Bill > S4649

This bill amends the Global Food Security Act of 2016 to improve the U.S. government's strategic approach to foreign assistance for developing countries. Key provisions include: - Expanding the policy objectives to increase productivity, incomes, and livelihoods of small-scale producers and fishing communities, build resilience to agricultural shocks, improve nutritional outcomes for women and children, and harness science and technology. - Defining "food system" and "wasting" to provide clearer conceptual frameworks. - Requiring periodic updates to the Global Food Security Strategy every 5 years through 2031. - Increasing the authorized annual appropriations for the Emergency Food Security Program from $2.79 billion to $3.91 billion from fiscal years 2024 to 2028. - Enhancing reporting requirements to Congress, including identifying priority metrics, performance targets, and efforts to coordinate research and encourage donor burden sharing. The overall intent is to strengthen the U.S. government's comprehensive, multisectoral approach to sustainably addressing global food insecurity, poverty, and malnutrition.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4649/all-info