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through December 31, 2012, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committees on Agriculture and Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report 
describing the activities and recommendations of the Con-
sultative Group. 
‘‘(i) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The Consult-
ative Group shall terminate on December 31, 2012. 
‘‘SEC. 3206. LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD AID PROCURE-
MENT PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of the Agency for 
International Development. 
‘‘(2) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEE
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘appropriate committee of Con-
gress’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
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‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE COMMODITY.—The term ‘eligible 
commodity’ means an agricultural commodity (or the 
product of an agricultural commodity) that— 
‘‘(A) is produced in, and procured from, a 
developing country; and 
‘‘(B) at a minimum, meets each nutri-
tional, quality, and labeling standard of the 
country that receives the agricultural com-
modity, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘eli-
gible organization’ means an organization that is— 
‘‘(A) described in section 202(d) of the 
Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1722(d)); and 
‘‘(B) with respect to nongovernmental or-
ganizations, subject to regulations promulgated 
or guidelines issued to carry out this section, 
including United States audit requirements that 
are applicable to nongovernmental organiza-
tions. 
‘‘(b) STUDY; FIELD-BASED PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) STUDY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall initiate a study of prior local 
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and regional procurements for food aid pro-
grams conducted by— 
‘‘(i) other donor countries; 
‘‘(ii) private voluntary organizations; 
and 
‘‘(iii) the World Food Program of the 
United Nations. 
‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress a report containing the results 
of the study conducted under subparagraph 
(A). 
‘‘(2) FIELD-BASED PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In accordance with 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall provide 
grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements 
with, eligible organizations to carry out field- 
based projects that consist of local or regional 
procurements of eligible commodities to respond 
to food crises and disasters in accordance with 
this section. 
‘‘(B) 
CONSULTATION
WITH
ADMINIS-
TRATOR.—In carrying out the development and 
implementation of field-based projects under 
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