,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgie  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #g1 #bjag,ms4  
,bass 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,crowley1 ,ms4 
,lee1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mr4 ,richmond1 and  
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on ,armed
 ,services1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to increase coordination    
among relevant ,federal departments and 
agencies to address ,united ,states     
security and humanitarian interests in  
,yemen1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,yemen ,security and ,humanity ,act4
  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the     
following3  7#a7 ,yemen1 a country that 
has been plagued by violence and        
insurgency for many years1 has been     

locked in a devastating civil war since 
#bjae4  7#b7 ,in ,april #bjag1 the      
,world ,food ,programme announced that  
,yemen is on the brink of full-scale    
famine and classified approximately     
#g1jjj1jjj ,yemenis1 including          
#b1bjj1jjj children1 as severely food   
insecure4  7#c7 ,although many factors  
account for the famine conditions in    
,yemen1 including years of government   
mismanagement1 corruption1 and natural  
disasters1 the ,world ,food ,programme  
indicates that the impact of the        
conflict--including the destruction of  
public services1 infrastructure1        
transport1 and ,yemen's economy--is     
having a significant impact on ,yemen's 
food insecurity4  7#d7 ,according to the
 ,united ,nations ,international        
,children's ,emergency ,fund1 a ,yemeni 
child dies every ten minutes1 on        
average1 from malnutrition1 diarrhea1 or
 respiratory tract infections4  7#e7    
,disease1 war1 and desperate poverty in 
,yemen threaten ,united ,states core    

values and strategic priorities for     
combating global terror4  7#f7          
,according to the ,january #bjad        
,worldwide ,threat ,assessment of the   
,,us ,intelligence ,community-- 7,a7 a  
lack of adequate food will be a         
destabilizing factor in countries       
important to ,,us national security that
 do not have the financial or technical 
abilities to solve their internal food  
security problems2 and  7,b7 food and   
nutrition insecurity in weakly governed 
countries might also provide            
opportunities for insurgent groups to   
capitalize on poor conditions1 exploit  
international food aid1 and discredit   
governments for their inability to      
address basic needs4  7#g7 ,yemen       
imports #ij percent of its food1 a      
majority of which enters the country    
through the port of ,hodeida1 currently 
a ,houthi-controlled city4  7#h7 ,in    
response to the ,august #bjae bombing of
 the port of ,hodeida1 the ,united      
,states ,agency for ,international      

,development funded1 in part1 the       
replacement of port cranes destroyed in 
the bombing1 though the replacements    
have not been delivered because of      
current conditions on the ground despite
 being essential to accelerate the rapid
 delivery of food from the port4  7#i7  
,relief organizations are concerned that
 the closure of the port of ,hodeida for
 any reason could further exacerbate    
famine in ,yemen because the majority of
 humanitarian aid enters the country    
through that port4  #c4 ,sense of       
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that-- 7#a7 effectively addressing the  
famine conditions in ,yemen is in the   
national security interests of the      
,united ,states2  7#b7 interventions    
supported by the ,united ,states to     
advance national security should also   
consider the impact of military         
engagement on humanitarian operations in
 such regions2 and  7#c7 bureaucratic   
procedures with respect to humanitarian 
aid must be urgently improved and       

expedited to allow for an expansion of  
the scale of the humanitarian operations
 providing such aid4  #d4 ,coordination 
in famine-risk areas ,section #e7;a7 of 
the ,global ,food ,security ,act of     
#bjaf 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #icjd7;a77 is      
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#af71 by   
striking and at the end2  7#b7 in       
paragraph 7#ag71 by striking the period 
at the end and inserting 2 and2 and     
7#c7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#ah7 facilitate coordination between 
the ,united ,states ,agency for         
,international ,development1 the ,united
 ,nations ,office for the ,coordination 
of ,humanitarian ,affairs1 and ,united  
,states military personnel1 with respect
 to famine-risk areas4  4  #e4 ,united  
,states security and humanitarian       
support strategy for ,yemen  7a7 ,in    
general ,not later than #ij days after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,state and the        
,secretary of ,defense1 in coordination 
with the ,administrator of the ,united  

,states ,agency for ,international      
,development1 shall jointly submit to   
,congress a comprehensive report on     
,united ,states security and            
humanitarian interests in ,yemen1       
including each of the following3  7#a7  
,the strategic objectives of the ,united
 ,states in ,yemen1 including           
humanitarian support to civilian        
populations under threat of famine1 and 
the criteria for determining the success
 of such objectives4  7#b7 ,a           
description of efforts to coordinate    
civilian and military efforts with      
respect to ,yemen4  7#c7 ,a description 
of the diplomatic strategy with respect 
to regional partners seeking to end the 
civil war in ,yemen4