Sec. 6704. Report on partner forces utilizing United States security assistance identified as using hunger as a weapon of war
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It is the sense of Congress that— the United States recognizes the link between armed conflict and conflict-induced food insecurity; Congress recognizes and condemns the role of nefarious security actors, including state and non-state armed groups, who have utilized hunger as a weapon of war, including through the unanimous adoption of House of Representatives Resolution 922 and Senate Resolution 669 relating to [c]ondemning the use of hunger as a weapon of war and recognizing the effect of conflict on global food security and famine ; and the United States should use the diplomatic and humanitarian tools at our disposal to not only fight global hunger, mitigate the spread of conflict, and promote critical, lifesaving assistance, but also hold perpetrators using hunger as a weapon of war to account.
In this paragraph: The term hunger as a weapon of war means— intentional starvation of civilians; intentional and reckless destruction, removal, looting, or rendering useless objects necessary for food production and distribution, such as farmland, markets, mills, food processing and storage facilities, food stuffs, crops, livestock, agricultural assets, waterways, water systems, drinking water facilities and supplies, and irrigation networks; undue denial of humanitarian access and deprivation of objects indispensable to people’s survival, such as food supplies and nutrition resources; and willful interruption of market systems for populations in need, including through the prevention of travel and manipulation of currency exchange.
The term security assistance means assistance meeting the definition of security assistance under section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2304 ). Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives regarding— United States-funded security assistance and cooperation; and whether the governments and entities receiving such assistance have or are currently using hunger as a weapon of war.
The report required under subsection
(c)shall— identify countries receiving United States-funded security assistance or participating in security programs and activities, including in coordination with the Department of Defense, that are currently experiencing famine-like conditions as a result of conflict; describe the actors and actions taken by such actors in the countries identified pursuant to paragraph
(1)who are utilizing hunger as a weapon of war; and describe any current or existing plans to continue providing United States-funded security assistance to recipient countries. The report required under subsection
(c)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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Sec. 6704
Report on partner forces utilizing United States security assistance identified as using hunger as a weapon of war
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