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(10) 
RESILIENCE.—The 
term 
‘‘resilience’’ 
means the ability of people, households, commu-
nities, countries, and systems to mitigate, adapt to, 
and recover from shocks and stresses to food secu-
rity in a manner that reduces chronic vulnerability 
and facilitates inclusive growth. 
(11) 
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. 
(12) 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. 
(13) TARGET
COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘target 
country’’ means a developing country that is selected 
to participate in agriculture and nutrition security 
programs under the Global Food Security Strategy 
pursuant to the selection criteria described in section 
4(a)(2), including criteria such as the potential for 
agriculture-led economic growth, government com-
mitment to agricultural investment and policy re-
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form, opportunities for partnerships and regional 
synergies, the level of need, and resource availability. 
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 described in section 2(a), which shall— 
(1) set specific and measurable goals, bench-
marks, timetables, performance metrics, and moni-
toring and evaluation plans that reflect international 
best practices relating to transparency, account-
ability, food and nutrition security, and agriculture- 
led economic growth, consistent with the policy ob-
jectives described in section 2(a); 
(2) establish clear and transparent selection cri-
teria for target countries and communities; 
(3) support and be aligned with country-owned 
agriculture, nutrition, and food security policy and 
investment plans developed with input from key 
stakeholders, as appropriate; 
(4) support inclusive agricultural value chain 
development, with small-scale producers, especially 
women, gaining greater access to the inputs, skills, 
resource management capacity, networking, bar-
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gaining power, financing, and market linkages need-
ed to sustain their long-term economic prosperity; 
(5) support improvement of the nutritional sta-
tus of women and children, particularly during the 
critical first 1,000-day window until a child reaches 
2 years of age and with a focus on reducing child 
stunting, through nutrition-specific and nutrition- 
sensitive programs, including related water, sanita-
tion, and hygiene programs; 
(6) facilitate communication and collaboration, 
as appropriate, among local stakeholders in support 
of a multi-sectoral approach to food and nutrition 
security, to include analysis of the multiple under-
lying causes of malnutrition, including lack of access 
to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene; 
(7) support the long-term success of programs 
by building the capacity of local organizations and 
institutions in target countries and communities; 
(8) integrate resilience and nutrition strategies 
into food security programs, such that chronically 
vulnerable populations are better able to build safety 
nets, secure livelihoods, access markets, and access 
opportunities for longer-term economic growth; 
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(9) develop community and producer resilience 
to natural disasters, emergencies, and natural occur-
rences that adversely impact agricultural yield; 
(10) harness science, technology, and innova-
tion, including the research and extension activities 
supported by relevant Federal departments and 
agencies, including State partners, and Feed the Fu-
ture Innovation Labs; 
(11) integrate agricultural development activi-
ties among food insecure populations living in prox-
imity to designated national parks or wildlife areas 
into wildlife conservation efforts, as necessary and 
appropriate; 
(12) leverage resources and expertise through 
partnerships with the private sector, farm organiza-
tions, cooperatives, civil society, faith-based organi-
zations, and agricultural research and academic in-
stitutions; 
(13) support collaboration, as appropriate, be-
tween United States universities, including land- 
grant colleges and universities, and public and pri-
vate institutions in target countries and communities 
to promote agricultural development and innovation; 
(14) seek to ensure that target countries and 
communities respect and promote land tenure rights 
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of local communities, particularly those of women 
and small-scale producers; and 
(15) include criteria and methodologies for 
graduating target countries and communities from 
assistance provided to implement the Global Food 
Security Strategy as such countries and communities 
meet the progress benchmarks identified pursuant to 
section 6(b)(4). 
(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 and the 
appropriate congressional committees. 
(c) STRATEGY SUBMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 
2016, the President, in consultation with the head of 
each relevant Federal department and agency, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
the Global Food Security Strategy required under 
this section that provides a detailed description of 
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how the United States intends to advance the objec-
tives set forth in section 2(a) and the agency-specific 
plans described in paragraph (2). 
(2) 
AGENCY-SPECIFIC
PLANS.—The 
Global 
Food Security Strategy shall include specific imple-
mentation plans from each relevant Federal depart-
ment and agency that describes— 
(A) the anticipated contributions of the de-
partment or agency, including technical, finan-
cial, and in-kind contributions, to implement 
the Global Food Security Strategy; and 
(B) the efforts of the department or agen-
cy to ensure that the activities and programs 
carried out pursuant to the strategy are de-
signed to achieve maximum impact and long- 
term sustainability. 
SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE TO IMPLEMENT THE GLOBAL FOOD SE-
CURITY STRATEGY. 
(a) FOOD SHORTAGES.—The President is authorized 
to carry out activities pursuant to section 103, section 
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.) to pre-
vent or address food shortages notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
and the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development $1,000,600,000 for fiscal year 
2017 to carry out those portions of the Global Food Secu-
rity Strategy that relate to the Department of State and 
the United States Agency for International Development, 
respectively. 
(c) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—The President 
shall seek to ensure that assistance to implement the Glob-
al Food Security Strategy is provided under established 
parameters for a rigorous accountability system to mon-
itor and evaluate progress and impact of the strategy, in-
cluding by reporting to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees and the public on an annual basis. 
SEC. 6. REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the submission of the Global Food Security Strat-
egy, the President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional 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; 
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(2) identify any substantial changes made in 
the Global Food Security Strategy during the pre-
ceding calendar year; 
(3) describe the progress made in implementing 
the Global Food Security Strategy; 
(4) identify the indicators used to establish 
benchmarks and measure results over time, as well 
as the mechanisms for reporting such results in an 
open and transparent manner; 
(5) describe related strategies and benchmarks 
for graduating target countries and communities 
from assistance provided under the Global Food Se-
curity Strategy over time, including by building re-
silience, reducing risk, and enhancing the sustain-
ability of outcomes from United States investments 
in agriculture and nutrition security; 
(6) contain a transparent, open, and detailed 
accounting of expenditures by relevant Federal de-
partments and agencies to implement the Global 
Food Security Strategy, including, for each Federal 
department and agency, the statutory source of ex-
penditures, amounts expended, implementing part-
ners, targeted beneficiaries, and activities supported; 
(7) describe how the Global Food Security 
Strategy leverages other United States food security 
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and development assistance programs on the con-
tinuum from emergency food aid through sustain-
able, agriculture-led economic growth; 
(8) describe the contributions of the Global 
Food Security Strategy to, and assess the impact of, 
broader international food and nutrition security as-
sistance programs, including progress in the pro-
motion of land tenure rights, creating economic op-
portunities for women and small-scale producers, 
and stimulating agriculture-led economic growth in 
target countries and communities; 
(9) assess efforts to coordinate United States 
international food security and nutrition programs, 
activities, and initiatives with key stakeholders; 
(10) identify any United States legal or regu-
latory impediments that could obstruct the effective 
implementation of the programming referred to in 
paragraphs (7) and (8); 
(11) assess United States Government-facili-
tated private investment in related sectors and the 
impact of private sector investment in target coun-
tries and communities; 
(12) contain a clear gender analysis of pro-
gramming, to inform project-level activities, that in-
cludes established disaggregated gender indicators to 
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better analyze outcomes for food productivity, in-
come growth, control of assets, equity in access to 
inputs, jobs and markets, and nutrition; and 
(13) incorporate a plan for regularly reviewing 
and updating strategies, partnerships, and programs 
and sharing lessons learned with a wide range of 
stakeholders, including key stakeholders, in an open, 
transparent manner. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The 
information referred to in subsection (b) shall be made 
available on the public website of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development in an open, machine 
readable format, in a timely manner. 
SEC. 7. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING EFFECT OF 
GLOBAL 
FOOD 
SECURITY 
STRATEGY 
ON 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY AND EMER-
GENCY AND NONEMERGENCY FOOD ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAMS. 
(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the Glob-
al Food Security Strategy or this Act shall be construed 
to supersede or otherwise affect the authority of the rel-
evant Federal departments and agencies to carry out the 
programs specified in subsection (b) in the manner pro-
vided in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, those 
programs. 
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