HR 4002 · 106th Congress · International Affairs
Famine Prevention and Freedom From Hunger Improvement Act of 2000
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EnactedLatest: Became Public Law No: 106-373.(2000-10-27)
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Famine Prevention and Freedom from Hunger Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise congressional declarations of policy with respect to famine prevention and freedom from hunger in developing countries. (Sec. 2) Urges the United States, among other things, to: (1) generally engage the U.S. university community more extensively in the agricultural research, trade, and development initiatives undertaken outside the United States with the objectives of strengthening its capacity to carry out research, teaching, and extension activities for solving problems in food production, processing, marketing, and consumption in agriculturally underdeveloped nations, and transforming progress in global agricultural research and development (R&D) into economic growth, trade, and trade benefits for U.S. communities and industries and for the provident use of natural resources; and (2) ensure that all federally funded support to universities and their public and private partners relating to the goals of this Act is periodically reviewed for its performance. Includes Native American land- grant colleges within the definition of "universities". (Sec. 3) Authorizes …
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 4002, Famine Prevention and Freedom from Hunger Improvement Act of 2000
Jul 17, 2000Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on June 29, 2000
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 4002, The Famine Prevention and Freedom from Hunger Improvement Act of 2000
Oct 2, 2000Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 27, 2000
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (3)
2 Democrats1 Republican