I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5276 
To modernize the Food for Peace Program in the United States Agency 
for International Development, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2018 
Mr. ROYCE of California (for himself and Mr. BLUMENAUER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To modernize the Food for Peace Program in the United 
States Agency for International Development, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Food for Peace Modernization Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. United States policies. 
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TITLE I—FOOD FOR PEACE EMERGENCY AND NONEMERGENCY 
FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
Sec. 101. Establishment of Food for Peace Program. 
Sec. 102. Provision of assistance. 
Sec. 103. Securing the role of American farmers in the Food for Peace Pro-
gram. 
Sec. 104. Minimum levels. 
Sec. 105. Generation and use of currencies by private voluntary organizations 
and cooperatives. 
Sec. 106. Food assistance consultative group. 
Sec. 107. Organizational correction. 
Sec. 108. Administration. 
Sec. 109. International food relief partnership. 
TITLE II—GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS 
Sec. 201. Definitions. 
Sec. 202. General provisions. 
Sec. 203. Agreements. 
Sec. 204. Administrative provisions. 
Sec. 205. Expiration date. 
Sec. 206. Minimum level of nonemergency food assistance. 
Sec. 207. Micronutrient fortification programs. 
Sec. 208. John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program. 
SEC. 2. UNITED STATES POLICIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Food for Peace 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1691) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 2. UNITED STATES POLICIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of the United 
States to advance the security, economic, and humani-
tarian interests of the United States overseas by sup-
porting the growth of healthier, more stable societies and 
creating opportunities for expanded United States invest-
ment and trade through the provision of United States 
foreign assistance, including agricultural commodities, au-
thorized under this Act to— 
‘‘(1) reduce global poverty, hunger, malnutri-
tion, and their attendant causes; 
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‘‘(2) respond to, mitigate, and prevent famines 
and food crises arising from natural and man-made 
disasters; 
‘‘(3) improve food and nutrition security while 
building resilience to shocks, particularly among vul-
nerable groups; 
‘‘(4) advance democracy and free market prin-
ciples, facilitate trade, and catalyze inclusive, agri-
culture-led economic growth in developing countries; 
and 
‘‘(5) reduce long-term reliance upon United 
States foreign assistance. 
‘‘(b) EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF UNITED 
STATES INTERNATIONAL FOOD ASSISTANCE.—It is the 
policy of the United States to enhance the efficiency and 
effectiveness of United States international food assist-
ance activities by— 
‘‘(1) coordinating with, and seeking commit-
ments of appropriate levels of food assistance by, do-
nors to meet the legitimate needs of developing 
countries and countries experiencing food crises; 
‘‘(2) ensuring that food assistance continues to 
be provided through appropriate channels, including 
through— 
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‘‘(A) intergovernmental and multilateral 
organizations; 
‘‘(B) international, national, and local pri-
vate voluntary, nongovernmental, faith-based, 
and civil society organizations; and 
‘‘(C) national and local governments and 
institutions; and 
‘‘(3) ensuring, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, that options for providing food assistance for 
emergency and nonemergency purposes, including 
through the provision of in-kind agricultural com-
modities or other forms of United States foreign as-
sistance, are not subject to limitation, provided 
that— 
‘‘(A) decisions about to whom, when, 
where, and how to provide assistance are based 
on thorough assessments of need, timeliness, 
appropriateness, cost-effectiveness, and risk of 
diversion and waste; and 
‘‘(B) such assistance is provided in a man-
ner that— 
‘‘(i) avoids disincentives to local agri-
cultural production and marketing; and 
‘‘(ii) minimizes commercial market 
disruptions; and 
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‘‘(4) rigorously monitoring and evaluating food 
assistance programs and activities, identifying best 
practices, sharing learning, and adapting such pro-
grams and activities as necessary and appropriate.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—The Food for 
Peace Act is amended by striking section 3 (7 U.S.C. 
1691a). 
TITLE 
I—FOOD 
FOR 
PEACE 
EMERGENCY 
AND 
NON-
EMERGENCY 
FOOD 
ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAMS 
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF FOOD FOR PEACE PROGRAM. 
Section 201 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1721) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF FOOD FOR PEACE PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘The President, working through the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment (referred to in this title as the ‘Administrator’), shall 
establish a program (to be known as the Food for Peace 
Program) to provide assistance, including agricultural 
commodities, in foreign countries on behalf of the people 
of the United States in furtherance of the policies set forth 
in section 2.’’. 
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SEC. 102. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE. 
Section 202 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1722) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AGRICUL-
TURAL
COMMODITIES’’ and inserting ‘‘ASSIST-
ANCE’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Administrator may provide 
assistance, including agricultural commodities, under this 
title to meet emergency food security needs through gov-
ernments and public or private entities, including intergov-
ernmental organizations such as the World Food Program 
and other multilateral organizations, in such manner, in-
cluding through grants, contracts, and other transactions, 
and on such terms and conditions as the Administrator 
determines appropriate.’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) NONEMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator may 
provide assistance, including agricultural commod-
ities, under this title to meet nonemergency food se-
curity needs through eligible organizations (as de-
scribed in subsection (d)) in such manner, including 
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through grants, contracts, and other transactions, 
and on such terms and conditions as the Adminis-
trator determines appropriate. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM DIVERSITY.—The Administrator 
may— 
‘‘(A) encourage eligible organizations to 
propose and implement program plans to ad-
dress one or more of the policies set forth in 
section 2; and 
‘‘(B) consider proposals that incorporate a 
variety of program objectives and strategic 
plans based on the identification by eligible or-
ganizations of appropriate activities, consistent 
with section 2, to promote economic develop-
ment in foreign countries. 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—Nonemergency assist-
ance provided under this title shall be coordinated, 
to the greatest extent practicable and appropriate, 
with complementary food and nutrition security as-
sistance made available pursuant to chapter 1 of 
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 et seq.).’’; 
(4) in the heading of subsection (c), by striking 
‘‘ASSISTANCE’’ and inserting ‘‘AGRICULTURAL COM-
MODITIES’’; and 
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(5) by amending subsections (e), (f), and (g) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(e) INVESTMENT AUTHORITY.—An eligible organi-
zation that receives financial assistance under this title 
may invest such funds pending use for project purposes. 
Any interest earned on such investment shall be used for 
the purposes for which the assistance was provided to the 
eligible organization without further appropriation by 
Congress. 
‘‘(f) EFFECTIVE USE OF ASSISTANCE.—Organiza-
tions and cooperatives receiving assistance, including agri-
cultural commodities, under this title shall ensure that 
such assistance is used effectively and in the areas of 
greatest need by— 
‘‘(1) working with indigenous institutions and 
employing indigenous workers, to the extent feasible; 
‘‘(2) assessing and taking into account nutri-
tional and other needs of beneficiary groups; 
‘‘(3) helping such beneficiary groups to design 
and carry out mutually acceptable projects; 
‘‘(4) recommending to the Administrator meth-
ods of making assistance available that are the most 
appropriate for each local setting; 
‘‘(5) supervising the provision of assistance, in-
cluding the distribution of agricultural commodities, 
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and the implementation of the projects for which as-
sistance, including agricultural commodities, was 
provided under this title; and 
‘‘(6) regularly monitoring and evaluating the ef-
fectiveness of projects for which assistance, including 
agricultural commodities, was provided under this 
title, including assistance related to program integ-
rity. 
‘‘(g) LABELING.—Assistance, including agricultural 
commodities, provided under this title shall, to the great-
est extent practicable, be clearly identified with appro-
priate markings in the language of the locality in which 
such assistance is provided, as being furnished by the peo-
ple of the United States of America.’’. 
SEC. 103. SECURING THE ROLE OF AMERICAN FARMERS IN 
THE FOOD FOR PEACE PROGRAM. 
The Food for Peace Act is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 203 (7 U.S.C. 
1723) as section 205 and transferring such section 
so as to appear after section 204; 
(2) by redesignating section 205 (17 U.S.C. 
1725) as section 206 and transferring such section 
so as to appear before section 207; and 
(3) by inserting after section 202 (7 U.S.C. 
1722) the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 203. SECURING THE ROLE OF AMERICAN FARMERS IN 
THE FOOD FOR PEACE PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
‘‘(1) American farmers have played a critical 
role in the Food for Peace Program since Congress 
established such program in 1954 to reduce hunger 
and poverty overseas through the donation of sur-
plus government-held agricultural commodities that 
had accumulated under Department of Agriculture 
commodity price support programs. 
‘‘(2) Through the generosity of the American 
people, and with the help of American farmers— 
‘‘(A) more than 4,000,000,000 people have 
received life-saving food assistance; and 
‘‘(B) more than 150 countries have bene-
fitted from United States-supported food secu-
rity programs. 
‘‘(3) Despite the cessation of the commodity 
price support programs and the drawdown of sur-
plus stocks that occasioned the creation of the Food 
for Peace Program in 1954, American farmers con-
tinue to play a critical role in United States inter-
national food assistance programs, particularly as a 
result of their innovation, expertise, and unmatched 
capacity to produce high-quality agricultural com-
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modities that are critical to meeting growing global 
food needs. 
‘‘(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that modernizing the Food for Peace Program, in-
cluding through the introduction of more flexible ap-
proaches to meeting food needs overseas, does not negate 
the need and desire for American farmers to continue to 
play an integral role in United States international food 
assistance and agricultural development programs over-
seas.’’. 
SEC. 104. MINIMUM LEVELS. 
Section 204 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1724) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 204. MINIMUM LEVELS. 
‘‘(a) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.—Not less than 
25 percent of the amounts made available to provide as-
sistance, including agricultural commodities, under this 
title shall be made available for the purchase and distribu-
tion of United States agricultural commodities, including 
associated costs for the provision of agricultural commod-
ities, in accordance with this title. 
‘‘(b) NONEMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Of the amounts made 
available to carry out this title, not less than 
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$350,000,000 shall be expended for nonemergency 
food assistance authorized under section 202(b). 
‘‘(2) NONDUPLICATION.—In order to avoid du-
plication and ensure the availability of resources to 
meet emergency needs, funds made available under 
chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) through grants or co-
operative agreements to strengthen food security in 
developing countries that are consistent with the 
goals of this title may be deemed to be expended on 
nonemergency food assistance for the purposes of 
this subsection. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The amount made available 
pursuant to paragraph (1) may not exceed 30 per-
cent of the total amount made available in any fiscal 
year to carry out this title. 
‘‘(c) USE OF VALUE-ADDED AGRICULTURAL COM-
MODITIES.—In making agricultural commodities available 
under this title, the Administrator should seek to ensure 
that— 
‘‘(1) not less than 75 percent of the quantity of 
such commodities required to be distributed during 
each fiscal year under subsection (a) be in the form 
of processed, fortified, or bagged commodities; and 
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‘‘(2) not less than 50 percent of the quantity of 
the bagged, whole grain commodities be bagged in 
the United States.’’. 
SEC. 105. GENERATION AND USE OF CURRENCIES BY PRI-
VATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS AND CO-
OPERATIVES. 
Section 205 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1723), as redesignated by this Act, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘MIN-
IMUM’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting 
‘‘may’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘not less than’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘not more than’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘under non-emergency pro-
grams under this title for each fiscal year, to 
generate proceeds to be used as provided in this 
section’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 202(b)’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘entered into 
between the Administrator and the organization or 
cooperative’’ and inserting ‘‘described in subsection 
(a)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
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(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) be used for associated costs;’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘may’’ 
and inserting ‘‘shall’’. 
SEC. 106. FOOD ASSISTANCE CONSULTATIVE GROUP. 
Section 206 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1725), as redesignated by this Act, is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AID’’ and in-
serting ‘‘ASSISTANCE’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘45’’ and 
inserting ‘‘30’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section 
202(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 207(d)(4)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 107. ORGANIZATIONAL CORRECTION. 
The Food for Peace Act is amended— 
(1) in subsection (h) of section 202 (7 U.S.C. 
1726a)— 
(A) by redesignating such subsection as 
paragraph (4), and adjusting the margins ac-
cordingly; 
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(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), 
respectively, and adjusting the margins accord-
ingly; 
(C) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by re-
designating subparagraphs (A) through (G) as 
clauses (i) through (vii), respectively, and ad-
justing the margins accordingly; and 
(D) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by re-
designating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as 
clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and ad-
justing the margins accordingly; 
(2) in section 207 (7 U.S.C. 1722), by redesig-
nating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and 
(3) by transferring the subsection redesignated 
as a paragraph under paragraph (1)(A) of this sub-
section so as to appear after paragraph (3) of sub-
section (d) of section 207, as redesignated by section 
108(1) of this Act. 
SEC. 108. ADMINISTRATION. 
Section 207 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1726a) is amended— 
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(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b), redesig-
nating subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) as sub-
sections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e); 
(2) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘the Agricultural Act of 2014’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Food for Peace Modernization Act’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), as so redesignated, by in-
serting ‘‘agricultural’’ before ‘‘commodities’’; 
(4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘this section’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’; and 
(5) in subsection (d), as so redesignated— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by amending sub-
paragraph (B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) to monitor, evaluate, and improve the 
efficiency, effectiveness, and impact of assist-
ance provided under this title.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), as redesignated and 
transferred by section 107 of this Act— 
(i) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in clause (i)— 
(aa) 
by 
striking 
‘‘sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph’’; 
(bb) 
by 
striking 
‘‘and 
through’’; and 
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(cc) by striking ‘‘aid’’ and 
inserting ‘‘assistance’’; 
(II) in clause (ii)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘contracts’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘contracts 
or 
grants’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘services’’ 
and inserting ‘‘services and ex-
pertise’’; and 
(III) in clause (iii)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘Aid’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Assistance’’; and 
(bb) 
by 
striking 
‘‘sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘Of the funds 
made available under section 207(f), 
for fiscal years 2014 through 2018,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Of the amount made 
available under paragraph (5), for fis-
cal years 2019 through 2023,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘to carry out this 
subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘to carry 
out this paragraph’’; and 
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(C) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by 
section 107(2) of this Act— 
(i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph 
(4)(C), in addition to other funds made avail-
able to the Administrator to carry out the mon-
itoring and evaluation of food assistance, the 
Administrator may use up to 5 percent of the 
amounts made available under this Act for each 
of the fiscal years 2019 through 2023 to imple-
ment this subsection.’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘fis-
cal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 
2023’’; and 
(II) by amending clause (ii) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) CONDITION.—No funds shall be 
made available under subparagraph (A), in 
accordance with clause (i), unless not less 
than an equal value is made available 
under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
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(22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) for such purposes 
for such fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 109. INTERNATIONAL FOOD RELIEF PARTNERSHIP. 
Section 208 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1726b) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ASSISTANCE 
FOR
STOCKPILING
AND
RAPID
TRANSPOR-
TATION, DELIVERY, AND
DISTRIBUTION
OF 
SHELF–STABLE PREPACKAGED FOODS’’ and in-
serting ‘‘INTERNATIONAL FOOD RELIEF PART-
NERSHIP’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph 
(2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In providing grants under 
subsection (a)(1), the Administrator shall provide a 
preference to any United States nonprofit organiza-
tion that agrees to dedicate, for the preparation of 
shelf-stable prepackaged foods and the establishment 
and maintenance of stockpiles of such foods in the 
United 
States 
in 
accordance 
with 
subsection 
(a)(1)— 
‘‘(A) non-Federal funds equal to 50 per-
cent of the amount of grant funds received 
under subsection (a)(1); 
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‘‘(B) in-kind contributions valued at 50 
percent of the amount of grant funds received 
under subsection (a)(1); or 
‘‘(C) a combination of such funds and in- 
kind contributions with a combined value of 50 
percent of the amount of grant funds received 
under subsection (a)(1).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 
2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 
2019 through 2023’’. 
TITLE 
II—GENERAL 
AUTHORI-
TIES AND REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 402 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1732) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEE
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘appropriate committee of Con-
gress’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; 
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‘‘(C) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate; 
‘‘(D) the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives; 
‘‘(E) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(F) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives.’’; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) ASSOCIATED COSTS.—The term ‘associated 
costs’ means funds made available under this Act to 
assist eligible organizations described in section 
202(d)— 
‘‘(A) to establish programs under this Act; 
‘‘(B) to meet specific administrative, man-
agement, personnel, transportation, storage, 
distribution, and implementation costs for car-
rying out programs and providing commodities 
in foreign countries under this Act; 
‘‘(C) in the case of commodities for urgent 
and extraordinary relief requirements (including 
prepositioned commodities), to meet the trans-
portation costs incurred in moving such com-
modities from designated points of entry or 
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ports of entry abroad to storage and distribu-
tion sites and associated storage and distribu-
tion costs; and 
‘‘(D) to improve and implement methodolo-
gies for food assistance programs, including 
needs assessments (upon the request of the Ad-
ministrator), monitoring, and evaluation.’’; and 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), 
(7), (8), and (9) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (8), 
(9), and (10), respectively. 
SEC. 202. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
Section 403 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1733) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting 
‘‘agricultural’’ before ‘‘commodity’’ each time it 
appears; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘that 
country’’ and inserting ‘‘the recipient country’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘donated or 
purchased’’ and inserting ‘‘provided’’; 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘assure’’ and 
inserting ‘‘ensure’’; 
(4) in subsection (i)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to re-
cipient countries’’ and inserting ‘‘in recipient 
countries’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘aid’’ 
and inserting ‘‘assistance’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) REVIEW OF AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary or 
the Administrator, as appropriate, may terminate, or 
refuse to enter into, a multiyear agreement with an eligible 
organization in a country if the Secretary or Adminis-
trator, as appropriate, determines that such country is not 
fulfilling the objectives or requirements under this Act, 
after considering the extent to which the country is— 
‘‘(1) making significant economic development 
reforms; 
‘‘(2) promoting free and open markets for food 
and agricultural producers; and 
‘‘(3) fostering increased food security.’’. 
SEC. 204. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
Section 407 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1736a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘2018’’ 
both places such term appears and inserting 
‘‘2023’’; and 
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(2) by amending subsection (f) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1 of 
each fiscal year, the Administrator and the Sec-
retary shall jointly prepare and submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report regarding 
each program and activity carried out under this Act 
during the prior fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An annual report described 
in paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the 
prior fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) a list that contains a description of 
each country and organization that receives 
food and other assistance under this Act (in-
cluding the quantity of food and assistance pro-
vided to each country and organization); 
‘‘(B) a general description of each project 
and activity implemented under this Act (in-
cluding each activity funded through the use of 
local currencies) and the total number of bene-
ficiaries of the project and the activities carried 
out through such project; 
‘‘(C) a statement describing the quantity 
of agricultural commodities made available to, 
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and the total number of beneficiaries in, each 
country pursuant to— 
‘‘(i) section 416(b) of the Agricultural 
Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)); 
‘‘(ii) the Food for Progress Act of 
1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o); and 
‘‘(iii) 
the 
McGovern-Dole 
Inter-
national Food for Education and Child 
Nutrition Program established by section 
3107 of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1); 
‘‘(D) an assessment of the progress made 
through programs under this Act towards re-
ducing food insecurity in the populations receiv-
ing food assistance from the United States; 
‘‘(E) a description of efforts undertaken by 
the Food Assistance Consultative Group under 
section 206 to achieve an integrated and effec-
tive food assistance program; 
‘‘(F) an assessment of— 
‘‘(i) each program oversight, moni-
toring, and evaluation system implemented 
under section 207(d); and 
‘‘(ii) the impact of each program over-
sight, monitoring, and evaluation system 
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on the effectiveness and efficiency of as-
sistance provided under this title; 
‘‘(G) an assessment of the progress made 
by the Administrator in addressing issues relat-
ing to quality with respect to the provision of 
food assistance; 
‘‘(H) the amount of funds (including funds 
for administrative costs, indirect cost recovery, 
internal transportation, storage and handling, 
and associated distribution costs) provided to 
each eligible organization that received assist-
ance under this Act in the applicable fiscal 
year; 
‘‘(I) a description of how the funds de-
scribed in subparagraph (H) were used by the 
eligible organization; 
‘‘(J) a description of the actual rate of re-
turn for each agricultural commodity made 
available under this Act, including— 
‘‘(i) factors that influenced the rate of 
return; and 
‘‘(ii) for each agricultural commodity, 
the cost of bagging or further processing, 
ocean transportation, inland transportation 
in the recipient country, storage costs, and 
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any other information that the Adminis-
trator determines to be necessary; 
‘‘(K) for each instance in which an agricul-
tural commodity was made available under this 
Act at a rate of return less than 70 percent, a 
description of the reasons for the rate of return 
realized; and 
‘‘(L) a description of how funds provided 
under section 207 were utilized. 
‘‘(3) RATE OF RETURN DESCRIBED.—For the 
purposes of paragraph (2)(J), the rate of return for 
an agricultural commodity shall be equal to the pro-
portion that— 
‘‘(A) the proceeds the implementing part-
ners generate through monetization; bears to 
‘‘(B) the cost to the Federal Government 
to procure and ship the agricultural commodity 
to a recipient country for monetization.’’. 
SEC. 205. EXPIRATION DATE. 
Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1736b) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘2023’’. 
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