tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 
U.S.C. 1725) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INTEGRATED AND EF-
FECTIVE FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—It is the sense 
of Congress that the Group should make every effort to 
develop a strategy to achieve a more integrated and effec-
tive food assistance program.’’. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Such section is further 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) (as 
redesignated by subsection (a)(1)) as subsections (g) 
and (h), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) (as added 
by subsection (a)(2)) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Food Security 
and Agricultural Development Act of 2007, and an-
nually thereafter until December 31, 2012, the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, in close consultation with the 
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Group, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on efforts taken by the United 
States Agency for International Development and 
the Department of Agriculture to develop a strategy 
under this section to achieve an integrated and effec-
tive food assistance program. 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Agriculture of the House 
of Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate.’’. 
(c) TERMINATION.—Such section is further amended 
in subsection (h) (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1)) 
by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 107. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) PROPOSALS.—Subsection (a)(3) of section 207 of 
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1726a) is amended by striking ‘‘and 
the conditions that must be met for the approval of such 
proposal’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Subsection (c) of such section is 
amended by striking paragraph (3). 
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(c) PROGRAM OVERSIGHT, MONITORING, AND EVAL-
UATION.—Such section is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) PROGRAM OVERSIGHT, MONITORING, AND EVAL-
UATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in con-
sultation with the Secretary, shall establish systems 
to improve, monitor, and evaluate the effectiveness 
and efficiency of assistance provided under this title 
in order to maximize the impact of such assistance. 
‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of Food Secu-
rity and Agricultural Development Act of 2007, the 
Administrator shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report on efforts undertaken 
to implement paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.— 
Not later than 270 days after the date of the sub-
mission of the report under paragraph (2), the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report that— 
‘‘(A) reviews and comments on the report 
under paragraph (2); and 
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‘‘(B) provides recommendations regarding 
any additional actions necessary to improve the 
monitoring and evaluation of assistance pro-
vided under this title. 
‘‘(4) CONTRACTING
AUTHORITY.—In carrying 
out this subsection, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Administrator may contract with in-
dividuals for personal services, provided that such 
individuals shall not be regarded as employees of the 
United States Government for the purpose of any 
law administered by the Civil Service Commission. 
‘‘(5) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Agriculture of the House 
of Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate.’’. 
(d) INDIRECT SUPPORT COSTS TO UNITED NATIONS 
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Such section is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) INDIRECT SUPPORT COSTS
TO UNITED NA-
TIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, in providing assistance under this 
title, the Administrator may make contributions to 
the United Nations World Food Program to the ex-
tent that such contributions are made in accordance 
with the United Nations World Food Program’s 
rules and regulations for indirect cost rates. Prior to 
making a contribution to the United Nations World 
Food Program under this subsection, the Adminis-
trator shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that contains the proposed level 
of the contribution and the reasons for such pro-
posed level. 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Agriculture of the House 
of Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate.’’. 
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