Global Food Security Act of 2016
PL 114-195 (S.1252), enacted 07/20/2016

130 STAT. 675 
PUBLIC LAW 114–195—JULY 20, 2016 
Public Law 114–195 
114th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize a comprehensive strategic approach for United States foreign assistance 
to developing countries to reduce global poverty and hunger, achieve food and 
nutrition security, promote inclusive, sustainable, agricultural-led economic 
growth, improve nutritional outcomes, especially for women and children, build 
resilience among vulnerable populations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Food Security Act of 
2016’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) According to the Food and Agriculture Organization 
of the United Nations (referred to in this section as the ‘‘FAO’’), 
805,000,000 people worldwide suffer from chronic hunger. 
Hunger and malnutrition rob people of health and productive 
lives and stunt the mental and physical development of future 
generations. 
(2) According to the January 2014 ‘‘Worldwide Threat 
Assessment of the US Intelligence Community’’— 
(A) the ‘‘[l]ack of adequate food will be a destabilizing 
factor in countries important to US national security that 
do not have the financial or technical abilities to solve 
their internal food security problems’’; and 
(B) ‘‘[f]ood and nutrition insecurity in weakly governed 
countries might also provide opportunities for insurgent 
groups to capitalize on poor conditions, exploit international 
food aid, and discredit governments for their inability to 
address basic needs’’. 
(3) A comprehensive approach to sustainable food and 
nutrition security should not only respond to emergency food 
shortages, but should also address malnutrition, resilience to 
food and nutrition insecurity, building the capacity of poor, 
rural populations to improve their agricultural productivity 
and incomes, removing institutional impediments to agricul-
tural development, value chain access and efficiency, including 
processing and storage, enhancing agribusiness development, 
access to markets and activities that address the specific needs 
and barriers facing women and small-scale producers, edu-
cation, and collaborative research. 
22 USC 9301. 
Global Food 
Security Act 
of 2016. 
22 USC 9301 
note. 
July 20, 2016 
[S. 1252] 
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SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY OBJECTIVES; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY OBJECTIVES.—It is in the national 
interest of the United States to promote global food security, resil-
ience, and nutrition, consistent with national food security invest-
ment plans, which is reinforced through programs, activities, and 
initiatives that— 
(1) place food insecure countries on a path toward self- 
sufficiency and economic freedom through the coordination of 
United States foreign assistance programs; 
(2) accelerate inclusive, agricultural-led economic growth 
that reduces global poverty, hunger, and malnutrition, particu-
larly among women and children; 
(3) increase the productivity, incomes, and livelihoods of 
small-scale producers, especially women, by working across 
agricultural value chains, enhancing local capacity to manage 
agricultural resources effectively and expanding producer access 
to local and international markets; 
(4) build resilience to food shocks among vulnerable popu-
lations and households while reducing reliance upon emergency 
food assistance; 
(5) create an enabling environment for agricultural growth 
and investment, including through the promotion of secure 
and transparent property rights; 
(6) improve the nutritional status of women and children, 
with a focus on reducing child stunting, including through 
the promotion of highly nutritious foods, diet diversification, 
and nutritional behaviors that improve maternal and child 
health; 
(7) demonstrably meet, align with and leverage broader 
United States strategies and investments in trade, economic 
growth, national security, science and technology, agriculture 
research and extension, maternal and child health, nutrition, 
and water, sanitation, and hygiene; 
(8) continue to strengthen partnerships between United 
States-based universities, including land-grant colleges, and 
universities and institutions in target countries and commu-
nities that build agricultural capacity; and 
(9) ensure the effective use of United States taxpayer dol-
lars to further these objectives. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress that 
the President, in providing assistance to implement the Global 
Food Security Strategy, should— 
(1) coordinate, through a whole-of-government approach, 
the efforts of relevant Federal departments and agencies to 
implement the Global Food Security Strategy; 
(2) seek to fully utilize the unique capabilities of each 
relevant Federal department and agency while collaborating 
with and leveraging the contributions of other key stakeholders; 
and 
(3) utilize open and streamlined solicitations to allow for 
the participation of a wide range of implementing partners 
through the most appropriate procurement mechanisms, which 
may include grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other instruments as necessary and appropriate. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
22 USC 9303. 
22 USC 9302. 
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(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-
estry 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 Rep-
resentatives; and 
(F) the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) FEED THE FUTURE INNOVATION LABS.—The term ‘‘Feed 
the Future Innovation Labs’’ means research partnerships led 
by United States universities that advance solutions to reduce 
global hunger, poverty, and malnutrition. 
(3) FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY.—The term ‘‘food and 
nutrition security’’ means access to, and availability, utilization, 
and stability of, sufficient food to meet caloric and nutritional 
needs for an active and healthy life. 
(4) GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY.—The term ‘‘Global 
Food Security Strategy’’ means the strategy developed and 
implemented pursuant to section 5(a). 
(5) KEY
STAKEHOLDERS.—The term ‘‘key stakeholders’’ 
means actors engaged in efforts to advance global food security 
programs and objectives, including— 
(A) relevant Federal departments and agencies; 
(B) national and local governments in target countries; 
(C) other bilateral donors; 
(D) international and regional organizations; 
(E) international, regional, and local financial institu-
tions; 
(F) international, regional, and local private voluntary, 
nongovernmental, faith-based, and civil society organiza-
tions; 
(G) the private sector, including agribusinesses and 
relevant commodities groups; 
(H) agricultural producers, including farmer organiza-
tions, cooperatives, small-scale producers, and women; and 
(I) agricultural research and academic institutions, 
including land-grant universities and extension services. 
(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 departments and agencies’’ means the 
United States Agency for International Development, the 
Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the 
Department 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 Representative, the United States African 
Development Foundation, the United States Geological Survey, 
and 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, countries, and systems to 
mitigate, adapt to, and recover from shocks and stresses to 
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food security in a manner that reduces chronic vulnerability 
and facilitates inclusive growth. 
(9) SMALL-SCALE PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘small-scale pro-
ducer’’ 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) STUNTING.—The term ‘‘stunting’’ refers to a condition 
that— 
(A) is measured by a height-to-age ratio that is more 
than 2 standard deviations below the median for the popu-
lation; 
(B) manifests in children who are younger than 2 years 
of age; 
(C) is a process that can continue in children after 
they reach 2 years of age, resulting in an individual being 
‘‘stunted’’; 
(D) is a sign of chronic malnutrition; and 
(E) can lead to long-term poor health, delayed motor 
development, impaired cognitive function, and decreased 
immunity. 
(11) 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. 
(12) TARGET COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘target country’’ means 
a developing country that is selected to participate in agri-
culture and nutrition security programs under the Global Food 
Security Strategy pursuant to the selection criteria described 
in section 5(a)(2), including criteria such as the potential for 
agriculture-led economic growth, government commitment to 
agricultural investment and policy reform, opportunities for 
partnerships and regional synergies, the level of need, and 
resource availability. 
SEC. 5. COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY. 
(a) STRATEGY.—The President shall coordinate the development 
and implementation of a United States whole-of-government 
strategy to accomplish the policy objectives set forth in section 
3(a), which shall— 
(1) set specific and measurable goals, benchmarks, time-
tables, performance metrics, and monitoring and evaluation 
plans that reflect international best practices relating to trans-
parency, accountability, food and nutrition security, and agri-
culture-led economic growth, consistent with the policy objec-
tives described in section 3(a); 
(2) establish clear and transparent selection criteria for 
target countries, communities, regions, and intended bene-
ficiaries of assistance; 
(3) describe the methodology and criteria for the selection 
of target countries; 
(4) support and be aligned with country-owned agriculture, 
nutrition, and food security policy and investment plans devel-
oped with input from key stakeholders, as appropriate; 
(5) support inclusive agricultural value chain development, 
with small-scale producers, especially women, gaining greater 
access to the inputs, skills, resource management capacity, 
Criteria. 
President. 
Coordination. 
22 USC 9304. 
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networking, bargaining power, financing, and market linkages 
needed to sustain their long-term economic prosperity; 
(6) support improvement of the nutritional status 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 nutri-
tion-sensitive programs, including related water, sanitation, 
and hygiene programs; 
(7) facilitate communication and collaboration, as appro-
priate, among local stakeholders in support of a multi-sectoral 
approach to food and nutrition security, to include analysis 
of the multiple underlying causes of malnutrition, including 
lack of access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene; 
(8) support the long-term success of programs by building 
the capacity of local organizations and institutions in target 
countries and communities; 
(9) 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; 
(10) develop community and producer resilience to natural 
disasters, emergencies, and natural occurrences that adversely 
impact agricultural yield; 
(11) harness science, technology, and innovation, including 
the research and extension activities supported by relevant 
Federal Departments and agencies and Feed the Future Innova-
tion Labs, or any successor entities; 
(12) integrate agricultural development activities among 
food insecure populations living in proximity to designated 
national parks or wildlife areas into wildlife conservation 
efforts, as necessary and appropriate; 
(13) leverage resources and expertise through partnerships 
with the private sector, farm organizations, cooperatives, civil 
society, faith-based organizations, and agricultural research and 
academic institutions; 
(14) strengthen and expand collaboration between United 
States universities, including public, private, and land-grant 
universities, with higher education institutions in target coun-
tries to increase their effectiveness and relevance to promote 
agricultural development and innovation through the creation 
of human capital, innovation, and cutting edge science in the 
agricultural sector; 
(15) seek to ensure that target countries and communities 
respect and promote land tenure rights of local communities, 
particularly those of women and small-scale producers; 
(16) include criteria and methodologies for graduating tar-
get 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 8(b)(4); and 
(17) demonstrably support the United States national secu-
rity and economic interest in the countries where assistance 
is being provided. 
(b) COORDINATION.—The President shall coordinate, through 
a whole-of-government approach, the efforts of relevant Federal 
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departments and agencies in the implementation of the Global 
Food Security Strategy by— 
(1) establishing monitoring and evaluation systems, coher-
ence, and coordination across relevant Federal departments 
and agencies; 
(2) establishing linkages with other initiatives and strate-
gies of relevant Federal departments and agencies; and 
(3) establishing platforms for regular consultation and 
collaboration with key stakeholders and the appropriate 
congressional committees. 
(c) STRATEGY SUBMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 2016, the Presi-
dent, 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, including a detailed description 
of how the United States intends to advance the objectives 
set forth in section 3(a) and the agency-specific plans described 
in paragraph (2). 
(2) AGENCY-SPECIFIC
PLANS.—The Global Food Security 
Strategy shall include specific implementation plans from each 
relevant Federal department and agency that describes— 
(A) the anticipated contributions of the department 
or agency, including technical, financial, and in-kind con-
tributions, to implement the Global Food Security Strategy; 
and 
(B) the efforts of the department or agency to ensure 
that the activities and programs carried out pursuant to 
the strategy are designed to achieve maximum impact and 
long-term sustainability. 
SEC. 6. ASSISTANCE TO IMPLEMENT THE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY 
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 prevent or address food shortages notwithstanding any 
other provision of law. 
(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 each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018 to carry 
out those portions of the Global Food Security 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 Global Food Security 
Strategy is provided under established parameters for a rigorous 
accountability system to monitor and evaluate progress and impact 
of the strategy, including by reporting to the appropriate congres-
sional committees and the public on an annual basis. 
SEC. 7. EMERGENCY FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the crisis in Syria, which is characterized by acts of 
terrorism and atrocities directed against civilians, including 
mass murder, forced displacement, aerial bombardment, ethnic 
22 USC 9306. 
President. 
22 USC 9305. 
Deadline. 
Consultation. 
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and religious persecution, torture, kidnapping, rape and sexual 
enslavement, has triggered one of the most profound humani-
tarian crises of this century and poses a direct threat to regional 
security and the national security interests of the United States; 
(2) it is in the national security interests of the United 
States to respond to the needs of displaced Syrian persons 
and the communities hosting such persons, including with food 
assistance; and 
(3) after four years of conflict in Syria and the onset of 
other major humanitarian emergencies where, like Syria, the 
provision of certain United States humanitarian assistance has 
been particularly challenging, including the 2013 super-typhoon 
in the Philippines, the 2014 outbreak of Ebola in west Africa, 
the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, ongoing humanitarian disasters 
in Yemen and South Sudan, and the threat of a major El 
Nino event in 2016, United States international disaster assist-
ance has become severely stressed. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy of the United 
States, in coordination with other donors, regional governments, 
international organizations, and international financial institutions, 
to fully leverage, enhance, and expand the impact and reach of 
available United States humanitarian resources, including for food 
assistance, to mitigate the effects of manmade and natural disasters 
by utilizing innovative new approaches to delivering aid that sup-
port affected persons and the communities hosting them, build 
resilience and early recovery, and reduce opportunities for waste, 
fraud, and abuse. 
(c) AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.— 
(1) Section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2292) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); 
and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(c) EMERGENCY FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limitations in section 492, 
and notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other 
Act, the President is authorized to make available emergency 
food assistance, including in the form of funds, transfers, 
vouchers, and agricultural commodities (including products 
derived from agricultural commodities) acquired through local 
or regional procurement, to meet emergency food needs arising 
from manmade and natural disasters. 
‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—Funds made available under this sub-
section shall be known as the ‘International Disaster Assistance 
– Emergency Food Security Program’.’’. 
(2) Section 492 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2292a) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$25,000,000 for the 
fiscal year 1986 and $25,000,000 for the fiscal year 1987.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$2,794,184,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 
and 2018, of which up to $1,257,382,000 should be made 
available to carry out section 491(c).’’; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
subsections: 
‘‘(c) AMOUNTS
IN ADDITION
TO OTHER AMOUNTS.—Amounts 
authorized to be appropriated pursuant to the authorizations of 
President. 
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appropriations under section 491(c) are in addition to funds other-
wise available for such purposes. 
‘‘(d) FLEXIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) UNITED STATES POLICY.—It is the policy of the United 
States that the funds made available to carry out section 491 
are intended to provide the President with the greatest possible 
flexibility to address disaster-related needs as they arise and 
to prepare for and reduce the impact of natural and man- 
made disasters. 
‘‘(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
any amendments to applicable legal provisions contained in 
this Act are not intended to limit such authorities. 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than March 1 of each fiscal year, the 
President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives a report that describes the activities 
undertaken by the President over the course of the prior fiscal 
year pursuant to section 491(c), including the amounts of assistance 
provided, intended beneficiaries, monitoring and evaluation strate-
gies, anticipated outcomes, and, as practicable, actual outcomes.’’. 
SEC. 8. REPORTS. 
(a) GLOBAL
FOOD
SECURITY
STRATEGY
IMPLEMENTATION 
REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year and 2 years after the date of 
the submission of the strategy required under section 5(c), the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
reports that describe the status of the implementation of the Global 
Food Security Strategy for 2017 and 2018, which shall— 
(1) contain a summary of the Global Food Security Strategy 
as an appendix; 
(2) identify any substantial changes made in the Global 
Food Security Strategy during the preceding 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 grad-
uating target countries and communities from assistance pro-
vided under the Global Food Security Strategy over time, 
including by building resilience, reducing risk, and enhancing 
the sustainability of outcomes from United States investments 
in agriculture and nutrition security; 
(6) indicate how findings from monitoring and evaluation 
were incorporated into program design and budget decisions; 
(7) contain a transparent, open, and detailed accounting 
of spending by relevant Federal departments and agencies to 
implement the Global Food Security Strategy, including, for 
each Federal department and agency, the statutory source of 
spending, amounts spent, implementing partners and targeted 
beneficiaries, and activities supported to the extent practicable 
and appropriate; 
(8) describe how the Global Food Security Strategy 
leverages other United States food security and development 
assistance programs on the continuum from emergency food 
Summary. 
President. 
22 USC 9307. 
President. 
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aid through sustainable, agriculture-led economic growth and 
eventual self-sufficiency; 
(9) describe the contributions of the Global Food Security 
Strategy to, and assess the impact of, broader international 
food and nutrition security assistance programs, including 
progress in the promotion of land tenure rights, creating eco-
nomic opportunities for women and small-scale producers, and 
stimulating agriculture-led economic growth in target countries 
and communities; 
(10) assess efforts to coordinate United States international 
food security and nutrition programs, activities, and initiatives 
with key stakeholders; 
(11) assess United States Government-facilitated private 
investment in related sectors and the impact of private sector 
investment in target countries and communities; 
(12) identify any United States legal or regulatory impedi-
ments that could obstruct the effective implementation of the 
programming referred to in paragraphs (8) and (9); 
(13) contain a clear gender analysis of programming, to 
inform 
project-level 
activities, 
that 
includes 
established 
disaggregated gender indicators to better analyze outcomes for 
food productivity, income growth, control of assets, equity in 
access to inputs, jobs and markets, and nutrition; and 
(14) incorporate a plan for regularly reviewing and 
updating strategies, partnerships, and programs and sharing 
lessons learned with a wide range of stakeholders in an open, 
transparent manner. 
(b) GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY CROSSCUT REPORT.—Not later than 
120 days after the President submits the budget to Congress under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report including— 
(1) an interagency budget crosscut report that— 
(A) displays the budget proposed, including any 
planned interagency or intra-agency transfer, for each of 
the principal Federal agencies that carries out global food 
security activities in the upcoming fiscal year, separately 
reporting the amount of planned funding to be provided 
under existing laws pertaining to the global food security 
strategy to the extent available; and 
(B) to the extent available, identifies all assistance 
and research expenditures at the account level in each 
of the five prior fiscal years by the Federal Government 
and United States multilateral commitments using Federal 
funds for global food security strategy activities; 
(2) to the extent available, a detailed accounting of all 
assistance funding received and obligated by the principal Fed-
eral agencies identified in the report and United States multi-
lateral commitments using Federal funds, for global food secu-
rity activities during the current fiscal year; and 
(3) a breakout of the proposed budget for the current and 
budget years by agency, categorizing expenditures by type of 
funding, including research, resiliency, and other food security 
activities to the extent that such information is available. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
OF INFORMATION.—The information 
referred to in subsections (a) and (b) shall be made available on 
the public website of the United States Agency for International 
Web posting. 
Budget. 
Plan. 
Analysis. 
Assessment. 
Assessment. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1252 (H.R. 1567): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 114–482 (Comm. on Foreign Affairs) accompanying 
H.R. 1567. 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 162 (2016): 
Apr. 20, considered and passed Senate. 
July 5, 6, considered and passed House. 
Development in an open, machine readable format, in a timely 
manner. 
SEC. 9. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) EFFECT ON OTHER PROGRAMS.—Nothing in the Global Food 
Security Strategy or this Act or the amendments made by this 
Act shall be construed to supersede or otherwise affect the authority 
of the relevant Federal departments and agencies to carry out 
programs specified in subsection (b), in the manner provided, and 
subject to the terms and conditions, of those programs, including, 
but not limited to, the terms, conditions, and requirements relating 
to the procurement and transportation of food assistance furnished 
pursuant to such programs. 
(b) PROGRAMS DESCRIBED.—The programs referred to in sub-
section (a) are the following: 
(1) The Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.). 
(2) The Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o). 
(3) Section 416(b) of the Agriculture Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
1431). 
(4) McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program (7 
U.S.C.1736o–1). 
(5) Local and Regional Procurement Program (7 U.S.C. 
1726c). 
(6) Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f– 
1). 
(7) Any other food and nutrition security and emergency 
and non-emergency food assistance program of the Department 
of Agriculture. 
Approved July 20, 2016. 
22 USC 9308. 
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