[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5311-S5312]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5833. Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Risch) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for 
himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 
7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

     SECTION 1214. GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY.

       (a) Short Title.--The section may be cited as the ``Global 
     Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2022''.
       (b) Findings.--Section 2 of the Global Food Security Act of 
     2016 (22 U.S.C. 9301) is amended by striking ``Congress 
     makes'' and all that follows through ``(3) A comprehensive'' 
     and inserting ``Congress finds that a comprehensive''.
       (c) Statement of Policy Objectives; Sense of Congress.--
     Section 3(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 9302(a)) is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``programs, activities, and initiatives that'' and inserting 
     ``comprehensive, multi-sectoral programs, activities, and 
     initiatives that consider agriculture and food systems in 
     their totality and that''.
       (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and economic freedom 
     through the coordination'' and inserting ``, economic 
     freedom, and security through the phasing, sequencing, and 
     coordination'';
       (3) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(3) increase the productivity, incomes, and livelihoods 
     of small-scale producers and artisanal fishing communities, 
     especially women in these communities, by working across 
     terrestrial and aquatic food systems and agricultural value 
     chains, including by--
       ``(A) enhancing local capacity to manage agricultural 
     resources and food systems effectively and expanding producer 
     access to, and participation in, local, regional, and 
     international markets;
       ``(B) increasing the availability and affordability of high 
     quality nutritious and safe foods and clean water;
       ``(C) creating entrepreneurship opportunities and improving 
     access to business development related to agriculture and 
     food systems, including among youth populations, linked to 
     local, regional, and international markets; and
       ``(D) enabling partnerships to facilitate the development 
     of and investment in new agricultural technologies to support 
     more resilient and productive agricultural practices;
       ``(4) build resilience to agriculture and food systems 
     shocks and stresses, including global food catastrophes in 
     which conventional methods of agriculture are unable to 
     provide sufficient food and nutrition to sustain the global 
     population, among vulnerable populations and households 
     through inclusive growth, while reducing reliance upon 
     emergency food and economic assistance;'';
       (4) by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:
       ``(6) improve the nutritional status of women, adolescent 
     girls, and children, with a focus on reducing child stunting 
     and incidence of wasting, including through the promotion of 
     highly nutritious foods, diet diversification, large-scale 
     food fortification, and nutritional behaviors that improve 
     maternal and child health and nutrition, especially during 
     the first 1,000-day window until a child reaches 2 years of 
     age;''; and
       (5) in paragraph (7)--
       (A) by striking ``science and technology,'' and inserting 
     ``combating fragility, resilience, science and technology, 
     natural resource management''; and
       (B) by inserting ``, including deworming,'' after 
     ``nutrition,''.
       (d) Definitions.--Section 4 of the Global Food Security Act 
     of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9303) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, including in 
     response to shocks and stresses to food and nutrition 
     security'' before the period at the end;
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (12) as 
     paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively;
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
       ``(4) Food system.--The term `food system' means the intact 
     or whole unit made up of interrelated components of people, 
     behaviors, relationships, and material goods that interact in 
     the production, processing, packaging, transporting, trade, 
     marketing, consumption, and use of food, feed, and fiber 
     through aquaculture, farming, wild fisheries, forestry, and 
     pastoralism that operates within and is influenced by social, 
     political, economic, and environmental contexts.'';
       (4) in paragraph (6), as redesignated, by amending 
     subparagraph (H) to read as follows:
       ``(H) local agricultural producers, including farmer and 
     fisher organizations, cooperatives, small-scale producers, 
     youth, and women; and'';
       (5) in paragraph (7), as redesignated, by inserting ``the 
     Inter-American Foundation,'' after ``United States African 
     Development Foundation,'';
       (6) in paragraph (9), as redesignated--
       (A) by inserting ``agriculture and food'' before 
     ``systems''; and
       (B) by inserting ``, including global food catastrophes,'' 
     after ``food security'';
       (7) in paragraph (10), as redesignated, by striking 
     ``fishers'' and inserting ``artisanal fishing communities'';
       (8) in paragraph (11), as redesignated, by amending 
     subparagraphs (D) and (E) to read as follows:
       ``(D) is a marker of an environment deficient in the 
     various needs that allow for a child's healthy growth, 
     including nutrition; and
       ``(E) is associated with long-term poor health, delayed 
     motor development, impaired cognitive function, and decreased 
     immunity'';
       (9) in paragraph (13), as redesignated, by striking 
     ``agriculture and nutrition security'' and inserting ``food 
     and nutrition security and agriculture-led economic growth''; 
     and
       (10) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(14) Wasting.--The term `wasting' means--
       ``(A) a life-threatening condition attributable to poor 
     nutrient intake or disease that is characterized by a rapid 
     deterioration in nutritional status over a short period of 
     time; and
       ``(B) in the case of children, is characterized by low 
     weight for height and weakened immunity, increasing their 
     risk of death due to greater frequency and severity of common 
     infection, particularly when severe.''.
       (e) Comprehensive Global Food Security Strategy.--Section 
     5(a) of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9304) 
     is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``country-owned 
     agriculture, nutrition, and food security policy and 
     investment plans'' and inserting ``partner country-led 
     agriculture, nutrition, regulatory, food security, and water 
     resources management policy and investment plans and 
     governance systems'';
       (2) by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:
       ``(5) support the locally-led and inclusive development of 
     agriculture and food systems, including by enhancing the 
     extent to which small-scale food producers, especially women, 
     have access to and control over the inputs, skills, resource 
     management capacity, networking, bargaining power, financing, 
     market linkages, technology, and information needed to 
     sustainably increase productivity and incomes, reduce poverty 
     and malnutrition, and promote long-term economic 
     prosperity;'';
       (3) in paragraph (6)--
       (A) by inserting ``, adolescent girls,'' after ``women''; 
     and
       (B) by inserting ``and preventing incidence of wasting'' 
     after ``reducing child stunting'';
       (4) in paragraph (7), by inserting ``poor water resource 
     management and'' after ``including'';
       (5) in paragraph (8)--
       (A) by striking ``the long term success of programs'' and 
     inserting ``long-term impact''; and
       (B) by inserting ``, including agricultural research 
     capacity,'' after ``institutions'';
       (6) in paragraph (9), by striking ``integrate resilience 
     and nutrition strategies into food security programs, such 
     that chronically vulnerable populations are better able to'' 
     and inserting ``coordinate with and complement relevant 
     strategies to ensure that chronically vulnerable populations 
     are better able to adapt,'';
       (7) by redesignating paragraph (17) as paragraph (22);
       (8) by redesignating paragraphs (12) through (16) as 
     paragraphs (14) through (18), respectively;
       (9) by striking paragraphs (10) and (11) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(10) develop community and producer resilience and 
     adaptation strategies to disasters, emergencies, and other 
     shocks and stresses to food and nutrition security, including 
     conflicts, droughts, flooding, pests, and diseases, that 
     adversely impact agricultural yield and livelihoods;

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       ``(11) harness science, technology, and innovation, 
     including the research and extension activities supported by 
     the private sector, relevant Federal departments and 
     agencies, Feed the Future Innovation Labs or any successor 
     entities, and international and local researchers and 
     innovators, recognizing that significant investments in 
     research and technological advances will be necessary to 
     reduce global poverty, hunger, and malnutrition;
       ``(12) use evidenced-based best practices, including 
     scientific and forecasting data, and improved planning and 
     coordination by, with, and among key partners and relevant 
     Federal departments and agencies to identify, analyze, 
     measure, and mitigate risks, and strengthen resilience 
     capacities;
       ``(13) ensure scientific and forecasting data is accessible 
     and usable by affected communities and facilitate 
     communication and collaboration among local stakeholders in 
     support of adaptation planning and implementation, including 
     scenario planning and preparedness using seasonal forecasting 
     and scientific and local knowledge;'';
       (10) in paragraph (15), as redesignated, by inserting 
     ``nongovernmental organizations, including'' after ``civil 
     society,'';
       (11) in paragraph (16), as redesignated, by inserting ``and 
     coordination, as appropriate,'' after ``collaboration'';
       (12) in paragraph (18), as redesignated, by striking 
     ``section 8(b)(4); and'' and inserting ``section 8(a)(4);''; 
     and
       (13) by inserting after paragraph (18), as redesignated, 
     the following:
       ``(19) improve the efficiency and resilience of 
     agricultural production, including management of crops, 
     rangelands, pastures, livestock, fisheries, and aquacultures;
       ``(20) ensure investments in food and nutrition security 
     consider and integrate best practices in the management and 
     governance of natural resources and conservation, especially 
     among food insecure populations living in or near biodiverse 
     ecosystems;
       ``(21) be periodically updated in a manner that reflects 
     learning and best practices; and''.
       (f) Periodic Updates.--Section 5 of the Global Food 
     Security Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9304), as amended by 
     subsection (e), is further amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(d) Periodic Updates.--Not less frequently than 
     quinquennially through fiscal year 2030, the President, in 
     consultation with the head of each relevant Federal 
     department and agency, shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees updates to the Global Food Security 
     Strategy required under subsection (a) and the agency-
     specific plans described in subsection (c)(2).''.
       (g) Authorization of Appropriations to Implement the Global 
     Food Security Strategy.--Section 6(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
     9305(b)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``$1,000,600,000 for each of fiscal years 
     2017 through 2023'' and inserting ``$1,200,000,000 for each 
     of the fiscal years 2024 through 2028''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following: ``Amounts 
     authorized to appropriated under this subsection should be 
     prioritized to carry out programs and activities in target 
     countries.''.
       (h) Emergency Food Security Program.--
       (1) In general.--Section 7 of the Global Food Security Act 
     of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9306) is amended by striking ``(a) Sense 
     of Congress.--'' and all that follows through ``It shall be'' 
     and inserting ``It shall be''.
       (2) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 492(a) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292a(a)) is 
     amended by striking ``$2,794,184,000 for each of fiscal years 
     2017 through 2023, of which up to $1,257,382,000'' and 
     inserting ``$3,905,460,000 for each of the fiscal years 2024 
     through 2028, of which up to $1,757,457,000''.
       (i) Reports.--Section 8(a) of the Global Food Security Act 
     of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9307) is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
       (A) by striking ``During each of the first 7 years after 
     the date of the submission of the strategy required under 
     section 5(c),'' and inserting ``For each of the fiscal years 
     2024 through 2028,'';
       (B) by striking ``reports that describe'' and inserting ``a 
     report that describes''; and
       (C) by striking ``at the end of the reporting period'' and 
     inserting ``during the preceding year'';
       (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, including any 
     changes to the target countries selected pursuant to the 
     selection criteria described in section 5(a)(2) and 
     justifications for any such changes'' before the semicolon at 
     the end;
       (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``identify and'' before 
     ``describe'';
       (4) by redesignating paragraphs (12) through (14) as 
     paragraphs (15) through (17), respectively;
       (5) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (11) as 
     paragraphs (7) through (13), respectively;
       (6) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
       ``(4) identify and describe the priority quantitative 
     metrics used to establish baselines and performance targets 
     at the initiative, country, and zone of influence levels;
       ``(5) identify such established baselines and performance 
     targets at the country and zone of influence levels;
       ``(6) identify the output and outcome benchmarks and 
     indicators used to measure results annually, and report the 
     annual measurement of results for each of the priority 
     metrics identified pursuant to paragraph (4), disaggregated 
     by age, gender, and disability, to the extent practicable and 
     appropriate, in an open and transparent manner that is 
     accessible to the people of the United States;'';
       (7) in paragraph (7), as redesignated, by striking 
     ``agriculture'' and inserting ``food'';
       (8) in paragraph (8), as redesignated--
       (A) by inserting ``quantitative and qualitative'' after 
     ``how''; and
       (B) by inserting ``at the initiative, country, and zone of 
     influence levels, including longitudinal data and key 
     uncertainties'' before the semicolon at the end;
       (9) in paragraph (9), as redesignated, by inserting 
     ``within target countries, amounts and justification for any 
     spending outside of target countries'' after ``amounts 
     spent'';
       (10) in paragraph (13), as redesignated, by striking ``and 
     the impact of private sector investment'' and inserting ``and 
     efforts to encourage financial donor burden sharing and the 
     impact of such investment and efforts'';
       (11) by inserting after paragraph (13), as redesignated, 
     the following:
       ``(14) describe how agriculture research is prioritized 
     within the Global Food Security Strategy to support 
     agriculture-led growth and eventual self-sufficiency and 
     assess efforts to coordinate research programs within the 
     Global Food Security Strategy with key stakeholders;'';
       (12) in paragraph (16), as redesignated, by striking 
     ``and'' at the end;
       (13) in paragraph (17), as redesignated--
       (A) by inserting ``, including key challenges or 
     missteps,'' after ``lessons learned''; and
       (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
     and''; and
       (14) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(18) during the final year of each strategy required 
     under section 5, complete country graduation reports to 
     determine whether a country should remain a target country 
     based on quantitative and qualitative analysis.''.
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