SECTION 1. Short title.

SEC. 2. Findings.

SEC. 3. Statement of policy objectives; sense of Congress.

(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “programs, activities, and initiatives that” and inserting “comprehensive, multi-sectoral programs, activities, and initiatives that consider agriculture and food systems in their totality and that”.

(2) in paragraph (1), by striking “and economic freedom through the coordination” and inserting “, economic freedom, and security through the phasing, sequencing, and coordination”;

(3) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the following:

“(3) increase the productivity, incomes, and livelihoods of small-scale producers and artisanal fishing communities, especially women in these communities, by working across terrestrial and aquatic food systems and agricultural value chains, including by—

“(A) enhancing local capacity to manage agricultural resources and food systems effectively and expanding producer access to, and participation in, local, regional, and international markets;

“(B) increasing the availability and affordability of high quality nutritious and safe foods and clean water;

“(C) creating entrepreneurship opportunities and improving access to business development related to agriculture and food systems, including among youth populations, linked to local, regional, and international markets; and

“(D) enabling partnerships to facilitate the development of and investment in new agricultural technologies to support more resilient and productive agricultural practices;

“(4) build resilience to agriculture and food systems shocks and stresses, including global food catastrophes in which conventional methods of agriculture are unable to provide sufficient food and nutrition to sustain the global population, among vulnerable populations and households through inclusive growth, while reducing reliance upon emergency food and economic assistance;”;

(4) in paragraph (6)—

(A) by inserting “, adolescent girls,” after “women”;

(B) by inserting “and incidence of wasting” after “child stunting”;

(C) by inserting “large-scale food fortification,” after “diet diversification,”; and

(D) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: “and nutrition, especially during the first 1,000-day window until a child reaches 2 years of age”; and

(5) in paragraph (7)—

(A) by inserting “combating fragility, resilience,” after “national security,”;

(B) by inserting “natural resource management,” after “science and technology,”; and

(C) by striking “nutrition,” and inserting “nutrition, including deworming,”.

SEC. 4. Definitions.

(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting “, including in response to shocks and stresses to food and nutrition security” before the period at the end;

(2) in paragraph (5)(H)—

(A) by inserting “local” before “agricultural”;

(B) by inserting “and fisher” after “farmer”; and

(C) by inserting “youth,” after “small-scale producers,”;

(3) in paragraph (7), by inserting “the Inter-American Foundation,” after “United States African Development Foundation,”;

(4) in paragraph (8)—

(A) by inserting “agriculture and food” before “systems”; and

(B) by inserting “, including global food catastrophes,” after “food security”;

(5) in paragraph (9), by striking “fishers” and inserting “artisanal fishing communities”;

(6) in paragraph (10), by amending subparagraphs (D) and (E) to read as follows:

“(D) is a marker of an environment deficient in the various needs that allow for a child’s healthy growth, including nutrition; and

“(E) is associated with long-term poor health, delayed motor development, impaired cognitive function, and decreased immunity.”;

(7) in paragraph (12), by striking “agriculture and nutrition security” and inserting “food and nutrition security and agriculture-led economic growth”;

(8) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (12), as amended, as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively;

(9) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:

“(4) FOOD SYSTEM.—The term ‘food system’ means the intact or whole unit made up of interrelated components of people, behaviors, relationships, and material goods that interact in the production, processing, packaging, transporting, trade, marketing, consumption, and use of food, feed, and fiber through aquaculture, farming, wild fisheries, forestry, and pastoralism that operates within and is influenced by social, political, economic, and environmental contexts.”; and

(10) by adding at the end the following:

“(14) WASTING.—The term ‘wasting’ means—

“(A) a life-threatening condition attributable to poor nutrient intake or disease that is characterized by a rapid deterioration in nutritional status over a short period of time; and

“(B) in the case of children, is characterized by low weight for height and weakened immunity, increasing their risk of death due to greater frequency and severity of common infection, particularly when severe.”.

SEC. 5. Comprehensive global food security strategy.

SEC. 6. Assistance to implement the global food security strategy; authorization of appropriations.

(1) by striking “$1,000,600,000” and inserting “$1,200,000,000”;

(2) by striking “fiscal years 2017 through 2023” and inserting “fiscal years 2024 through 2028”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following: “Amounts authorized to appropriated by this subsection should be prioritized to carry out programs and activities in target countries.”.

SEC. 7. Emergency food security program.

SEC. 8. Reports.

(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—

(A) by striking “During each of the first 7 years after the date of the submission of the strategy required under section 5(c)” and inserting “For each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028”;

(B) by striking “reports that describe” and inserting “a report that describes”; and

(C) by striking “at the end of the reporting period” and inserting “during the preceding year”;

(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting “, including any changes to the target countries selected pursuant to the selection criteria described in section 5(a)(2) and justifications for any such changes” before the semicolon at the end;

(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting “identify and” before “describe”;

(4) in paragraph (5), by striking “agriculture” and inserting “food”;

(5) in paragraph (6)—

(A) by inserting “quantitative and qualitative” after “how”; and

(B) by inserting “at the initiative, country, and zone of influence levels, including longitudinal data and key uncertainties” before the semicolon at the end;

(6) in paragraph (7), by inserting “within target countries, amounts and justification for any spending outside of target countries” after “amounts spent”;

(7) in paragraph (11), by striking “and the impact of private sector investment” and inserting “and efforts to encourage financial donor burden sharing and the impact of such investment and efforts”;

(8) in paragraph (13), by striking “and” at the end;

(9) in paragraph (14)—

(A) by inserting “, including key challenges or missteps,” after “lessons learned”; and

(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”;

(10) by redesignating paragraphs (12) through (14), as amended, as paragraphs (15) through (17), respectively;

(11) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (11), as amended, as paragraphs (7) through (13), respectively;

(12) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:

“(4) identify and describe the priority quantitative metrics used to establish baselines and performance targets at the initiative, country, and zone of influence levels;

“(5) identify such established baselines and performance targets at the country, and zone of influence levels;

“(6) identify the output and outcome benchmarks and indicators used to measure results annually, and report the annual measurement of results for each of the priority metrics identified pursuant to paragraph (4), disaggregated by age, gender, and disability, to the extent practicable and appropriate, in an open and transparent manner that is accessible to the American people;”;

(13) by inserting after paragraph (13), as redesignated, the following:

“(14) describe how agriculture research is prioritized within the Global Food Security Strategy to support agriculture-led growth and eventual self-sufficiency and assess efforts to coordinate research programs within the Global Food Security Strategy with key stakeholders;”; and

(14) by adding at the end the following:

“(18) during the final year of each strategy required under section 5, complete country graduation reports to determine whether a country should remain a target country based on quantitative and qualitative analysis.”.