H. Res. 962 (Introduced in House) — Expressing support for assisting East African countries afflicted by the plague of desert locusts.

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

supports the coordination efforts of United States Ambassador to the United Nations food agencies in Rome Kip Tom between the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); and

(2)

calls upon the President to—

(A)

elevate locust eradication efforts among relevant United States Government agencies to immediately address the emerging food security crisis in East Africa;

(B)

allocate appropriate air assets to support locust eradication efforts in East Africa; and

(C)

direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to immediately mobilize personnel from the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance to determine further types of assistance the United States may provide in East Africa.

Expressing support for assisting East African countries afflicted by the plague of desert locusts.

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