The U.S. has a long history of administering the largest, most reliable, and effective food assistance programs in the world and through the flagship Food for Peace program, American agriculture has fed more than four billion people in more than 150 countries. However, USA Rice reports, that in January, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the previous home of Food for Peace, was integrated into the U.S. Department of State as part of the Executive Order Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid. Since then, there has been a dramatic decline in purchases of rice and other commodities for international food aid. In response, legislation was introduced in the Senate and House of Representatives by Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS) and John Hoeven (R-ND), as well as Representatives Rick Crawford (R-AR), Tracey Mann (R-KS) and others that would move Food for Peace completely to the USDA, which has a proven track record of administering the McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program and Food for Progress.