S 3126 · 106th Congress · International Affairs

Famine Prevention and Freedom From Hunger Improvement Act of 2000

Introduced 2000-09-27· Sponsored by Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
Senate Vote
4
House
5
Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9391-9393)(2000-09-27)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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) 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 developing nations, and for transforming progress in global agricultural research and development (R&D) into economic growth, trade, and trade benefits for aid recipient countries and U.S. communities and industries and for the wise 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)…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (1)

1 Democrat