(C) a description of United States Govern-
ment bilateral programs, and investments in 
multilateral institutions, contributing to the 
achievement of the objectives described in sec-
tion 101, including the amounts expended on 
such programs during the preceding fiscal year; 
(D) an assessment of United States efforts 
to encourage and leverage business and philan-
thropic participation in United States food se-
curity programs and to coordinate, harmonize, 
and align such programs with similar efforts of 
international organizations, international finan-
cial institutions, the governments of developing 
and developed countries, and United States and 
international nongovernmental organizations; 
and 
(E) an assessment of progress made to-
ward coordinating and integrating global food 
security activities with other United States bi-
lateral and multilateral development efforts in 
the areas of operation. 
(3) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RE-
PORT.—Not later than 270 days after the submis-
sion of each report under paragraph (1), the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit to 
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the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that contains— 
(A) a review of, and comments addressing, 
the report submitted under paragraph (1); and 
(B) recommendations relating to any addi-
tional actions the Comptroller General deter-
mines to be necessary to improve a global food 
security strategy and its implementation, in-
cluding potential structural or programmatic 
modifications within and among Federal depart-
ments and agencies involved in the implementa-
tion of the strategy for the purpose of enhanc-
ing coordination and effectiveness, and meas-
ures to improve coordination, harmonization, 
and alignment with other governments, inter-
national organizations, international financial 
institutions, and non-governmental organiza-
tions. 
(b) PROGRAM REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report containing— 
(A) an assessment of progress made dur-
ing the preceding four years toward meeting the 
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objectives described in section 101 and the spe-
cific goals, benchmarks, and time frames speci-
fied in the strategy described in section 103(b); 
and 
(B) an evaluation of the impact during the 
preceding four years of United States food se-
curity programs on food security, health, and 
economic growth in countries suffering from 
chronic food insecurity. 
(2) BASIS FOR REPORT.—The report required 
under paragraph (1) shall be based on assessments 
and impact evaluations utilizing sound quantitative 
and qualitative methodologies and techniques used in 
the behavioral sciences. 
TITLE II—BILATERAL 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 201. AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND NU-
TRITION. 
Section 103 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2151a) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 103. AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND NU-
TRITION. 
‘‘(a) FINDING; DECLARATION OF POLICY.— 
‘‘(1) FINDING.—Congress finds the efforts of 
developing countries to enhance their national food 
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security deserves encouragement as a matter of 
United States development assistance and foreign 
policy, with particular concern for the needs of 
women, the poor, and the special needs of nutrition-
ally vulnerable populations. 
‘‘(2) DECLARATION
OF
POLICY.—Therefore, 
Congress declares that United States food security 
efforts shall be incorporated into United States dip-
lomatic and foreign assistance efforts with devel-
oping countries, including under this Act, the Food 
for Peace Act, the Millennium Challenge Act of 
2003, and as a part of United States participation 
in multilateral institutions in order to expand and to 
improve food production, rural development, and 
complementary assistance for the purpose of ensur-
ing access to sufficient food and nutrition for all 
people for a healthy and productive life. 
‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The President is 
authorized to provide assistance, on such terms and condi-
tions as the President may determine, for agriculture, 
rural development, and nutrition, including— 
‘‘(1) to alleviate chronic starvation, hunger, and 
malnutrition; 
‘‘(2) to improve rural infrastructure (as defined 
in section 3 of the Global Food Security Act of 
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2009), to conserve natural resources and to expand 
significantly the provision of basic services to rural 
poor people to enhance their capacity for self-help; 
‘‘(3) to help create productive farm and off- 
farm employment in rural areas to provide a more 
viable economic base, to increase agriculture and 
food production, and to enhance opportunities for 
improved incomes, living standards, and contribu-
tions by rural poor people to the economic and social 
development of their countries; 
‘‘(4) to expand the economic participation of 
women, people living in extreme poverty, and those 
who lack access to agriculturally productive land, in-
cluding through productive safety net programs and 
health and nutrition programs, and to integrate 
those living in extreme poverty into the economy; 
‘‘(5) to support natural resource management, 
conservation farming and other sustainable agricul-
tural techniques to respond to changing climatic 
conditions and ensure adequate water supply and 
quality; and 
‘‘(6) to improve nutrition of vulnerable popu-
lations such as children under the age of two years 
old, and pregnant and lactating women, including 
through food-based approaches such as biofortifica-
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