natural conditions or processes (including recom-
binant DNA and RNA techniques, cell fusion, micro-
encapsulation, macroencapsulation, gene deletion 
and doubling, introducing a foreign gene, and chang-
ing the positions of genes), other than a means con-
sisting exclusively of breeding, conjugation, fer-
mentation, hybridization, in vitro fertilization or tis-
sue culture or mutagenesis. 
(5) BIOTECH
COMPANY.—The term ‘‘biotech 
company’’ means a person engaged in the business 
of creating genetically engineered material and ob-
taining the patent rights to that material for the 
purposes of commercial exploitation of that material. 
The term does not include the employees of such 
person. 
SEC. 3. ENSURING SAFETY AND MITIGATING ECOLOGICAL 
IMPACTS OF UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF 
GENETICALLY 
ENGINEERED 
ANIMALS, 
PLANTS, AND SEEDS. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to ship or offer 
for shipment, or for any carrier or other person to trans-
port or receive for transportation, to any foreign country, 
any genetically engineered animal, genetically engineered 
plant, or genetically engineered seed that the person 
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knows, or has reason to believe, will be used by the ulti-
mate purchaser to produce an agricultural commodity if— 
(1) the genetically engineered animal, geneti-
cally engineered plant, or genetically engineered 
seed— 
(A) was denied a Federal approval nec-
essary as a condition for commercial marketing 
in the United States; or 
(B) was the subject of an application for 
such a Federal approval that was withdrawn; or 
(2) the government of the foreign country has 
not certified that ecological impacts related to the 
importation of the genetically engineered animal, ge-
netically engineered plant, or genetically engineered 
seed have been mitigated to the satisfaction of the 
foreign government. 
SEC. 4. PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH RE-
GARDING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE TO 
ASSIST DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. 
(a) GRANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH.—The 
Secretary of Agriculture may make grants to designated 
international research institutions for the purpose of pro-
moting the development of sustainable agriculture tech-
niques that rely on minimum artificial inputs to meet the 
food and fiber needs of developing countries. Eligible sus-
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tainable agriculture techniques may not derive any genetic 
engineered material. 
(b) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—A grant recipient shall 
use the funds provided under this section only in a manner 
consistent with the purpose for which the grant is award-
ed. 
(c) DESIGNATED INSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall designate the inter-
national research institutions eligible to apply for a grant 
under this section. The designated institutions shall in-
clude the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organiza-
tion and the Consultative Group on International Agricul-
tural Research. 
(d) COMPETITIVE BASIS.—Grants under this section 
shall be made on a competitive basis. 
(e) FUNDING SOURCE.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall use the Sustainable Agriculture Trust Fund, in such 
amounts as provided in advance in appropriation Acts, to 
make grants under this section. 
SEC. 5. POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE INTER-
NATIONAL 
FINANCIAL 
INSTITUTIONS 
RE-
GARDING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANI-
MALS, PLANTS, AND SEEDS. 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States Executive Director at each international fi-
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