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consideration shall apply to the submission 
of an application required under clause (i), 
as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) COMPLETION REQUIREMENT.—To be 
eligible to receive a grant from, or enter into a 
cooperative agreement with, the Secretary 
under this subsection, an eligible organization 
shall agree— 
‘‘(i) to collect by September 30, 2011, 
data containing the information required 
under subsection (f)(1)(B) relating to the 
field-based project funded through the 
grant; and 
‘‘(ii) to provide to the Secretary the 
data collected under clause (i). 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS OF SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(A) PROJECT DIVERSITY.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii) and subparagraph (B), in selecting 
proposals for field-based projects to fund 
under this section, the Secretary shall se-
lect a diversity of projects, including 
projects located in— 
‘‘(I) food surplus regions; 
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‘‘(II) food deficit regions (that 
are carried out using regional pro-
curement methods); and 
‘‘(III) multiple geographical re-
gions. 
‘‘(ii) PRIORITY.—In selecting pro-
posals for field-based projects under clause 
(i), the Secretary shall ensure that the ma-
jority of selected proposals are for field- 
based projects that— 
‘‘(I) are located in Africa; and 
‘‘(II) procure eligible commodities 
that are produced in Africa. 
‘‘(B) DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.—A por-
tion of the funds provided under this subsection 
shall be made available for field-based projects 
that provide development assistance for a period 
of not less than 1 year. 
‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall not 
award a grant to any eligible organization under 
paragraph (1) until the date on which the Secretary 
promulgates regulations or issues guidelines under 
subsection (d)(1). 
‘‘(f) INDEPENDENT EVALUATIONS; REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) INDEPENDENT EVALUATIONS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than No-
vember 1, 2011, the Secretary shall ensure that 
an independent third party conducts an inde-
pendent evaluation of all field-based projects 
that— 
‘‘(i) addresses each factor described in 
subparagraph (B); and 
‘‘(ii) is conducted in accordance with 
this section. 
‘‘(B) REQUIRED FACTORS.—The Secretary 
shall require the independent third party to de-
velop— 
‘‘(i) with respect to each relevant mar-
ket in which an eligible commodity was 
procured under this section, a description 
of— 
‘‘(I) the prevailing and historic 
supply, demand, and price movements 
of the market (including the extent of 
competition for procurement bids); 
‘‘(II) the impact of the procure-
ment of the eligible commodity on 
producer and consumer prices in the 
market; 
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‘‘(III) each government market 
interference or other activity of the 
donor country that might have signifi-
cantly affected the supply or demand 
of the eligible commodity in the area 
at which the local or regional procure-
ment occurred; 
‘‘(IV) the quantities and types of 
eligible commodities procured in the 
market; 
‘‘(V) the time frame for procure-
ment of each eligible commodity; and 
‘‘(VI) the total cost of the pro-
curement of each eligible commodity 
(including storage, handling, transpor-
tation, and administrative costs); 
‘‘(ii) an assessment regarding— 
‘‘(I) whether the requirements of 
this section have been met; 
‘‘(II) the impact of different 
methodologies and approaches on— 
‘‘(aa) local and regional ag-
ricultural producers (including 
large and small agricultural pro-
ducers); 
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‘‘(bb) markets; 
‘‘(cc) low-income consumers; 
and 
‘‘(dd) program recipients; 
and 
‘‘(III) the length of the period 
beginning on the date on which the 
Secretary initiated the procurement 
process and ending on the date of de-
livery of eligible commodities; 
‘‘(iii) a comparison of different meth-
odologies used to carry out this section, 
with respect to— 
‘‘(I) the benefits to local agri-
culture; 
‘‘(II) the impact on markets and 
consumers; 
‘‘(III) the period of time required 
for procurement and delivery; 
‘‘(IV) quality and safety assur-
ances; and 
‘‘(V) implementation costs; and 
‘‘(iv) to the extent adequate informa-
tion is available (including the results of 
the report required under subsection 
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