A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of October 24, 2023, to October 31, 2023, as "BatWeek".

Securing Allies Food in Emergencies Act or the SAFE Act

This bill requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop a strategy for averting a global food security crisis. The bill also relaxes a law requiring that certain goods be transported by U.S. vessels.

The bill authorizes USAID to procure life-saving food aid commodities to provide emergency food assistance to the most vulnerable populations in countries experiencing acute food insecurity. For certain commodities procured under this authority, the bill waives a requirement that a certain percentage of the commodities must be transported by U.S. vessels (such requirements are known as federal cargo preference laws).

The bill also removes a mandate from a federal cargo preference law relating to goods obtained by the U.S. government.