(1) assess the scope of the desert locust out-
break in East Africa and other affected regions, in-
cluding its impact on food security, economic pro-
ductivity, and political stability in affected countries; 
(2) assess the impacts of restrictions relating to 
the coronavirus disease 2019 (commonly referred to 
as ‘‘COVID–19’’) pandemic on efforts to control the 
desert locust outbreak and mitigate its impacts and 
in exacerbating food insecurity; 
(3) monitor the effectiveness of ongoing assist-
ance efforts to control the desert locust outbreak 
and mitigate its impacts and identify gaps and op-
portunities for additional support to such programs; 
(4) review the effectiveness of regional and mul-
tilateral efforts to control the desert locust outbreak 
and the coordination among relevant United States 
Government agencies, regional governments, and 
international organizations, including the World 
Food Programme and the United Nations Food and 
Agriculture Organization; and 
(5) not later than 90 days after the establish-
ment of the interagency working group under sub-
section (a), develop and submit to the President and 
the appropriate congressional committees a com-
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prehensive, strategic plan to control the desert locust 
outbreak, including a description of efforts to— 
(A) improve coordination among relevant 
United States Government agencies, regional 
governments, and international organizations, 
including the World Food Programme and the 
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organiza-
tion; 
(B) ensure delivery of necessary assets 
control the desert locust outbreak and humani-
tarian and development assistance to address 
and mitigate impacts to food security, economic 
productivity, and political stability; and 
(C) to the extent practicable, prevent and 
mitigate future desert locust and other, similar 
destructive insect outbreaks (such as Fall 
Armyworm) in Africa and other parts of the 
world, which require a humanitarian response. 
(d) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP SUPPORT.—The 
interagency working group shall continue to meet not less 
than semi-annually to facilitate implementation of the 
comprehensive, strategic plan required by subsection 
(c)(5). 
(e) SUNSET.—This Act shall terminate on the date 
that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
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Act, or at such time as there is no longer an upsurge in 
the desert locust outbreak in East Africa, whichever oc-
curs earlier. 
(f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 20, 2021. 
Attest: 
Clerk. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1079 
AN ACT 
To establish an interagency working group to de-
velop a comprehensive, strategic plan to control 
locust outbreaks in the East Africa region and 
address future outbreaks in order to avert mass 
scale food insecurity and potential political desta-
bilization, and for other purposes. 
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