{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-4693","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 4693","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"To advance targeted and evidence-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of global malnutrition and to improve the coordination of such programs, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To advance targeted and evidence-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of global malnutrition and to improve the coordination of such programs, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed Senate","title":"Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate","title":"Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 117-214","introduced":"2021-07-26","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-04-27","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h137","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act","result":"Passed","yea":384,"nay":44,"present":0,"not_voting":1,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll137.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2022-09-20","vote":null,"how":"voice_vote","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S4876; text: 4/27/2022 CR H4547-4548)"}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2022-10-19"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-214.","date":"2022-10-19"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-10-19","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021"},{"k":"p","t":"This act sets out programs and otherwise directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to carry out activities to prevent and treat malnutrition globally."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, USAID may leverage resources to address malnutrition through the Global Nutrition Coordination Plan (an interagency effort to strengthen the impact of U.S. investments in nutrition) and its role on the board of directors of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. USAID must also select countries based on specified malnutrition-related indicators for purposes of targeting malnutrition prevention and treatment programs and update the selection within five years."},{"k":"p","t":"Additionally, USAID may"},{"k":"li","t":"establish the Nutrition Leadership Council to coordinate federal government activities to prevent and treat malnutrition; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"target resources and nutrition interventions to the populations most susceptible to severe malnutrition and otherwise support efforts to prevent and treat malnutrition globally.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"The act also requires USAID to provide to Congress an implementation plan and annual reports concerning its programs for treating and preventing malnutrition."},{"k":"p","t":"The act's provisions terminate seven years after its enactment."}],"words":174},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to support efforts to prevent and treat malnutrition globally, and sets up priority-country selection, a coordinating council, an implementation plan and reports to Congress.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4693/text/enr#HDDF8D461E0C84220B581400A12B5F0CC:~:text=2.%20Authorization%20of%20efforts%20to%20prevent%20and"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4693/text/enr#HE25D1F3E69404E8F9797B78C5BEC7420:~:text=3.%20Selection%20of%20priority%20countries"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4693/text/enr#H933076D522724C369AC9C07919D73A0F:~:text=4.%20Nutrition%20Leadership%20Council"},{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4693/text/enr#H65D4EA35F24D438CBC709E85748701F3:~:text=5.%20Implementation%20plan"},{"label":"Sec. 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including through the Administrator's role on the Board of Directors of the United States International Development Finance Corporation.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4693/text/enr#HDDF8D461E0C84220B581400A12B5F0CC:~:text=2.%20Authorization%20of%20efforts%20to%20prevent%20and"}},{"text":"Requires the Administrator, with the Nutrition Leadership Council, to select priority countries for malnutrition programs using stated criteria, and to update the selection within 5 years after enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4693/text/enr#HE25D1F3E69404E8F9797B78C5BEC7420:~:text=3.%20Selection%20of%20priority%20countries"}},{"text":"Authorizes the Administrator to establish the Nutrition Leadership Council in the United States Agency for International Development to coordinate the Agency's efforts to prevent and treat malnutrition globally.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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H.R. 4693, 117th Congress: Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021. House: 384 Yea, 44 Nay. Senate: voice vote. Outcome: Became law, 19 Oct 2022."}}