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HRES 962 116th Congress House International Affairs Africa Aviation and airports Disaster relief and insurance Food assistance and relief Foreign aid and international relief Insects Pest management United Nations

Expressing support for assisting East African countries afflicted by the plague of desert locusts.

Introduced: May 8, 2020 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Introduced
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May 22, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
May 8, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
May 8, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution calls upon the President to (1) elevate locust eradication efforts among relevant U.S. agencies to address the food security crisis in East Africa, (2) allocate appropriate assets to support such efforts, and (3) direct the U.S. Agency for International Development to determine further assistance the United States may provide in East Africa.

Further, it supports the coordination efforts of the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations food agencies between the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization.

What's happening now May 22, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 962: Expressing support for assisting East African countries afflicted by the plague of desert locusts.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-962/
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"H. Res. 962: Expressing support for assisting East African countries afflicted by the plague of desert locusts.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-962/.
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H. Res. 962, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-962/.
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