[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 161 (Friday, September 28, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H9369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2017

  Mr. ROYCE of California. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take 
from the Speaker's table the bill (S. 2269) to reauthorize the Global 
Food Security Act of 2016 for 5 additional years, and ask for its 
immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is 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''.
  The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third 
time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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