especially women, 
by working across agricultural value chains and ex-
panding producer access to local and international 
markets; 
(3) build resilience to food shocks among vul-
nerable populations and households while reducing 
reliance upon emergency food assistance;
(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 stunt-
ing, including through the promotion of highly nutri-
tious foods, diet diversification, and nutritional be-
haviors that improve maternal and child health; 
(6) align with and leverage broader United 
States investments in trade, economic growth, 
science and technology, maternal and child health, 
and water, sanitation, and hygiene; and 
(7) ensure the effective use of United States 
taxpayer dollars to further these objectives. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that the President, in providing assistance to im-
plement the Global Food Security Strategy, should— 
(1) coordinate, through a whole-of-government 
approach, the efforts of relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies to implement the Global Food 
Security Strategy; 
(2) utilize, to the extent possible, open and 
streamlined solicitations to allow for the participa-
tion of a wide range of implementing partners via 
the most appropriate contracting mechanism; and
(3) continue to strengthen existing partnerships 
between developing country institutions of agricul-
tural sciences with universities in the United States, 
with a focus on building the capacities of developing 
nation universities in agriculture. 
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 com-
mittees’’ 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.
(3) FEED THE FUTURE INNOVATION LABS.— 
The term ‘‘Feed the Future Innovation Labs’’ 
means research partnerships led by United States 
universities that advance solutions to reduce global 
hunger, poverty, and malnutrition. 
(4) GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY.—The 
term ‘‘Global Food Security Strategy’’ means the 
strategy developed and implemented pursuant to sec-
tion 4(a). 
(5) FOOD
AND
NUTRITION
SECURITY.—The 
term ‘‘food and nutrition security’’ means access to, 
and availability, utilization, and stability of, suffi-
cient food to meet caloric and nutritional needs for 
an active and healthy life. 
(6) MALNUTRITION.—The term ‘‘malnutrition’’ 
means poor nutritional status caused by nutritional 
deficiency or excess. 
(7) 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 man-
ner that reduces chronic vulnerability and facilitates 
inclusive growth. 
(8) RELEVANT
FEDERAL
DEPARTMENTS
AND 
AGENCIES.—The term ‘‘relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies’’ means the United States Agen-
cy for International Development, the Department of 
Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the De-
partment of State, the Department of the Treasury, 
the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation, the Peace Corps, 
the Office of the United States Trade Representa-
tive, the United States African Development Foun-
dation, the United States Geological Survey, and 
any other department or agency specified by the 
President for purposes of this section. 
(9) 
SMALL-SCALE
PRODUCER.—The 
term 
‘‘small-scale producer’’ means farmers, pastoralists, 
foresters, and fishers that have a low-asset base and 
limited resources, including land, capital, skills and 
labor, and, in the case of farmers, typically farm on 
fewer than 5 hectares of land. 
SEC. 4. COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRAT-
EGY. 
(a) STRATEGY.—The President shall coordinate the 
development and implementation of a United States 
whole-of-government strategy to accomplish the policy ob-
jectives set forth in section 2(a), which shall— 
(1) support and be aligned with country-owned 
agriculture, nutrition, and food security policy and
investment plans developed with input from relevant 
governmental and nongovernmental sectors within 
partner countries and regional bodies, including rep-
resentatives of the private sector, agricultural pro-
ducers, including women and small-scale producers, 
international and local civil society organizations, 
faith-based organizations, research institutions, and 
farmers as reasonable and appropriate; 
(2) support inclusive agricultural value chain 
development, with small-scale producers, especially 
women, gaining greater access to the inputs, skills, 
networking, bargaining power, financing, and mar-
ket linkages needed to sustain their long-term eco-
nomic prosperity; 
(3) seek to improve the nutritional status of 
women and children, particularly during the critical 
first 1,000-day window until a child reaches 2 years 
of age, with a focus on reducing child stunting; 
(4) seek to ensure the long-term success of pro-
grams by building the capacity of local organizations 
and institutions; 
(5) integrate resilience strategies into food secu-
rity programs, such that chronically vulnerable pop-
ulations are better able to build safety nets, secure
livelihoods, access markets, and access opportunities 
from longer-term economic growth; 
(6) develop community and producer resiliency 
to natural disasters, emergencies, and natural occur-
rences that adversely impact agricultural yield; 
(7) harness science, technology, and innovation, 
including the research conducted at Feed the Future 
Innovation Labs, or any successor entities, through-
out the United States; 
(8) support integrating agricultural develop-
ment activities among food insecure populations liv-
ing in proximity to designated national parks or 
wildlife areas to support wildlife conservation efforts; 
(9) leverage resources and expertise through 
partnerships with the private sector, farm organiza-
tions, cooperatives, civil society, faith-based organi-
zations, research entities, and academic institutions; 
(10) support collaboration, as appropriate, be-
tween United States universities and public and pri-
vate institutions in developing countries to promote 
agricultural development and innovation; 
(11) set clear and transparent selection criteria 
for target countries, regions, and intended bene-
ficiaries of assistance to implement the Global Food 
Security Strategy;
(12) set specific and measurable goals, targets, 
and time frames, and a plan of action consistent 
with the policy objectives described in section 2(a); 
(13) seek to ensure that target countries re-
spect and promote the lawful land tenure rights of 
local communities, particularly those of women and 
small-scale producers; and 
(14) include criteria and methodology for grad-
uating countries from assistance to implement the 
Global Food Security Strategy once the countries 
have achieved certain benchmarks. 
(b) COORDINATION.—The President shall coordinate, 
through a whole-of-government approach, the efforts of 
relevant Federal departments and agencies in the imple-
mentation of the Global Food Security Strategy by— 
(1) establishing monitoring and evaluation sys-
tems, coherence, and coordination across relevant 
Federal departments and agencies; and 
(2) establishing platforms for regular consulta-
tion and collaboration with key stakeholders, includ-
ing— 
(A) multilateral institutions; 
(B) private voluntary organizations; 
(C) cooperatives; 
(D) the private sector;
(E) local nongovernmental and civil society 
organizations; 
(F) faith-based organizations; 
(G) congressional committees; and 
(H) other stakeholders, as appropriate. 
SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE TO IMPLEMENT THE GLOBAL FOOD SE-
CURITY STRATEGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 
provide assistance to implement the Global Food Security 
Strategy pursuant to the authorities of section 103, sec-
tion 103A, title XII of chapter 2 of part I, and chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151a, 2151a–1, 2220a et seq., and 2346 et seq.) 
notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(b) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—The President 
should seek to ensure that assistance to implement the 
Global Food Security Strategy is provided under estab-
lished parameters for a rigorous accountability system to 
monitor and evaluate progress and impact of the strategy, 
including by reporting to the appropriate congressional 
committees and the public on an annual basis. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
President 
$1,000,600,000 for fiscal year 2015 to carry out this sec-
tion.
SEC. 6. REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that describes the status of the implementation of the 
Global Food Security Strategy. 
(b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall— 
(1) contain a summary of the Global Food Se-
curity Strategy as an appendix; 
(2) identify any substantial changes made in 
the Global Food Security Strategy during the pre-
ceding calendar year; 
(3) identify the indicators that will be used to 
measure results, set benchmarks for progress over 
time, and establish mechanisms for reporting results 
in an open and transparent manner; 
(4) describe the progress made in implementing 
the Global Food Security Strategy; 
(5) assess the progress and results of imple-
menting international food and nutrition security 
programming; 
(6) contain a transparent, open, and detailed 
accounting of spending by relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies to implement the Global Food 
Security Strategy, including by listing all recipients
of funding or partner organizations and, to the ex-
tent possible, describing their activities; 
(7) identify any United States legal or regu-
latory impediments that could obstruct the effective 
implementation of the programming referred to in 
paragraph (5); 
(8) contain a clear gender analysis of program-
ming that includes established disaggregated gender 
indicators to better analyze outcomes for food pro-
ductivity, income growth, equity in access to inputs, 
jobs and markets, and nutrition; 
(9) describe the strategies and benchmarks for 
graduating target countries and monitoring any 
graduated target countries; 
(10) assess efforts to coordinate United States 
international food security and nutrition programs, 
activities, and initiatives with— 
(A) other bilateral donors; 
(B) international and multilateral organi-
zations; 
(C) international financial institutions; 
(D) host country governments; 
(E) international and local private vol-
untary, nongovernmental, faith-based organiza-
tions, and civil society organizations; and
(F) other stakeholders; 
(11) assess United States Government-facili-
tated private investment in related sectors and the 
impact of private sector investment in target coun-
tries; 
(12) include consultation with relevant United 
States Government agencies in the preparation of 
the report; and 
(13) incorporate a plan for regularly reviewing 
and updating strategies, partnerships, and programs 
and sharing lessons learned with a wide range of 
stakeholders. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The 
information referred to in subsection (b) shall be made 
publicly accessible in a timely manner on a consolidated 
website. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 
2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5656 
AN ACT 
To authorize a comprehensive strategic approach 
for United States foreign assistance to developing 
countries to reduce global poverty and hunger, 
achieve food security and improved nutrition, 
promote sustainable agricultural-led economic 
growth, improve nutritional outcomes, especially 
for women and children, build resilience among 
vulnerable populations, and for other purposes.