F:\M6\GILMAN\GILMAN.370 H.L.C. 1 2 3. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 "United States universities with public and pri vate partners of universities"; and (B) in subparagraph (C)— (i) by inserting ", environment," before "and related"; and (ii) by striking "farmers and farm families" and inserting "agriculturalists"; (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ", including resources of the private sector," after "Federal or State resources"; and (3) in paragraph (3), by striking "and the United States Department of Agriculture" and all that follows and inserting ", the Department of Agriculture, State agricultural agencies, the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the Food and Drug Administration, other appropriate Federal agencies, and appropriate nongovernmental and business organizations.". (c) FURTHER REQUIREMENTS.-Section 297(c) of 22 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b(c)) F:\M6\GILMAN\GILMAN.370 H.L.C. 1 2 3. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 "(2) focus primarily on the needs of agricultural producers, rural families, processors, traders, consumers, and conservators of natural resources;"; and (2) in paragraph (4), to read as follows: "(4) be carried out within the developing countries and transition countries comprising newly emerging democracies and newly liberalized economies; and". (d) SPECIAL PROGRAMS.-Section 297 of the Foreign 11 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b) is amended 12 13 14 15 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 16 "(d) The Administrator shall establish and carry out 17 special programs under this title as part of ongoing pro18 grams for child survival, democratization, development of 19 free enterprise, environmental and natural resource man20 agement, and other related programs.". 21 SEC. 4. BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRICUL 22 23 2 2 2 2 TURAL DEVELOPMENT. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.-Section 298(a) of the Foreign 24 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(a)) is 25 amended June 28, 2000 (12:31 PM) F:\M6\GILMAN\GILMAN.370 H.L.C. 1 2 3. 4 5 6 7 8 15 (1) in the first sentence, by inserting after "authorized by this title" the following: "and to provide United States Government followup to the World (2) in the third sentence, by inserting at the end before the period the following: "on a case-bycase basis". (b) GENERAL AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY OF THE 9 BOARD.-Section 298(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 10 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(b)) is amended to read as follows: "(b) The Board's general areas of responsibility shall 11 12 include "(1) participating in the planning, development, and implementation of, initiating recommendations for, and monitoring, the activities described in section 297 of this title; and 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1996 World Food Summit and on the Plan of Action "(2) providing advice and assistance to the Inter-Agency Working Group on Food Security (IWG) on carrying out commitments made in the United States Country Paper for the November (c) DUTIES OF THE BOARD.-Section 298 (c) of the 24 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(c)) is 25 amended June 28, 2000 (12:31 PM) F:\M6\GILMAN\GILMAN.370 16 H.L.C. 1 (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking “increase food production" and all that follows and inserting the following: "improve agricultural production, trade, and natural resource management in developing countries, and with private organizations seeking to increase agricultural production and trade, natural resources management, and household food security in developing and transition countries;"; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting before "sciences" the following: ", environmental, and related social"; (2) in paragraph (4), after "Administrator and universities" insert "and their partners"; (3) in paragraph (5), after "universities" insert "and public and private partners of universities"; (4) in paragraph (6), by striking "and" at the end; (5) in paragraph (7), by striking "in the developing nations." and inserting "and natural resource issues in the developing nations, assuring efficiency in use of Federal resources, including in accordance with the Governmental Performance and Results Act June 28, 2000 (12:31 PM) F:\M6\GILMAN\GILMAN.370 17 H.L.C. 1 of 1993 (Public Law 103-62; 107 Stat. 285), and the amendments made by that Act;"; and (6) by adding at the end the following: "(8) providing advice to the United States Government on the development of a long-term action plan in support of the commitments made in the United States Country Paper and at the 1996 World "(A) participating in the implementation of the action plan through meetings, workshops, and proper involvement; and "(B) serving as an outreach vehicle to all nongovernmental sectors to achieve maximum involvement in action plan development and implementation; "(9) developing information exchanges and consulting regularly with nongovernmental organizations, consumer groups, producers, agribusinesses and associations, agricultural cooperatives and commodity groups, State departments of agriculture, State agricultural research and extension agencies, and academic institutions; "(10) investigating and resolving issues concerning implementation of this title as requested by universities; and June 28, 2000 (12:31 PM) |