In the Senate of the United States,
October 4 (legislative day, September 22), 2000.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4002) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 to revise and improve provisions relating
to famine prevention and freedom from hunger.’’, do pass
with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Famine Prevention and
Freedom From Hunger Improvement Act of 2000’’.
HR 4002 EAS
SEC. 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) DECLARATIONS OF POLICY.—(1) The first sentence
of section 296(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2220a(a)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘The Con-
gress declares that, in order to achieve the mutual goals
among nations of ensuring food security, human health, ag-
ricultural growth, trade expansion, and the wise and sus-
tainable use of natural resources, the United States should
mobilize the capacities of the United States land-grant uni-
versities, other eligible universities, and public and private
partners of universities in the United States and other
countries, consistent with sections 103 and 103A of this Act,
for: (1) global research on problems affecting food, agri-
culture, forestry, and fisheries; (2) improved human capac-
ity and institutional resource development for the global ap-
plication of agricultural and related environmental
sciences; (3) agricultural development and trade research
and extension services in the United States and other coun-
tries to support the entry of rural industries into world
markets; and (4) providing for the application of agricul-
tural sciences to solving food, health, nutrition, rural in-
come, and environmental problems, especially such prob-
lems in low-income, food deficit countries.’’.
(2) The second sentence of section 296(a) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(a)) is amended—
HR 4002 EAS
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (7)
as subparagraphs (A) through (G), respectively;
(B) in subparagraph (A) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘in this country’’ and inserting ‘‘with and
through the private sector in this country and to un-
derstanding processes of economic development’’;
(C) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated), to
read as follows:
‘‘(B) 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 coun-
tries, the private sector, and nongovernmental organi-
zations worldwide, in expanding global agricultural
production, processing, business and trade, to the ben-
efit of aid recipient countries and of the United
States;’’;
(D) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated), to
read as follows:
‘‘(C) that, in a world of growing populations
with rising expectations, increased food production
and improved distribution, storage, and marketing in
the developing countries is necessary not only to pre-
vent hunger and ensure human health and child sur-
vival, but to build the basis for economic growth and
HR 4002 EAS
trade, and the social security in which democracy and
a market economy can thrive, and moreover, that the
greatest potential for increasing world food supplies
and incomes to purchase food is in the developing
countries where the gap between food need and food
supply is the greatest and current incomes are low-
est;’’;
(E) by striking subparagraphs (E) and (G) (as
redesignated);
(F) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (F) (as redesignated);
(G) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub-
paragraph (G); and
(H) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(E) that, with expanding global markets and
increasing imports into many countries, including
the United States, food safety and quality, as well as
secure supply, have emerged as mutual concerns of all
countries;
‘‘(F) that research, teaching, and extension ac-
tivities, and appropriate institutional and policy de-
velopment therefore are prime factors in improving
agricultural production, food distribution, processing,
HR 4002 EAS
storage, and marketing abroad (as well as in the
United States);’’;
(I) in subparagraph (G) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘in the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘and
the broader economy of the United States’’; and
(J) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(H) that there is a need to responsibly manage
the world’s agricultural and natural resources for sus-
tained productivity, health and resilience to climate
variability; and
‘‘(I) that universities and public and private
partners of universities need a dependable source of
funding 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
efforts to advance agricultural development in cooper-
ating countries, to translate development into eco-
nomic growth and trade for the United States and co-
operating countries, and to prepare future teachers,
researchers, extension specialists, entrepreneurs, man-
agers, and decisionmakers for the world economy.’’.
(b) ADDITIONAL DECLARATIONS OF POLICY.—Section
296(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2220a(b)) is amended to read as follows:
HR 4002 EAS
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘each compo-
nent’’ and inserting ‘‘each of the program components
described in paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection
(b)’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and public and private
partners of universities’’ after ‘‘for the univer-
sities’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(3) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and public and private
partners of universities’’ after ‘‘such univer-
sities’’;
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘,
and’’ and inserting a semicolon;
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the
comma at the end and inserting a semicolon;
(D) by striking the matter following sub-
paragraph (B); and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) multilateral banks and agencies receiv-
ing United States funds;
‘‘(D) development agencies of other coun-
tries; and
HR 4002 EAS
‘‘(E) United States Government foreign as-
sistance and economic cooperation programs;’’;
and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) generally engage the United States univer-
sity community more extensively in the agricultural
research, trade, and development initiatives under-
taken outside the United States, with the objectives of
strengthening its capacity to carry out research,
teaching, and extension activities for solving problems
in food production, processing, marketing, and con-
sumption in agriculturally developing nations, and
for transforming progress in global agricultural re-
search and development into economic growth, trade,
and trade benefits for aid recipient countries and
United States communities and industries, and for
the wise use of natural resources; and
‘‘(5) ensure that all federally funded support to
universities and public and private partners of uni-
versities relating to the goals of this title is periodi-
cally reviewed for its performance.’’.
(d) DEFINITION OF UNIVERSITIES.—Section 296(d) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(d))
is amended—
HR 4002 EAS
(1) by inserting after ‘‘sea-grant colleges;’’ the
following: ‘‘Native American land-grant colleges as
authorized under the Equity in Educational Land-
Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note);’’; and
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘extension’’
and inserting ‘‘extension (including outreach)’’.
(e) DEFINITION OF ADMINISTRATOR.—Section 296(e)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(e))
is amended by inserting ‘‘United States’’ before ‘‘Agency’’.
(f) DEFINITION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERS
OF UNIVERSITIES.—Section 296 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(f) As used in this title, the term ‘public and private
partners of universities’ includes entities that have coopera-
tive or contractual agreements with universities, which may
include formal or informal associations of universities,
other education institutions, United States Government and
State agencies, private voluntary organizations, nongovern-
mental organizations, firms operated for profit, nonprofit
organizations, multinational banks, and, as designated by
the Administrator, any organization, institution, or agency
incorporated in other countries.’’.
HR 4002 EAS
(g) DEFINITION OF AGRICULTURE.—Section 296 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(g) As used in this title, the term ‘agriculture’ in-
cludes the science and practice of activity related to food,
feed, and fiber production, processing, marketing, distribu-
tion, utilization, and trade, and also includes family and
consumer sciences, nutrition, food science and engineering,
agricultural economics and other social sciences, forestry,
wildlife, fisheries, aquaculture, floraculture, veterinary
medicine, and other environmental and natural resources
sciences.’’.
(h) DEFINITION OF AGRICULTURISTS.—Section 296 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) As used in this title, the term ‘agriculturists’ in-
cludes farmers, herders, and livestock producers, individuals
who fish and others employed in cultivating and harvesting
food resources from salt and fresh waters, individuals who
cultivate trees and shrubs and harvest nontimber forest
products, as well as the processors, managers, teachers, ex-
tension specialists, researchers, policymakers, and others
who are engaged in the food, feed, and fiber system and
its relationships to natural resources.’’.
HR 4002 EAS
SEC. 3. GENERAL AUTHORITY.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 297(a)
of the Foreign 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 para-
graphs (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 re-
lated environmental collaborative research and learn-
ing opportunities for students, teachers, extension spe-
cialists, researchers, and the general public;’’; and
(3) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘United States’’ before
‘‘universities’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘agricultural’’ before ‘‘re-
search centers’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘and the institutions of ag-
riculturally developing nations’’ and inserting
‘‘multilateral banks, the institutions of agri-
culturally developing nations, and United States
and foreign nongovernmental organizations sup-
porting extension and other productivity-enhanc-
ing programs’’.
HR 4002 EAS
(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 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 Agri-
culture, State agricultural agencies, the Department
of Commerce, the Department of the Interior, the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, the Office of the
United States Trade Representative, the Food and
Drug Administration, other appropriate Federal
agencies, and appropriate nongovernmental and busi-
ness organizations.’’.