S.Amdt. 482

SA 482. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 762, making supplemental appropriations to support Department of Defense operations in Iraq, Department of Homeland Security, and Related Efforts for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 46, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

(e) Report on Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust and Future of United States Food Aid.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture (in coordination with the Administrator of the Agency for International Development) shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and the Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, a report that describes--

(1) the policy of the Secretary with respect to the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust established under the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f-1 et seq.), including whether that policy includes an intent to replenish the Trust; and

(2)(A) the means by which the Secretary proposes to ensure that the United States retains the long-term strategy and capability to respond to emergency international food shortages; and

(B) whether, and to what extent, other food aid programs conducted by the Secretary and the Administrator will be a part of that strategy.