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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-372
TO AMEND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION ACT
OF 1994 TO ESTABLISH AN AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SYSTEM SUPPLY
CHAIN RESILIENCE AND CRISIS RESPONSE TASK FORCE, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
JUNE 15, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, from the Committee on Agriculture,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 7675]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 7675) to amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1994 to establish an Agricultural and Food System Sup-
ply Chain Resilience and Crisis Response Task Force, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do
pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SYSTEM SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE AND CRISIS RE-
SPONSE TASK FORCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.-Subtitle B of title II of the Department of Agriculture Reorga-
nization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6931 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
SEC. 229. AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SYSTEM SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE AND CRISIS RE-
SPONSE TASK FORCE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.-Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of
this section, the Secretary shall establish in the Department an Agricultural and
Food System Supply Chain Resilience and Crisis Response Task Force (in this sec-
tion referred to as the 'Task Force').
(b) MISSION.-The mission of the Task Force shall be the following:
(1) Help to promote the leadership of the United States with respect to the
stability of the agriculture and food system supply chain.
(2) Encourage a Government-wide approach through partnerships and col-
laboration with the private sector, labor organizations, the governments of coun-
tries that are allies or key international partners of the United States, States
or political subdivisions thereof, and Tribal governments in order to-
(A) promote the resilience of the agriculture and food system supply
chain; and
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