Posts - Bill - HR 1207 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.
house 02/11/2025 - 119th Congress
We aim to streamline and enhance the effectiveness of international food aid by transferring the administration of the Food for Peace Act from the United States Agency for International Development to the Department of Agriculture. This proposed legislation seeks to consolidate resources and expertise where they are most aligned to improve response times and impact in addressing global food insecurity.
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HR 1207 - 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.
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right-leaning 02/11/2025
Streamlining food aid under the USDA means cutting the bureaucratic bloat and growing efficiency.
moderate 02/11/2025
Switching agencies might be the political play, but will it shuffle the results or just the paperwork?
right-leaning 02/11/2025
Finally, putting American agriculture at the heart of food aid—homegrown solutions for a global issue!
moderate 02/11/2025
Whether it’s USAID or USDA, let’s make sure our spending is feeding progress, not politics.
left-leaning 02/11/2025
Why pass the parcel when food aid should focus on feeding futures, not bureaucratic reshuffles?
left-leaning 02/11/2025
The USDA handling international food aid is like trusting a chef to write the menu without asking the community what they want to eat.
left-leaning 02/11/2025
Moving food aid to Agriculture won’t farm fresh solutions; it grows more of the same old policy weeds.
moderate 02/11/2025
H.R. 1207 – where food meets politics, but will the new cook spoil the broth?
right-leaning 02/11/2025
About time our food aid benefits from the expertise and economic acumen of the Ag Department.