Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021
Sponsored By: Representative McCaul
Became Law
Summary
This law creates a government-wide USAID framework to prevent and treat malnutrition globally. It directs targeted programs, data-driven planning, and coordination with domestic and international partners to scale evidence-based nutrition services in priority countries.
Show full summary
- Families and children: Focuses on reducing severe malnutrition among children under age five and pregnant and lactating women by expanding proven nutrition interventions and promoting fortified, nutritious foods.
- USAID and health systems: Requires USAID to allocate resources, strengthen health systems, and use rigorous monitoring and evaluation to make nutrition programs more effective and accountable.
- Partners and financing: Directs the Administrator to mobilize other federal agencies, multilateral donors, United Nations agencies, civil society, NGOs, the private sector, and the US International Development Finance Corporation to build local capacity, improve supply chains, accelerate research, and broaden finance partnerships.
Your PRIA Score
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Sign up for a PRIA Policy Scan to see your personalized alignment score for this bill and every other piece of legislation we track. We analyze your financial profile against policy provisions to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More global nutrition help for mothers and kids
The law directs USAID to fund and support programs to prevent and treat malnutrition abroad. It focuses on children under 5 and pregnant and breastfeeding women. Efforts include prenatal supplements, breastfeeding support, vitamin A, treatment foods, and safe fortification of staple foods. USAID selects priority countries using malnutrition rates and readiness, updates the list within five years, and can still act in other countries. USAID works with governments, U.N. agencies, nonprofits, and the private sector and can use grants, loans, guarantees, and its development finance role to mobilize money. These authorities end seven years after enactment.
Clear definitions and better aid tracking
The law defines key terms, including the USAID Administrator, priority countries, and the congressional committees that oversee this work. It adds this Act to the 2016 foreign aid transparency law, so agencies include these programs in public reporting. These changes make nutrition aid easier to track and compare.
Plan and yearly report on nutrition results
Within 260 days, USAID submits a plan with clear goals, metrics, and timelines to fight malnutrition. Starting within one year, USAID reports to Congress every year for five years. Reports list countries, people reached, progress on goals, research, partner coordination, and funding from other donors and host governments. These steps improve oversight and results.
USAID council to coordinate nutrition work
USAID sets up a Nutrition Leadership Council to guide and align its nutrition work. It includes key health, food security, and humanitarian bureaus. The council coordinates with other U.S. strategies and agencies so programs work together. This is internal coordination and does not pay benefits directly.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
McCaul
TX • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/9/2022
Meeks
NY • D
Sponsored 7/26/2021
Kim
CA • R
Sponsored 7/26/2021
Houlahan
PA • D
Sponsored 7/26/2021
Schneider
IL • D
Sponsored 7/27/2021
Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/27/2021
Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
RI • D
Sponsored 7/27/2021
Castro (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 7/27/2021
Salazar
FL • R
Sponsored 7/27/2021
Rep. Meijer, Peter [R-MI-3]
MI • R
Sponsored 7/27/2021
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 7/27/2021
Tenney
NY • R
Sponsored 7/27/2021
Keating
MA • D
Sponsored 7/28/2021
Issa
CA • R
Sponsored 7/28/2021
Andy Kim
NJ • D
Sponsored 8/31/2021
Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 8/31/2021
Jackson (TX)
TX • R
Sponsored 8/31/2021
Bilirakis
FL • R
Sponsored 8/31/2021
Stanton
AZ • D
Sponsored 8/31/2021
Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
IL • R
Sponsored 9/24/2021
Stansbury
NM • D
Sponsored 9/24/2021
Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
AZ • D
Sponsored 9/24/2021
Titus
NV • D
Sponsored 9/24/2021
Strickland
WA • D
Sponsored 9/24/2021
Gottheimer
NJ • D
Sponsored 9/24/2021
Steil
WI • R
Sponsored 9/29/2021
Rutherford
FL • R
Sponsored 9/29/2021
Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
WA • R
Sponsored 10/8/2021
Kelly (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 11/15/2021
Emmer
MN • R
Sponsored 11/17/2021
Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
NY • D
Sponsored 11/17/2021
Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
WA • D
Sponsored 11/17/2021
Mann
KS • R
Sponsored 11/17/2021
Grothman
WI • R
Sponsored 11/17/2021
Valadao
CA • R
Sponsored 11/17/2021
Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
WV • R
Sponsored 11/17/2021
Hinson
IA • R
Sponsored 11/17/2021
Garbarino
NY • R
Sponsored 11/17/2021
Schrier
WA • D
Sponsored 11/17/2021
Timmons
SC • R
Sponsored 11/17/2021
Simpson
ID • R
Sponsored 11/17/2021
Miller-Meeks
IA • R
Sponsored 11/17/2021
Wagner
MO • R
Sponsored 11/23/2021
Ross
NC • D
Sponsored 11/23/2021
Ruben Gallego
AZ • D
Sponsored 11/23/2021
Bost
IL • R
Sponsored 11/23/2021
Khanna
CA • D
Sponsored 11/23/2021
Omar
MN • D
Sponsored 12/8/2021
Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 12/8/2021
DelBene
WA • D
Sponsored 12/8/2021
Rep. Pence, Greg [R-IN-6]
IN • R
Sponsored 12/14/2021
Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
OR • D
Sponsored 12/14/2021
Rep. LaTurner, Jake [R-KS-2]
KS • R
Sponsored 12/14/2021
John Curtis
UT • R
Sponsored 12/20/2021
Feenstra
IA • R
Sponsored 12/20/2021
McGovern
MA • D
Sponsored 1/10/2022
Elissa Slotkin
MI • D
Sponsored 1/10/2022
Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3]
MN • D
Sponsored 1/10/2022
Crow
CO • D
Sponsored 1/18/2022
LaHood
IL • R
Sponsored 1/18/2022
Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/20/2022
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 1/20/2022
Jayapal
WA • D
Sponsored 2/1/2022
Underwood
IL • D
Sponsored 2/1/2022
Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
IN • R
Sponsored 2/1/2022
Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/1/2022
Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2022
Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2022
Malliotakis
NY • R
Sponsored 2/8/2022
Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/8/2022
Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/8/2022
Krishnamoorthi
IL • D
Sponsored 2/8/2022
Stefanik
NY • R
Sponsored 2/8/2022
Rep. Allred, Colin Z. [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/8/2022
Neguse
CO • D
Sponsored 2/8/2022
Fallon
TX • R
Sponsored 2/9/2022
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 2/9/2022
Larsen (WA)
WA • D
Sponsored 2/15/2022
Levin
CA • D
Sponsored 2/15/2022
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 2/15/2022
Veasey
TX • D
Sponsored 2/15/2022
Chu
CA • D
Sponsored 2/15/2022
Huffman
CA • D
Sponsored 2/22/2022
Himes
CT • D
Sponsored 2/22/2022
Peters
CA • D
Sponsored 2/22/2022
Johnson (SD)
SD • R
Sponsored 2/22/2022
Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
IA • D
Sponsored 2/28/2022
Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/28/2022
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 3/7/2022
Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
WI • R
Sponsored 3/7/2022
Huizenga
MI • R
Sponsored 3/7/2022
Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
KY • D
Sponsored 3/7/2022
Smith (WA)
WA • D
Sponsored 3/8/2022
Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
NH • D
Sponsored 3/28/2022
Hayes
CT • D
Sponsored 3/31/2022
Aguilar
CA • D
Sponsored 3/31/2022
Foster
IL • D
Sponsored 4/14/2022
Mrvan
IN • D
Sponsored 4/21/2022
Raskin
MD • D
Sponsored 4/25/2022
Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/25/2022
Williams (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 4/26/2022
McCollum
MN • D
Sponsored 4/26/2022
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
View on Congress.govTake It Personal
Get Your Personalized Policy View
Start a Free Government Policy Watch to see how policy affects your household, then upgrade to PRIA Full Coverage for year-round monitoring.
Already have an account? Sign in