3 1 (B) in paragraph (2), to read as follows: 2 “(2) that land-grant and other universities in 3 the United States have demonstrated over many 4 years their ability to cooperate with international agencies, educational and research institutions in 5 6 other countries, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations worldwide, in expanding global 7 8 agricultural production, processing, business and 9 trade, to the benefit of the United States and other 10 economies;"; 11 (C) in paragraph (3), to read as follows: 12 13 “(3) that, in a world of growing populations with rising expectations, increased food production and improved distribution, storage, and marketing in 14 15 the developing countries is necessary not only to ensure human health and child survival, but to build 16 17 the basis for economic growth and trade, and the so 18 cial security in which democracy and free enterprise 19 can thrive, moreover, that the greatest potential for 20 increasing world food supplies and incomes to purchase food are in the developing countries where the 21 22 23 gap between food need and food supply is the greatest and current incomes are lowest;"; (D) in paragraph (4), to read as follows: 24 4 1 "(4) that the engagement of land-grant universities in agricultural development in other countries 2 3 strengthens the competitiveness of United States agi 4 5 riculture and other industries by training future foreign partners and by introducing global perspectives into United States curriculum, research, public in 6 7 formation services, and other extension programs of 9 10 11 12 (E) by striking paragraphs (5) and (7), redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7), and inserting the following: “(5) with expanding global markets and increasing imports into many countries, including the United States, that food safety and quality, as well as secure supply, have emerged as mutual concerns 17 18 "(6) that research, teaching, and extension activities, and appropriate institutional and policy development therefore are prime factors in improving 19 20 agricultural production, food distribution, proc 21 essing, storage, and marketing abroad (as well as in (F) in paragraph (7) (as redesignated), by 24 striking “in the United States” and inserting “and the broader economy of the United States”; and 25 5 1 (G) by adding at the end the following: 2 “(8) that there is a need to preserve and pro 9 “(9) that universities and their public and pri 10 vate partners need a dependable source of Federal 11 funding not requiring State matching funds, as well 12 as Federal and State matched funding, and other fi 13 14 nancing, 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 15 16 17 cooperating countries, to translate development into 18 economic growth and trade for the United States and cooperating countries, and to prepare future 24 tion 296(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 25 C.S.C. 2220a(b)) is amended to read as follows: 6 1 "(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 pro 5 duction, agricultural trade, and responsible management 6 of natural resources, including 7 "(1) continued efforts by the international agri 11 collaboration on crops, livestock, forests, fisheries, 16 research collaboration led by United States landgrant and other eligible universities, and involving 17 18 research systems in other countries focused on 19 crops, livestock, forests, fisheries, farming resources, 20 and food systems, with benefits to the United States 22 23 "(3) transformation of the benefits of global agricultural research and development into increased benefits for United States agriculturally-related industries through establishment of development and 24 25 7 1 trade information and service centers, for rural as 2 well as urban communities, through extension, coop 3 4 eratively with, and supportive of, existing public and private trade and development related organizations; "(4) facilitation of universities and their public 5 6 and private partners' participation in programs of 7 multilateral banks and agencies which receive United 8 9 States funds, by means which may include United States designation of the use of these funds or through additional complementary funds restricted 10 11 to the use of United States universities and their 12 public and private partners; "(5) expanding learning opportunities about sities to United States agriculturalists and their partners from other countries for research, institu 23 24 tion and policy development, extension, training, and 25 other programs for global agricultural development, |