HR 3077 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Global Food Security Act of 2009

Introduced Jun 26, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Betty McCollum D-MN

Latest action · Jun 26, 2009 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 26, 2009
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Global Food Security Act of 2009 - Directs the President to designate an individual to serve as the Special Coordinator for Food Security to: (1) advise the President on international food security issues; (2) ensure coordination of global food security efforts and U.S. programs; and (3) oversee implementation of a comprehensive food security strategy to be headed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Sets forth strategy elements.

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise and extend bilateral agriculture, rural development, and nutrition assistance programs.

Authorizes the President to provide assistance to implement program components through U.S. land-grant universities, other eligible universities, and public and private partners of U.S. and foreign universities for: (1) research on problems affecting food availability; (2) agricultural development and trade research and extension services, particularly for women and other vulnerable populations; (3) application of agricultural and nutritional sciences to solving food, health, nutrition, rural income, and environmental problems, especially among populations experiencing chronic food insecurity; and (4) rural population access to national and global markets.

Establishes the higher education collaboration for technology, agriculture, research, and extension to provide assistance for policies and programs in eligible countries that advance agricultural productivity and hunger alleviation through partnerships with institutions of higher education.

Authorizes the President to provide assistance under this Act or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for unexpected urgent food assistance needs. Establishes a United States Emergency Rapid Response to Food Crisis Fund to carry out such purposes.

Cosponsors 82

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2009 to Jul 30, 2010; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jun 26, 2009
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	Original	Jun 26, 2009
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Jun 26, 2009
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Jun 26, 2009
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.	Original	Jun 26, 2009
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson	Original	Jun 26, 2009
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Jun 26, 2009
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jun 26, 2009
D-CA	Bob Filner		Jul 31, 2009
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Jul 31, 2009
D-VA	James P. Moran		Sep 14, 2009
D-CA	Sam Farr		Sep 14, 2009
D-CA	George Miller		Sep 29, 2009
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Sep 29, 2009
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Sep 29, 2009
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Sep 29, 2009
D-MA	John W. Olver		Oct 6, 2009
D-IN	André Carson		Oct 13, 2009
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Oct 13, 2009
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Oct 13, 2009
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Oct 14, 2009
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Oct 22, 2009
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Oct 22, 2009
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Oct 22, 2009
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Oct 22, 2009
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Oct 28, 2009
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Nov 2, 2009
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Nov 2, 2009
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		Nov 5, 2009
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Nov 5, 2009
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Nov 5, 2009
D-FL	Alan Grayson		Nov 16, 2009
D-MA	Barney Frank		Nov 16, 2009
D-OR	David Wu		Nov 17, 2009
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Nov 19, 2009
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Nov 19, 2009
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		Dec 2, 2009
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Dec 2, 2009
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		Dec 2, 2009
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Dec 8, 2009
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Dec 16, 2009
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Dec 19, 2009
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Jan 21, 2010
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Jan 26, 2010
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Feb 2, 2010
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Feb 2, 2010
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Feb 2, 2010
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Feb 23, 2010
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Mar 3, 2010
D-CA	John Garamendi		Mar 3, 2010
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Mar 10, 2010
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Mar 15, 2010
D-CA	Lois Capps		Mar 15, 2010
D-CA	Laura Richardson		Apr 13, 2010
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Apr 13, 2010
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Apr 22, 2010
D-GA	John Lewis		May 13, 2010
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		May 19, 2010
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		May 19, 2010
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		May 19, 2010
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		May 19, 2010
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		May 19, 2010
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		May 19, 2010
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		May 19, 2010
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		May 19, 2010
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		May 26, 2010
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		May 26, 2010
D-WA	Rick Larsen		May 28, 2010
D-NY	Daniel B. Maffei		Jun 8, 2010
D-NC	David E. Price		Jun 15, 2010
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Jun 15, 2010
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Jun 15, 2010
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Jun 29, 2010
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jul 13, 2010
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Jul 13, 2010
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Jul 13, 2010
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Jul 14, 2010
D-TX	Gene Green		Jul 14, 2010
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Jul 15, 2010
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Jul 20, 2010
D-AR	Marion Berry		Jul 21, 2010
D-NC	Brad Miller		Jul 30, 2010

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Jun 26, 2009

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 26, 2009Introduced in House
Jun 26, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 111-72	A CALL TO ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY: THE ADMINISTRATION'S GLOBAL STRATEGY95 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	Oct 29, 2009

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 384	Global Food Security Act of 2009	Related bill	May 13, 2009

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security and agricultural development, to develop rural infrastructure and stimulate rural economies, and to improve emergency response to food crises, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Global Food Security Act of 2009

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

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Jun 26, 2009Introduced in House

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