Africa Famine Relief Act of 2003
Official title: To authorize emergency supplemental assistance to combat the growing humanitarian crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Urges the President to establish a task force responsible for designing a comprehensive strategy to deal with the immediate needs of the humanitarian crisis in sub-Saharan Africa and addressing the long-term causes of food insecurity in the region, including corruption within certain governments of sub-Saharan Africa. Directs the President to instruct the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, the World Food Programme, international organizations, and other appropriate international organizations to use the U.S. vote to support additional food aid and other humanitarian assistance for sub-Saharan Africa.
Authorizes emergency appropriations for: (1) international disaster assistance for relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance for sub-Saharan Africa; and (2) the award of grants to eligible administrative organizations to award subgrants to nongovernmental organizations to expand activities to prevent the mother-to-child transmission of HIV by providing treatment, medical care, and support services to HIV-infected parents and their children.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 390: Africa Famine Relief Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-390/
"H.R. 390: Africa Famine Relief Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-390/.
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