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(c) FURTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Section 297(c) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b(c)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), to read as follows:
‘‘(2) focus primarily on the needs of agricultural
producers, rural families, processors, traders, con-
sumers, and natural resources managers;’’; and
(2) in paragraph (4), to read as follows:
‘‘(4) be carried out within the developing coun-
tries and transition countries comprising newly
emerging democracies and newly liberalized econo-
mies; and’’.
(d) SPECIAL PROGRAMS.—Section 297 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) The Administrator shall establish and carry out
special programs under this title as part of ongoing pro-
grams for child survival, democratization, development of
free enterprise, environmental and natural resource man-
agement, and other related programs.’’.
SEC. 4. BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRICUL-
TURAL DEVELOPMENT.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 298(a) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(a)) is amended
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in the third sentence, by inserting at the end before the pe-
riod the following: ‘‘on a case-by-case basis’’.
(b) GENERAL AREAS
OF RESPONSIBILITY
OF
THE
BOARD.—Section 298(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(b)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) The Board’s general areas of responsibility shall
include participating in the planning, development, and
implementation of, initiating recommendations for, and
monitoring, the activities described in section 297 of this
title.’’.
(c) DUTIES OF THE BOARD.—Section 298(c) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(c)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘in-
crease food production’’ and all that follows and
inserting the following: ‘‘improve agricultural
production, trade, and natural resource manage-
ment in developing countries, and with private
organizations seeking to increase agricultural
production and trade, natural resources manage-
ment, and household food security in developing
and transition countries;’’; and
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(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting be-
fore ‘‘sciences’’ the following: ‘‘, environmental,
and related social’’;
(2) in paragraph (4), after ‘‘Administrator and
universities’’ insert ‘‘and their partners’’;
(3) in paragraph (5), after ‘‘universities’’ insert
‘‘and public and private partners of universities’’;
(4) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(5) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘in the devel-
oping nations.’’ and inserting ‘‘and natural resource
issues in the developing nations, assuring efficiency
in use of Federal resources, including in accordance
with the Governmental Performance and Results Act
of 1993 (Public Law 103–62; 107 Stat. 285), and the
amendments made by that Act;’’; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(8) developing information exchanges and con-
sulting regularly with nongovernmental organiza-
tions, consumer groups, producers, agribusinesses and
associations, agricultural cooperatives and commodity
groups, State departments of agriculture, State agri-
cultural research and extension agencies, and aca-
demic institutions;
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‘‘(9) investigating and resolving issues con-
cerning implementation of this title as requested by
universities; and
‘‘(10) advising the Administrator on any and all
issues as requested.’’.
(d) SUBORDINATE UNITS.—Section 298(d) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(d)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Research’’ and insert ‘‘Pol-
icy’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘administration’’ and in-
serting ‘‘design’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘section 297(a)(3) of this
title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 297’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Joint Committee on Coun-
try Programs’’ and inserting ‘‘Joint Operations
Committee’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘which shall assist’’ and all
that follows and inserting ‘‘which shall assist in
and advise on the mechanisms and processes for
implementation of activities described in section
297.’’.
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SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT.
Section 300 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2220e) is amended by striking ‘‘April 1’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘September 1’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
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