Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Streamlining International Food Assistance Act of 2024”.
Streamlining International Food Assistance Act of 2024
A BILL
To amend the Food for Peace Act to allow additional forms of assistance, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Forms of assistance under Food for Peace Act
in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
by striking “agricultural commodities” and inserting “assistance, including in the form of agricultural commodities,”; and
by striking “States to—” and inserting “States—”; and
in each of paragraphs (1) through (7), by inserting “to” after the paragraph designation.
Assistance—
in the section heading, by inserting “assistance, including” before “agricultural commodities”;
in subsection (a), by striking “agricultural commodities” and inserting “assistance, including in the form of agricultural commodities,”;
in subsection (b)(1)—
by striking “agricultural commodities” and inserting “assistance, including in the form of agricultural commodities,”; and
by inserting “assistance or agricultural” after “to use the”;
by striking subsection (e); and
by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) as subsections (e) through (g), respectively.
Conforming amendments—
Section 205(d)(2) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1725(d)(2)) is amended by striking “section 202(h)” and inserting “section 202(g)”.
Section 207(f)(4)(A) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1726a(f)(4)(A)) is amended by striking “section 202(h)(3)” and inserting “section 202(g)(3)”.
Section 407(f)(2) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736a(f)(2)) is amended by striking subparagraph (I).
Section 412(e)(2) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(2)) is amended by striking “and that are consistent with section 202(e)(1)(C)”.
Section 201(a)(3) of the Africa: Seeds of Hope Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 1721 note; Public Law 105–385) is amended by striking “section 202(f) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1722(f))” and inserting “section 202(e) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1722(e))”.
Repeal of levels of assistance—
In general— Section 204 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1724) is repealed.
Conforming amendment— Section 302(c)(1) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1(c)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (D).
Use of Commodity Credit Corporation— Section 406 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736) is amended—
by striking subsection (b); and
by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.
Administrative provisions— Section 407(c)(1) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736a(c)(1)) is amended—
by striking subparagraph (B); and
by striking the paragraph designation and heading and all that follows through “The Administrator” in subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
“(1) Acquisition—The Administrator”