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salt and fresh waters, individuals who cultivate trees and shrubs
and harvest nontimber forest products, as well as the processors,
managers, teachers, extension specialists, researchers, policy-
makers, and others who are engaged in the food, feed, and fiber
system and its relationships to natural resources.’’.
SEC. 3. GENERAL AUTHORITY.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 297(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), to read as follows:
‘‘(1) to implement program components through United
States universities as authorized by paragraphs (2) through
(5) of this subsection;’’;
(2) in paragraph (3), to read as follows:
‘‘(3) to provide long-term program support for United States
university global agricultural and related environmental
collaborative research and learning opportunities for students,
teachers, extension specialists, researchers, and the general
public;’’; and
(3) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘United States’’ before ‘‘universities’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘agricultural’’ before ‘‘research cen-
ters’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘and the institutions of agriculturally
developing nations’’ and inserting ‘‘multilateral banks, the
institutions of agriculturally developing nations, and
United States and foreign nongovernmental organizations
supporting extension and other productivity-enhancing pro-
grams’’.
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 297(b) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
striking ‘‘universities’’ and inserting ‘‘United States univer-
sities with public and private 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 Administra-
tion, other appropriate Federal agencies, and appropriate non-
governmental and business organizations.’’.
(c) FURTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Section 297(c) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), to read as follows:
‘‘(2) focus primarily on the needs of agricultural producers,
rural families, processors, traders, consumers, and natural
resources managers;’’; and
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(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 Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) The Administrator shall establish and carry out special
programs under this title as part of ongoing programs for child
survival, democratization, development of free enterprise, environ-
mental and natural resource management, and other related pro-
grams.’’.
SEC. 4. BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 298(a) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(a)) is amended in the third sentence,
by inserting at the end before the period the following: ‘‘on a
case-by-case basis’’.
(b) GENERAL AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD.—Section
298(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(b))
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) The Board’s general areas of responsibility shall include
participating in the planning, development, and implementation
of, initiating recommendations for, and monitoring, the activities
described in section 297 of this title.’’.
(c) DUTIES OF THE BOARD.—Section 298(c) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(c)) is amended—
(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 coun-
tries;’’; 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 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) developing information exchanges and consulting regu-
larly with nongovernmental organizations, consumer groups,
producers, 
agribusinesses 
and 
associations, 
agricultural
cooperatives and commodity groups, State departments of agri-
culture, State agricultural research and extension agencies,
and academic institutions;
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‘‘(9) 
investigating 
and 
resolving 
issues 
concerning
implementation of this title as requested by universities; and
‘‘(10) advising the Administrator on any and all issues
as requested.’’.
(d) SUBORDINATE UNITS.—Section 298(d) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Research’’ and insert ‘‘Policy’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘administration’’ and inserting ‘‘design’’;
and
(C) by striking ‘‘section 297(a)(3) of this title’’ and
inserting ‘‘section 297’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Joint Committee on Country Programs’’
and inserting ‘‘Joint Operations Committee’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘which shall assist’’ and all that follows
and inserting ‘‘which shall assist in and advise on the
mechanisms and processes for implementation of activities
described in section 297.’’.
SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT.
Section 300 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2220e) is amended by striking ‘‘April 1’’ and inserting ‘‘September
1’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.