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.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
International Affairs
AfricaAviation and airportsDisaster relief and insuranceFood assistance and reliefForeign aid and international reliefInsectsPest managementUnited Nations
Expressing support for assisting East African countries afflicted by the plague of desert locusts.
USA116th CongressHRES-962| House
| Updated: 5/22/2020
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.
AfricaAviation and airportsDisaster relief and insuranceFood assistance and reliefForeign aid and international reliefInsectsPest managementUnited Nations