Sec. 3208. Donald Payne Horn of Africa food resilience program
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In this section: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Agency for International Development. The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. The term eligible organization means an organization that is— a private voluntary organization or cooperative that is, to the extent practicable, registered with the Administrator; or an intergovernmental organization, such as the World Food Program.
The term Horn of Africa means the countries of— Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; Djibouti; Eritrea; South Sudan; Uganda; and such other countries as the Administrator determines to be appropriate after providing notification to the appropriate committees of Congress. The term resilience means— the capacity to mitigate the negative impacts of crises (including natural disasters, conflicts, and economic shocks) in order to reduce loss of life and depletion of productive assets; the capacity to respond effectively to crises, ensuring basic needs are met in a way that is integrated with long-term development efforts; and the capacity to recover and rebuild after crises so that future shocks can be absorbed with less need for ongoing external assistance.
The purpose of this section is to establish a pilot program to effectively integrate all United States-funded emergency and long-term development activities that aim to improve food security in the Horn of Africa, building resilience so as— to reduce the impacts of future crises; to enhance local capacity for emergency response; to enhance sustainability of long-term development programs targeting poor and vulnerable households; and to reduce the need for repeated costly emergency operations.
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall initiate a study of prior programs to support resilience in the Horn of Africa conducted by— other donor countries; private voluntary organizations; the World Food Program of the United Nations; and multilateral institutions, including the World Bank. The study shall— include all programs implemented through the Agency for International Development, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Treasury, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Peace Corps, and other relevant Federal agencies; evaluate how well the programs described in subparagraph
(A)work together to complement each other and leverage impacts across programs; include recommendations for how full integration of efforts can be achieved; and evaluate the degree to which country-led development plans support programs that increase resilience, including review of the investments by each country in nutrition and safety nets. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing the results of the study. The Administrator shall— provide grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, eligible organizations to carry out field-based projects that build resilience in the Horn of Africa in accordance with this section; and develop a project approval process to ensure full integration of efforts. To be eligible to receive a grant from, or enter into a cooperative agreement with, the Administrator under this subsection, an eligible organization shall submit to the Administrator an application by such date, in such manner, and containing such information as the Administrator may require. To be eligible to receive a grant from, or enter into a cooperative agreement with, the Administrator under this subsection, an eligible organization shall agree— to collect, not later than September 30, 2016, data containing the information required under subsection (f)(2) relating to the field-based project funded through the grant or cooperative agreement; and to provide to the Administrator the data collected under clause (i). Subject to clause
(ii)and subparagraph (B), in selecting proposals for field-based projects to fund under this section, the Administrator shall select a diversity of projects, including projects located in— areas most prone to repeated crises; areas with effective existing resilience programs that can be scaled; and areas in all countries of the Horn of Africa. In selecting proposals for field-based projects under clause (i), the Administrator shall ensure that the selected proposals are for field-based projects that— effectively integrate emergency and long-term development programs to improve sustainability; demonstrate the potential to reduce the need for future emergency assistance; and build targeted productive safety nets, in coordination with host country governments, through food for work, cash for work, and other proven program methodologies. The Administrator shall not award a grant or cooperative agreement or approve a field-based project under this subsection until the date on which the Administrator promulgates regulations or issues guidelines under subsection (e). Not later than 180 days after the date of completion of the study under subsection (c), the Administrator shall promulgate regulations or issue guidelines to carry out field-based projects under this section. In promulgating regulations or issuing guidelines under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall— take into consideration the results of the study described in subsection (c); and provide an opportunity for public review and comment. Not later than November 1, 2016, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that— addresses each factor described in paragraph (2); and is conducted in accordance with this section. The report shall include baseline and end-of-project data that measures— the prevalence of moderate and severe hunger so as to provide an accurate accounting of project impact on household access to and consumption of food during every month of the year prior to data collection; household ownership of and access to productive assets, including at a minimum land, livestock, homes, equipment, and other materials assets needed for income generation; household incomes, including informal sources of employment; and the productive assets of women using the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index. Not later than 90 days after the date on which the report is submitted under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall provide public access to the report. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.