HR 4141 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

International Food Assistance Improvement Act of 2012

Introduced Mar 5, 2012 Originated House Sponsor Donald M. Payne D-NJ

Latest action · Jun 7, 2012 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

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.

IntroducedMar 5, 2012
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

International Food Assistance Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Food for Peace Act to direct the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to: (1) improve the nutritional quality of U.S. food assistance, particularly for groups such as pregnant and lactating mothers, children under the age of five, and beneficiaries under the President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief in Africa; and (2) work within the Food Aid Consultative Group to increase coordination and oversight of food assistance programs.

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2012 to Mar 6, 2012; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Howard L. Berman	Original	Mar 5, 2012
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Mar 5, 2012
D-CA	Karen Bass	Original	Mar 5, 2012
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Mar 5, 2012
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Mar 5, 2012
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Mar 6, 2012
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Mar 6, 2012
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Mar 6, 2012
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Mar 6, 2012
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega		Mar 6, 2012
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Mar 6, 2012
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Mar 6, 2012
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Mar 6, 2012
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Mar 6, 2012
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Mar 6, 2012

Committees 2

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 Mar 5, 2012Markup Jun 7, 2012
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred Mar 5, 2012
	Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee	Referred Apr 12, 2012

Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 7, 2012Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 7, 2012Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Apr 12, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
Mar 27, 2012Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 27, 2012Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

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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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Jul 3, 2012H.R. 4141, Donald M. Payne International Food Assistance Improvement Act of 2012As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 7, 2012, with amendments provided to CBO on June 18, 2012

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Commerce Clause, Article I Section 8 Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States, grants Congress the power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes''.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1153.

Printed hearings 3

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. 112-175	VARIOUS BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS138 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	Jun 7, 2012
Serial No. 112-131	INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION AND RETURN ACT OF 2011; GLOBAL ONLINE FREEDOM ACT OF 2011; AND INTERNATIONAL FOOD ASSISTANCE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2012215 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	Mar 27, 2012
Serial No. 112-157	THE FISCAL YEAR 2013 BUDGET: A REVIEW OF U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AMIDST ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY149 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	Mar 20, 2012

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to take appropriate actions to improve the nutritional quality, quality control, and cost effectiveness of United States food assistance, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: International Food Assistance Improvement Act of 2012

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 5, 2012Introduced in House

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