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(B) in paragraph (2), to read as follows:

"(2) that land-grant and other universities in the United States have demonstrated over many years their ability to cooperate with international agencies, educational and research institutions in other countries, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations worldwide, in expanding global agricultural production, processing, business and trade, to the benefit of the United States and other economies;";

(C) in paragraph (3), to read as follows:

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and improved distribution, storage, and marketing in

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"(3) that, in a world of growing populations with rising expectations, increased food production

the developing countries is necessary not only to en16 sure human health and child survival, but to build

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cial security in which democracy and free enterprise

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can thrive, moreover, that the greatest potential for increasing world food supplies and incomes to pur

chase food are in the developing countries where the

gap between food need and food supply is the greatest and current incomes are lowest;";

(D) in paragraph (4), to read as follows:

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"(4) that the engagement of land-grant univer

sities in agricultural development in other countries strengthens the competitiveness of United States ag riculture and other industries by training future for

eign partners and by introducing global perspectives into United States curriculum, research, public information services, and other extension programs of

the land-grant universities;";

(E) by striking paragraphs (5) and (7), redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7), and inserting the following:

"(5) with expanding global markets and in

13 creasing imports into many countries, including the United States, that food safety and quality, as well

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as secure supply, have emerged as mutual concerns

of all countries;

"(6) that research, teaching, and extension activities, and appropriate institutional and policy development therefore are prime factors in improving agricultural production, food distribution, processing, storage, and marketing abroad (as well as in the United States);";

(F) in paragraph (7) (as redesignated), by striking "in the United States" and inserting "and

the broader economy of the United States"; and

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(G) by adding at the end the following:

"(8) that there is a need to preserve and pro

tect the world's natural resources for sustained productivity and health and to take steps to mitigate

adverse aspects of climate change which confront agriculture and other natural resource-based industries with new scientific, technological, and manage

ment challenges; and

"(9) that universities and their public and private partners need a dependable source of Federal funding not requiring State matching funds, as well as Federal and State matched funding, and other financing, in order to increase the impact of their own investments and those of their State governments and constituencies, in order to continue and expand their effort to advance agricultural development in cooperating countries, to translate development into economic growth and trade for the United States and cooperating countries, and to prepare future teachers, researchers, extension specialists, entre

preneurs, managers, and decisionmakers for the

22 world economy.".

23 (b) ADDITIONAL DECLARATIONS OF POLICY.-Sec24 tion 296(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 25 U.S.C. 2220a(b)) is amended to read as follows:

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"(b) Accordingly, the Congress declares that, in order

2 to prevent famine and establish freedom from hunger, the 3 following components must be brought together in a co4 ordinated program to increase world food and fiber pro5 duction, agricultural trade, and responsible management 6 of natural resources, including

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"(1) continued efforts by the international agricultural research centers and other international re

search entities to provide a global network, including

United States universities, for international scientific collaboration on crops, livestock, forests, fisheries, farming resources, and food systems of worldwide importance;

"(2) contract research and the implementation of collaborative research support programs and other research collaboration led by United States landgrant and other eligible universities, and involving

research systems in other countries focused on

crops, livestock, forests, fisheries, farming resources, and food systems, with benefits to the United States

and partner countries;

"(3) transformation of the benefits of global agricultural research and development into increased benefits for United States agriculturally-related in

dustries through establishment of development and

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trade information and service centers, for rural as well as urban communities, through extension, cooperatively with, and supportive of, existing public and private trade and development related organizations;

"(4) facilitation of universities and their public and private partners' participation in programs of multilateral banks and agencies which receive United States funds, by means which may include United States designation of the use of these funds or through additional complementary funds restricted to the use of United States universities and their

public and private partners;

"(5) expanding learning opportunities about global agriculture for students, teachers, community leaders, entrepreneurs, and the general public

through international internships and exchanges, 17 graduate assistantships, faculty positions, and other means of education and extension through long-term recurring Federal funds matched by State funds; and

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"(6) competitive grants through eligible universities to United States agriculturalists and their partners from other countries for research, institution and policy development, extension, training, and

other programs for global agricultural development,

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