‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall contain a description of the number 
of grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or 
other form of assistance provided under this section 
with a detailed description of— 
‘‘(A) the amount of each grant, contract, 
cooperative agreement, or other form of assist-
ance; and 
‘‘(B) the name of each recipient and each 
country with respect to which projects or activi-
ties under the grant, contract, cooperative 
agreement, or other form of assistance were 
carried out. 
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY TO THE PUBLIC.—The re-
port required by this subsection shall be made avail-
able to the public on the Internet website of the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on International Rela-
tions of the House of Representatives; and
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) SMALL
AND
MEDIUM
ENTERPRISES
IN 
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘small and 
medium enterprises in sub-Saharan African 
countries’ means corporations and other legal 
entities that meet the requirements of this sub-
paragraph. A legal entity meets the require-
ments of this subparagraph if it— 
‘‘(i) is organized under the laws of a 
sub-Saharan African country and has its 
principal place of business within such 
country; 
‘‘(ii) is owned or controlled by natural 
persons who are citizens of the sub-Saha-
ran African country referred to in clause 
(i); and 
‘‘(iii) has fewer than 50 employees. 
‘‘(B) OWNED OR CONTROLLED.—In sub-
paragraph (A), the term ‘owned or controlled’ 
means— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a corporation, the 
holding of at least 50 percent (by vote or
value) of the capital structure of the cor-
poration; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of any other kind of 
legal entity, the holding of interests rep-
resenting at least 50 percent of the capital 
structure of the entity. 
‘‘(3) SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES.—The 
term ‘sub-Saharan African countries’ means the 
countries specified in section 107 of the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3706). 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry 
out this section $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2007 and 2008.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 497 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2294) is 
amended in the second sentence by adding at the end be-
fore the period the following: ‘‘or section 496A’’. 
SEC. 6. ACTIONS TO IMPROVE TRADE BETWEEN SUB-SAHA-
RAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) ACTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REP-
RESENTATIVE.— 
(1) PLAN.—The United States Trade Rep-
resentative, in consultation with the Administrator
of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall de-
velop a comprehensive plan for the expansion and di-
versification of agricultural trade between sub-Saha-
ran African countries and the United States under 
the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 
3701 et seq.). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para-
graph (1) shall— 
(A) identify the major agricultural prod-
ucts that are exported between sub-Saharan Af-
rican countries and the United States; 
(B) analyze critical constraints to agricul-
tural trade between sub-Saharan African coun-
tries and the United States and efforts to re-
move such constraints; 
(C) increase capacity building for research 
and development for local, regional, and inter-
national markets, agricultural export products, 
quality improvement, and international food 
standards; 
(D) strengthen infrastructure and commu-
nication networks to reduce marketing and 
transaction costs, in collaboration with the
United States Agency for International Devel-
opment; 
(E) increase access to market information 
(such as information relating to prices, product 
quality and demand, input quality and costs, 
and 
customs 
rules 
and 
regulations) 
for 
smallholder farmers, farmer groups and co-
operatives, and relevant government ministries 
of sub-Saharan African countries; 
(F) establish and strengthen public-private 
partnerships in sub-Saharan African countries 
to enhance agricultural trade between such 
countries and the United States; 
(G) establish consultation mechanisms be-
tween the five United States Agricultural Tech-
nical Advisory Committees and counterpart 
groups in sub-Saharan African countries and 
regional economic organizations; and 
(H) support ongoing discussions with agri-
cultural government ministries of sub-Saharan 
African countries and private sector agricultural 
organizations in sub-Saharan African countries 
on issues of mutual concern in the context of 
World Trade Organization (WTO) agricultural 
negotiations.
(3) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the United States 
Trade Representative shall submit to Congress a re-
port that contains— 
(A) a detailed description of the plan re-
quired by this subsection; and 
(B) recommendations for legislation, ad-
ministrative actions, or other actions that the 
Trade Representative considers appropriate to 
implement the plan. 
(b) ACTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 
(1) ACTIVITIES
TO
STRENGTHEN
FUNDA-
MENTAL LABOR RIGHTS.— 
(A) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— It is the sense 
of Congress that sustained economic growth 
and development in sub-Saharan Africa will de-
pend on building strong, effective enforcement 
of international labor standards and democratic 
trade unions that can responsibly represent 
workers’ interests at the workplace and with 
their governments in sub-Saharan African coun-
tries. 
(B) ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary of State 
shall undertake activities to strengthen inter-
nationally recognized labor rights and standards 
in sub-Saharan African countries by— 
(i) ensuring that governments and 
businesses in sub-Saharan African coun-
tries 
are 
aware 
of 
their 
obligations 
(through membership in the International 
Labor Organization (ILO) as well as under 
United States trade preference programs 
such as the generalized system of pref-
erences and the African Growth and Op-
portunity Act) to respect, promote, and re-
alize the international labor standards es-
tablished by the ILO; 
(ii) monitoring the enforcement of 
labor laws in sub-Saharan African coun-
tries, including labor laws relating to work-
ers’ rights to free association, prohibitions 
on child labor, forced labor, and discrimi-
nation, safety in the work environment, 
workplace standards laws regulating min-
imum wage and hours of work, and collec-
tive bargaining, through ensuring, among 
other things, that reporting on labor rights 
at United States missions is a priority; and
(iii) providing technical assistance to 
enhance enforcement of labor laws in sub- 
Saharan African countries and for institu-
tional capacity building of trade unions to 
increase their capabilities to represent 
workers at workplaces and with their gov-
ernments. 
(2) ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE DIALOGUE AMONG 
BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, LABOR, AND NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary of State 
shall undertake activities to promote social dialogue 
among business, government, labor, and nongovern-
mental organizations, including all types of negotia-
tions, consultations, or exchanges of information be-
tween, or among, representatives of business, gov-
ernment, labor, and nongovernmental organizations, 
on issues of common interest relating to economic 
and social policy. 
(c) ACTIONS OF THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRA-
TION.—The Secretary Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Food and Drug Administration— 
(1) shall provide training to agricultural pro-
ducers in sub-Saharan African countries to ensure 
that exports of such producers meet United States 
food safety standards;
(2) should provide technical assistance and ca-
pacity building to agricultural producers in sub-Sa-
haran African countries to ensure such producers 
meet phytosanitary standards in planting, culti-
vating, harvesting, and processing agricultural prod-
ucts for export, with particular attention to institu-
tions serving smallholder producers, small-scale rural 
businesses, and cooperatives; and 
(3) should provide assistance to strengthen ag-
ricultural research and extension capacity to dis-
seminate relevant information on pests and diseases 
to smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan African coun-
tries, as well as successful, cost efficient and envi-
ronmentally sound solutions. 
(d) ACTIONS OF THE FOREIGN AGRICULTURE SERV-
ICE.—The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Foreign Agriculture Service, should improve market ac-
cess for United States agricultural products in sub-Saha-
ran African countries by— 
(1) in conjunction with the Secretary of Com-
merce, strengthening the capacity of agricultural 
producer organizations in sub-Saharan African coun-
tries to identify agricultural equipment and supply 
needs;
(2) working with United States financial insti-
tutions to increase the number of such financial in-
stitutions that cooperate with the Supplier Credit 
Guarantee Program; 
(3) working with financial institutions in sub- 
Saharan African countries to remove obstacles that 
inhibit fuller implementation of the Export Credit 
Guarantee and Intermediate Export Credit Guar-
antee programs; and 
(4) facilitating access for ports of entry and 
warehouse facilities in sub-Saharan African coun-
tries to the Facilities Guarantee Program. 
(e) ACTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
RELATING
TO 
AGOA ELIGIBILITY.—The President, acting through 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, shall provide technical 
assistance to eligible sub-Saharan African countries 
under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 
U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) to assist such countries to con-
tinue to meet the eligibility requirements under such 
Act, including eligibility requirements relating to po-
litical and economic reforms.
(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
RELATING
TO 
AGOA BENEFITS.—The President, acting through the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, shall provide technical 
assistance to eligible sub-Saharan African countries 
under the African Growth and Opportunity Act to 
enable small and medium enterprises in sub-Saharan 
African countries, including agricultural producers, 
processors and traders, to maximize benefits under 
such Act (and the amendments made by that Act), 
including— 
(A) specific training for business owners 
on expanding access to the benefits of the Afri-
can Growth and Opportunity Act (and the 
amendments made by that Act) and other trade 
preference programs; 
(B) capacity building for entrepreneurs on 
production strategies, quality standards, forma-
tion of cooperatives, market research, and mar-
ket development; 
(C) capacity building to promote diver-
sification of products and value-added proc-
essing; and 
(D) capacity building and technical assist-
ance for businesses and institutions to help
them comply with United States counter-ter-
rorism laws. 
(3) 
TRANSPORTATION
AND
COMMUNICA-
TIONS.— 
(A) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the fol-
lowing: 
(i) A major impediment to trade be-
tween sub-Saharan African countries and 
the United States is inadequate direct and 
regular transport, for products and people, 
between such countries and the United 
States. 
(ii) This transport deficit has reduced 
the competitiveness of products of sub-Sa-
haran African countries, hindered the peo-
ple of sub-Saharan African countries from 
expanding exports of perishable items, 
such as cut flowers or fresh fruits and 
vegetables, limited the ability of sub-Saha-
ran African countries to increase tourism, 
and limited the overall volume of trade be-
tween sub-Saharan African countries and 
the United States. 
(B) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense 
of Congress that there should be an expansion
of port-to-port relationships between sub-Saha-
ran African countries and the United States. 
Such relationships should facilitate— 
(i) increased coordination between 
land, sea, and airports to reduce time in 
transit and thus freight charges; 
(ii) interaction between technical staff 
from land, sea, and airports in sub-Saha-
ran African countries and the United 
States to increase efficiency and safety 
procedures and protocols; 
(iii) coordination between chambers of 
commerce, freight forwarders, customs bro-
kers, and others involved in consolidating 
and moving freight; and 
(iv) joint negotiations with shipping 
companies and airlines on direct shipping 
and flights between land, sea, and airports 
in sub-Saharan African countries and the 
United States to increase frequency and 
capacity. 
(C) ASSISTANCE.—The President, acting 
through the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development and the 
Global Development Alliance of the Agency,