1. Short title This Act may be cited as the East Africa Locust Eradication Act . 2. Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States to address proactively threats to food security in the East Africa region and elsewhere, as well as the concomitant potential for political instability, caused by periodic locust outbreaks, and to promote resilience in affected countries. 3. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The United States Agency for International Development reports that the East Africa region is currently suffering the worst locust outbreaks in decades, which will devour crops and pasture across that region. (2) As of June 2020, there were more than 26 million people experiencing acute food insecurity in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, and Djibouti, and untold more will be at risk if the locusts are not controlled. (3) The World Food Programme reports that there may be insufficient resources to conduct aerial spraying to address the locust outbreaks that are currently devastating the East Africa region, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warns that the current outbreaks could develop into a plague by the end of 2020 if they are not controlled. (4) The locust outbreaks in the Horn of Africa region, particularly in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia, represents an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods, and potentially, by extension, political stability in the region. (5) A relatively small investment now to help eradicate the locust outbreaks will obviate or ameliorate the need for a much larger United States emergency food aid effort later, as well as help promote political stability and build resilience. (6) In order to optimize a United States response to the locust outbreaks and future outbreaks, it is necessary to establish an interagency working group to develop and implement a comprehensive, strategic plan to eradicate locust outbreaks in the East Africa region and address future outbreaks. 4. Interagency working group (a)