Global Food Security Act of 2014
Latest action · Dec 11, 2014 Received in the Senate.
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.
- IntroducedSep 18, 2014
- Passed HouseDec 10, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Global Food Security Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the President, in providing assistance to implement the Global Food Security Strategy, should:
- coordinate federal efforts to implement the Strategy,
- utilize open and streamlined solicitations to allow for the participation of a wide range of implementing partners, and
- strengthen existing partnerships between developing country institutions of agricultural sciences with U.S. universities with a focus on building the agriculture capacities of developing nation universities.
Directs the President to coordinate the development and implementation of a comprehensive global food security strategy.
Authorizes the President to provide assistance to implement the Global Food Security Strategy. Authorizes FY2015 appropriations.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 18, 2014 to Dec 9, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Nov 12, 2014 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Nov 13, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | Nov 17, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Nov 17, 2014 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Nov 19, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Nov 19, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Nov 19, 2014 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Nov 19, 2014 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Nov 19, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Nov 20, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Dec 3, 2014 |
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 Sep 18, 2014Markup Nov 20, 2014 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 11, 2014Received in the Senate.
- Dec 10, 2014Mr. Smith (NJ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 10, 2014Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9023-9028)
- Dec 10, 2014DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5656.
- Dec 10, 2014The House resumed debate on H.R. 5656.
- Dec 10, 2014Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9023-9025)
- Dec 10, 2014Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 10, 2014The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Nov 20, 2014Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 20, 2014Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 18, 2014Introduced in House
- Sep 18, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1814 | Ander Crenshaw R-FL | Dec 12, 2014 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8945, H9023–H9028Text printed H9023–H9025 | Betty McCollum D-MN, Christopher H. Smith R-NJ, Erik Paulsen R-MN, James P. McGovern D-MA, Jeff Fortenberry R-NE, Juan Vargas D-CA, Richard M. Nolan D-MN | Dec 10, 2014 |
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
- Dec 2, 2014H.R. 5656, Global Food Security Act of 2014As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 20, 2014
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7892.
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. 113-225 | VARIOUS MEASURES198 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Nov 20, 2014 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44216 | The Obama Administration’s Feed the Future Initiative Archived | Report | Jul 25, 2016 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Feed the Future Initiative to reduce global poverty and hunger in developing countries on a sustainable basis, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To authorize a comprehensive strategic approach for United States foreign assistance to developing countries to reduce global poverty and hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, promote sustainable agricultural-led economic growth, improve nutritional outcomes, especially for women and children, build resilience among vulnerable populations, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Feed the Future Global Food Security Act of 2014
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Global Food Security Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Agricultural marketing and promotion
- Agricultural practices and innovations
- Agricultural research
- Agricultural trade
- Child health
- Congressional oversight
- Economic development
- Farmland
- Food assistance and relief
- Foreign aid and international relief
- International Affairs
- Nutrition and diet
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Public-private cooperation
- Sex and reproductive health
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
- Women in business
- Women's health
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 11, 2014Received in Senate
- Dec 10, 2014Engrossed in House
- Sep 18, 2014Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
