To transfer the functions, duties, responsibilities, assets, liabilities, orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans, contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, and privileges of the United States Agency for International Development relating to implementing and administering the Food for Peace Act to the Department of Agriculture.
Summary
What This Bill Does
H.R. 1207 moves Food for Peace Act administration from the United States Agency for International Development to the Department of Agriculture. Beginning on enactment, all USAID functions, duties, responsibilities, assets, liabilities, orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans, contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, and privileges related to Food for Peace authorities transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture. Legal references to USAID or the USAID Administrator become references to USDA or the USDA office assigned the transferred functions. USDA may publish immediately effective interim final rules to maintain program continuity during the transfer.
Who Benefits and How
The Department of Agriculture benefits by gaining direct control over Food for Peace Act implementation and administration. Agricultural commodity interests benefit if USDA gives food-aid procurement and shipment decisions a stronger agriculture-policy orientation. Food for Peace contractors benefit from a single USDA administrator once transition rules and agreements are settled. Congressional agriculture committees benefit from clearer oversight of a food-aid program housed in USDA.
Who Bears the Burden and How
USAID Food for Peace staff lose authority over the program and must transfer functions, records, agreements, and liabilities. USDA program offices must absorb grants, loans, contracts, regulations, permits, and continuity responsibilities. Humanitarian aid organizations bear transition risk if a development-agency program shifts to an agriculture agency. Program recipients may face disruption while rules, agreements, and administrative points of contact move to USDA.
Key Provisions
- Requires Food for Peace Act functions to transfer from USAID to the Secretary of Agriculture.
- Directs related assets, liabilities, orders, regulations, permits, grants, loans, contracts, and agreements to move to USDA.
- Provides that statutory and regulatory references to USAID become references to USDA for transferred functions.
- Authorizes USDA to issue immediately effective interim final rules to maintain program continuity.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Transfers USAID Food for Peace Act implementation and administration functions to the Department of Agriculture, including assets, liabilities, regulations, grants, loans, contracts, and agreements.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Aid, Agriculture, Agency Reorganization
Primary Purpose
Transfers USAID Food for Peace Act implementation and administration functions to the Department of Agriculture, including assets, liabilities, regulations, grants, loans, contracts, and agreements.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Department of Agriculture
- Agricultural commodity interests
- Food for Peace contractors
- Congressional agriculture committees
Identified Costs
- USAID Food for Peace staff
- USDA program offices
- Humanitarian aid organizations
- Program recipients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Mann (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Crawford, …
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Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Department of Agriculture, USDA program offices
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