2020 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 100 - Global Food Security
Sec. 9301 - Findings

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 9301 (2020)
Section Name §9301. Findings
Section Text

Congress makes the following findings:

(1) According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (referred to in this section as the "FAO"), 805,000,000 people worldwide suffer from chronic hunger. Hunger and malnutrition rob people of health and productive lives and stunt the mental and physical development of future generations.

(2) According to the January 2014 "Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community"—

(A) the "[l]ack of adequate food will be a destabilizing factor in countries important to US national security that do not have the financial or technical abilities to solve their internal food security problems"; and

(B) "[f]ood and nutrition insecurity in weakly governed countries might also provide opportunities for insurgent groups to capitalize on poor conditions, exploit international food aid, and discredit governments for their inability to address basic needs".


(3) A comprehensive approach to sustainable food and nutrition security should not only respond to emergency food shortages, but should also address malnutrition, resilience to food and nutrition insecurity, building the capacity of poor, rural populations to improve their agricultural productivity and incomes, removing institutional impediments to agricultural development, value chain access and efficiency, including processing and storage, enhancing agribusiness development, access to markets and activities that address the specific needs and barriers facing women and small-scale producers, education, and collaborative research.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 114–195, §2, July 20, 2016, 130 Stat. 675.)


Editorial Notes STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES SHORT TITLE OF 2018 AMENDMENT

Pub. L. 115–266, §1, Oct. 11, 2018, 132 Stat. 3755, provided that: "This Act [amending sections 2292a, 9305, and 9307 of this title] may be cited as the 'Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2017'."

SHORT TITLE

Pub. L. 114–195, §1, July 20, 2016, 130 Stat. 675, provided that: "This Act [enacting this chapter and amending sections 2292 and 2292a of this title] may be cited as the 'Global Food Security Act of 2016'."

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 100 - GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
Sec. 9301 - Findings
Contains section 9301
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Short Titles 'Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2017'."
'Global Food Security Act of 2016'."
Statutes at Large References 130 Stat. 675
132 Stat. 3755
Public Law References Public Law 114-195, Public Law 115-266
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