That the House of Representatives—
reaffirms that—
Food for Peace is an essential component of global food security efforts;
Food for Peace is an expression of the generosity and goodwill of the people of the United States toward the world’s most vulnerable populations;
food insecurity stems from an array of factors, including military conflict, civil strife, economic instability, underdeveloped food production and market inclusion, corruption, and natural disasters;
Food for Peace helps to alleviate humanitarian needs stemming from conflict and natural disasters, helps to prevent the spread of disease and malnutrition among pregnant women and children under 5 years old, and can help to counteract cycles of violence; and
Food for Peace contributes to the spread and strengthening of American leadership worldwide through the investment of United States foreign aid and humanitarian assistance and is therefore a key component of American foreign policy;
commends the Food for Peace program for helping approximately 76,000,000 people in 59 countries in fiscal year 2018, including 68,000,000 people who received $3,200,000,000 in lifesaving emergency assistance and 8,000,000 people who received $430,000,000 in resilience-building development assistance;
commends Food for Peace for supporting vulnerable communities around the world in coping with crises as they make their journeys to self-reliance;
recognizes that—
United States foreign assistance helps create markets for American products by reducing poverty, increasing production, and creating broadly shared wealth in developing countries; and
humanitarian assistance helps countries and communities recover from serious disasters, crises, and emergencies, and puts them back on the road to prosperity; and
calls for continued prioritization of funding for Food for Peace programs—
to continue the mission of fighting global food insecurity;
to help to reduce the number of mothers who lack the adequate prenatal nutrition and the healthy foods to care for their children once they are born;
to help to reduce the number of infants and children facing the lifelong effects of malnutrition;
to reduce the number of infants and children dying from malnutrition-related causes around the globe;
to continue to support nonemergency resiliency-building efforts to address the root causes of hunger and reduce the need for future emergency assistance;
to maximize the economic and intellectual potential of local communities and global markets;
to support American values;
to provide for the basic human needs of food and nutrition and for critical development activities;
to affirm the continued commitment of the American people and their Government to helping some of the most vulnerable populations in the world at their times of greatest need;
to promote democratic values worldwide; and
to continue to support these principles as Food for Peace enters a new era as part of the proposed Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, and to encourage alignment of food assistance with other forms of disaster relief and humanitarian aid to best help those in need.