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—
(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
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,
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 natural resources for sustained produc-
tivity, 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:
‘‘(b) Accordingly, the Congress declares that, in order
to prevent famine and establish freedom from hunger, the
following components must be brought together in a coordi-
nated program to increase world food and fiber production,
agricultural trade, and responsible management of natural
resources, including—
‘‘(1) continued efforts by the international agri-
cultural research centers and other international re-
search entities to provide a global network, including
United States universities, for international scientific
collaboration on crops, livestock, forests, fisheries,
farming resources, and food systems of worldwide im-
portance;
‘‘(2) contract research and the implementation of
collaborative research support programs and other re-
search collaboration led by United States universities,
and involving research systems in other countries fo-
cused on crops, livestock, forests, fisheries, farming re-
sources, and food systems, with benefits to the United
States and partner countries;
‘‘(3) broadly disseminating the benefits of global
agricultural research and development including in-
creased benefits for United States agriculturally re-
lated industries through establishment of development
and trade information and service centers, for rural
as well as urban communities, through extension, co-
operatively with, and supportive of, existing public
and private trade and development related organiza-
tions;
‘‘(4) facilitation of participation by universities
and public and private partners of universities in
programs of multilateral banks and agencies which
receive United States funds;
‘‘(5) expanding learning opportunities about
global agriculture for students, teachers, community
leaders, entrepreneurs, and the general public through
international internships and exchanges, graduate
assistantships, faculty positions, and other means of
education and extension through long-term recurring
Federal funds matched by State funds; and
‘‘(6) competitive grants through universities to
United States agriculturalists and public and private
partners of universities from other countries for re-
search, institution and policy development, extension,
training, and other programs for global agricultural
development, trade, and responsible management of
natural resources.’’.
(c) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—Section 296(c) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(c)) is
amended—
(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)—