S 436 118th Congress Senate International Affairs

SAFE Act

Introduced: February 15, 2023 Introduced by: Risch, James E. Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Feb 15, 2023

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Securing Allies Food in Emergencies Act or the SAFE Act

This bill requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop a strategy for averting a global food security crisis. The bill also relaxes a law requiring that certain goods be transported by U.S. vessels.

The bill authorizes USAID to procure life-saving food aid commodities to provide emergency food assistance to the most vulnerable populations in countries experiencing acute food insecurity. For certain commodities procured under this authority, the bill waives a requirement that a certain percentage of the commodities must be transported by U.S. vessels (such requirements are known as federal cargo preference laws).

The bill also removes a mandate from a federal cargo preference law relating to goods obtained by the U.S. government.

What's happening now February 15, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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