I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1567 
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 inclusive, sustain-
able agricultural-led economic growth, improve nutritional outcomes, es-
pecially for women and children, build resilience among vulnerable popu-
lations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 24, 2015 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. 
ENGEL, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Ms. BASS, Mr. CRENSHAW, Ms. DELAURO, 
Mr. REICHERT, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. PAULSEN, and Mr. 
CICILLINE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
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 inclusive, sustainable 
agricultural-led economic growth, improve nutritional 
outcomes, especially for women and children, build resil-
ience among vulnerable populations, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Food Security 
Act of 2015’’. 
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, resilience, and nutrition, con-
sistent with national food security investment plans, which 
is reinforced 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; 
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(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 strategies and investments in trade, economic 
growth, science and technology, maternal and child 
health, nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene; 
(7) continue to strengthen partnerships between 
United States-based universities and institutions in 
developing countries that build agricultural capacity; 
and 
(8) 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; and 
(2) utilize, to the extent possible, open and 
streamlined solicitations to allow for the participa-
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tion of a wide range of implementing partners via 
the most appropriate procurement mechanism. 
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 
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universities that advance solutions to reduce global 
hunger, poverty, and malnutrition. 
(4) 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. 
(5) GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY.—The 
term ‘‘Global Food Security Strategy’’ means the 
strategy developed and implemented pursuant to sec-
tion 4(a). 
(6) MALNUTRITION.—The term ‘‘malnutrition’’ 
means poor nutritional status caused by nutritional 
deficiency or excess. 
(7) 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 
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any other department or agency specified by the 
President for purposes of this section. 
(8) 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. 
(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. 
(10) SUSTAINABLE.—The term ‘‘sustainable’’ 
means the ability of a target country, community, 
partner, or beneficiary to maintain, over time, the 
programs authorized and outcomes achieved pursu-
ant to this Act. 
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— 
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(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) 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, with a focus on reducing child stunt-
ing; 
(4) support the long-term success of programs 
by building the capacity of local organizations and 
institutions; 
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