[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 19, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4248-S4249]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2017

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 427, S. 2269.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2269) to reauthorize the Global Food Security 
     Act of 2016 for 5 additional years.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
be considered read a third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I know of no further debate on the 
bill.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the bill having 
been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass?
  The bill (S. 2269) was passed, as follows:

                                S. 2269

       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 
     Reauthorization Act of 2017''.

     SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) Assistance To Implement the Global Food Security 
     Strategy.--Section 6(b) of the Global Food Security Act of 
     2016 (22 U.S.C. 9305(b)) is amended by striking ``fiscal 
     years 2017 and 2018'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2017 
     through 2023''.
       (b) Emergency Food Security Program.--Section 492(a) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292a(a)) is 
     amended by striking ``fiscal years 2017 and 2018'' and 
     inserting ``fiscal years 2017 through 2023''.

     SEC. 3. GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION REPORTS.

       Section 8(a) of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (22 
     U.S.C. 9307(a)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Not later than 1 year and 2 years'' and 
     inserting ``During each of the first 7 years''; and
       (2) by striking ``for 2017 and 2018'' and inserting ``at 
     the end of the reporting period''.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the motion 
to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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