3.0.0 185 2023-01-15T21:34:10Z 2023-01-15T21:34:10Z Senate S S 2003-01-16 108 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-01-16T22:42:46Z Africa Famine Relief Act of 2003 108 390 HR 2003-01-27 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. Identical bill CRS 2003-01-16 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2003-01-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2003-01-16 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2003-01-16 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2003-01-16 True B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2003-01-16 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2003-01-17 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2003-01-29 False S000064 Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] PAUL SARBANES D MD SPYROS 2003-01-30 False International Affairs AIDS (Disease) Africa Africa (Sub-Saharan) Agricultural assistance Agriculture and Food Armed Forces and National Security Authorization Child health Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Developing countries Development credit institutions Economics and Public Finance Europe European Union Executive reorganization Families Famines Food relief Food supply Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Health Human immunodeficiency viruses International agencies International cooperation International relief Legislation Malnutrition Maternal and infant welfare Maternal health services Nongovernmental organizations Parents President and foreign policy Preventive medicine Public corruption Supplemental appropriations United Nations World health International Affairs 00 2003-01-16 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Urges the President to establish a task force responsible for designing a comprehensive strategy to deal with the immediate needs of the humanitarian crisis in sub-Saharan Africa and addressing the long-term causes of food insecurity in the region, including corruption within certain governments of sub-Saharan Africa. Directs the President to instruct the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, the World Food Programme, international organizations, and other appropriate international organizations to use the U.S. vote to support additional food aid and other humanitarian assistance for sub-Saharan Africa.

Authorizes emergency appropriations for: (1) international disaster assistance for relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance for sub-Saharan Africa; and (2) the award of grants to eligible administrative organizations to award subgrants to nongovernmental organizations to expand activities to prevent the mother-to-child transmission of HIV by providing treatment, medical care, and support services to HIV-infected parents and their children.]]>

Africa Famine Relief Act of 2003 Display Title Africa Famine Relief Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize emergency supplemental assistance to combat the growing humanitarian crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Africa Famine Relief Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-01-16T05:00:00Z 2003-01-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.