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HR 4141 112th Congress House International Affairs Advisory bodies Child health Food assistance and relief Foreign aid and international relief HIV/AIDS Nutrition and diet Sex and reproductive health Women's health

International Food Assistance Improvement Act of 2012

Introduced: March 5, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 7, 2012
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 7, 2012
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 12, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
Mar 27, 2012
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 27, 2012
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 5, 2012
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 5, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

International Food Assistance Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Food for Peace Act to direct the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to: (1) improve the nutritional quality of U.S. food assistance, particularly for groups such as pregnant and lactating mothers, children under the age of five, and beneficiaries under the President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief in Africa; and (2) work within the Food Aid Consultative Group to increase coordination and oversight of food assistance programs.

What's happening now June 7, 2012

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 6
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Mar 6, 2012
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Mar 6, 2012
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Mar 6, 2012
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Mar 6, 2012
BERMAN, HOWARD
· Mar 5, 2012
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 5, 2012
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 5, 2012
WOOLSEY, LYNN
· Mar 5, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4141: International Food Assistance Improvement Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4141/
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"H.R. 4141: International Food Assistance Improvement Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4141/.
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H.R. 4141, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4141/.
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