22 USC § 9306 - Emergency Food Security Program

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s9306"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 9306 - Emergency Food Security Program"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "9306"
section_name: "Emergency Food Security Program"
chapter_number: 100
chapter_name: "GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 114–195, § 7, July 20, 2016, 130 Stat. 680; Pub. L. 117–263, div. E, title LV, § 5588(g)(1), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3378.)"
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# § 9306. Emergency Food Security Program

It shall be the policy of the United States, in coordination with other donors, regional governments, international organizations, and international financial institutions, to fully leverage, enhance, and expand the impact and reach of available United States humanitarian resources, including for food assistance, to mitigate the effects of manmade and natural disasters by utilizing innovative new approaches to delivering aid that support affected persons and the communities hosting them, build resilience and early recovery, and reduce opportunities for waste, fraud, and abuse.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 114–195, § 7, July 20, 2016, 130 Stat. 680; Pub. L. 117–263, div. E, title LV, § 5588(g)(1), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3378.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is comprised of . Subsec. (c)(1) of  amended  and subsec. (c)(2) of  amended .

### Amendments

2022— struck out subsec. (b) designation and heading before “It shall be” and struck out subsec. (a) which related to sense of Congress regarding challenges of providing international disaster assistance, especially in Syria.