3.0.0 421 2023-01-11T13:37:40Z 2023-01-11T13:37:40Z House HRES 2017-06-28 115 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing hsfa16 Africa Subcommittee Referred to 2017-07-06T13:45:48Z Referred to 2017-06-28T14:00:32Z 2017-07-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1015-1016) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2017-07-06 hsfa16 Africa Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations. Committee 2017-06-28 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2017-06-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-06-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] CHRISTOPHER SMITH R NJ H. 4 N B001270 Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] Karen Bass D CA 37 2017-06-28 True N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2017-07-12 False E000296 Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-2] Dwight Evans D PA 2 2017-07-12 False K000389 Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] Ro Khanna D CA 17 2018-03-08 False R000580 Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] Peter Roskam R IL J. 6 2018-04-24 False International Affairs Africa Agricultural marketing and promotion Atmospheric science and weather Conflicts and wars Food assistance and relief Foreign aid and international relief Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Human rights International organizations and cooperation Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor Religion Sanctions Water use and supply World health International Affairs 00 2017-06-28 Introduced in House 2017-09-28T19:39:58Z Calls for the U.S. government to:

  • use all available leverage to achieve lasting, comprehensive cease-fires in cases of conflict in Africa;
  • work with governments to facilitate disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of combatants;
  • use the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to sanction individuals or entities responsible for initiating or prolonging conflict, endangering humanitarian aid workers, or preventing delivery of humanitarian aid;
  • apply all available weather and crop information to more accurately predict incipient drought and to determine the likelihood of famine in conflict areas;
  • collaborate with other donor nations to accelerate the provision of food, clean water, medicine, and shelter to those in need;
  • expand the prepositioning of aid commodities in safe zones close to the famine region;
  • provide assistance to farmers, herders, and fishermen; and
  • use cash transfers to more quickly provide food aid where local markets exist and to support the functioning of local markets.

Urges governments in affected African countries to:

  • establish effective cease-fires and use force thereafter only when government forces or facilities or civilians are under attack;
  • identify and take actions against individuals and entities that actively threaten peace and safety;
  • work with civil society to help end conflict at the grassroots level and effect reconciliation;
  • take specifed actions to promote the delivery of food, clean water, medicine, and shelter;
  • protect humanitarian aid workers; and
  • safeguard agricultural areas and farm personnel.
]]> Urging the Administration to develop more effective and timely responses to famine in Africa, especially efforts to end the conflicts in South Sudan, Nigeria, and other countries that cause or exacerbate famine. Display Title Urging the Administration to develop more effective and timely responses to famine in Africa, especially efforts to end the conflicts in South Sudan, Nigeria, and other countries that cause or exacerbate famine. Official Title as Introduced Urging the Administration to develop more effective and timely responses to famine in Africa, especially efforts to end the conflicts in South Sudan, Nigeria, and other countries that cause or exacerbate famine. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hres421ih/xml/BILLS-115hres421ih.xml 2017-07-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1015-1016) 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.