In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Environmental Policy Act 
Administrative Reorganization Amendments of 1993''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT 
              COMPLIANCE.

    Sections 201, 202, and 204 of title II of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) are 
redesignated and amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 201. (a) There is established in the Executive Office of the 
President the Office of National Environmental Policy Act Compliance. 
The Office may be referred to as the `Office of NEPA Compliance'.
    ``(b) The head of the Office shall be the Director of the Office of 
National Environmental Policy Act Compliance, who shall be appointed by 
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The 
compensation of the Director shall be at the rate of compensation 
payable to the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
    ``Sec. 202. (a) The Director shall--
            ``(1) promulgate regulations governing the implementation 
        of this Act by all Federal agencies (including independent 
        regulatory commissions) which include provisions for public 
        review and comment on the detailed statements required by 
        section 102(2)(C) and, as appropriate, on other documents 
        prepared pursuant to this Act;
            ``(2) mediate interagency disputes, including recommending 
        to the President, as appropriate, resolutions of referrals of 
        interagency disagreements under section 203;
            ``(3) monitor Federal agency implementation of this Act and 
        regulations issued under paragraph (1), including--
                    ``(A) reviewing and approving regulations issued by 
                other Federal agencies to implement this Act;
                    ``(B) determining which Federal agency is the lead 
                agency for purposes of compliance with this Act in 
                cases in which Federal agencies do not agree on which 
                is the lead agency;
                    ``(C) developing alternative procedures for 
                complying with this Act in cases in which emergency 
                circumstances make it necessary for a Federal agency to 
                take an action with significant environmental impact;
                    ``(D) developing alternative procedures for 
                complying with this Act, in cases in which a change in 
                a proposed Federal agency action or new information 
                relating to the environmental impacts of such an action 
                makes it necessary to supplement existing analysis 
                under this Act; and
                    ``(E) developing and publishing guidance to Federal 
                agencies regarding implementation of title I and 
                regulations promulgated under paragraph (1); and
            ``(4) perform such other functions related to environmental 
        laws, policies, and programs as the President may specify.
    ``(b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect, alter, or 
limit the independence of independent regulatory commissions under the 
laws establishing such commissions. The policies, practices, and 
interpretations under this Act and the Environmental Quality 
Improvement Act of 1970 and other laws applicable to, or adopted by, 
such commissions or the Council on Environmental Quality before the 
date of the enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act 
Administrative Reorganization Amendments of 1993 shall continue in 
effect to the extent they are consistent with such independence and 
carry out the purposes of such Acts.
    ``(c)(1) The Director, subject to paragraph (2), shall--
            ``(A) review and appraise the various programs and 
        activities of the Federal Government in light of the policy set 
        forth in title I for the purpose of determining the extent to 
        which such programs and activities are contributing to the 
        achievement of such policy and make recommendations to the 
        President with respect thereto;
            ``(B) coordinate or facilitate the development of 
        recommendations to the President regarding national policies to 
        foster and promote the improvement of environmental quality to 
        meet the conservation, social, economic, health, and other 
        requirements and goals of the Nation; and
            ``(C) coordinate or facilitate the development of such 
        studies, reports thereon, and recommendations with respect to 
        matters of policy and legislation, as the President may 
        request.
    ``(2) The President may transfer to another official in the 
Executive Office of the President, by Executive order, any function of 
the Director under this subsection.
    ``(d)(1) The Director, subject to paragraph (2), shall--
            ``(A) assist Federal agencies and departments in appraising 
        the effectiveness of existing and proposed facilities, 
        programs, policies, and activities of the Federal Government, 
        and those specific major projects designated by the President 
        which do not require individual project authorization by the 
        Congress, which affect environmental quality; and
            ``(B) assist in coordinating among Federal departments and 
        agencies those programs and activities which affect, protect, 
        and improve environmental quality.
    ``(2) The President may transfer to another official in the 
Executive Office of the President or to the head of any Federal agency, 
by Executive order, any function of the Director under this subsection.
    ``(e) The Director shall keep the appropriate Committees of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives informed of the actions, 
regulations, policies, and practices of the Office in carrying out the 
functions and other requirements of the Director and the Office under 
this Act (other than functions of the Director transferred in 
accordance with subsection (c)(2) or (d)(2)).
    ``Sec. 203. Referrals of interagency disagreements by the head of 
any Federal agency concerning proposed major Federal actions 
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment under 
section 102(2)(C) or concerning matters under section 309(b) of the 
Clean Air Act shall be made to the Office for mediation and, as 
appropriate, resolution by the President.''.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO NEPA.

    Sections 203, 205, 207, and 208 of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, 
are redesignated in order as sections 204, 205, 206, and 207, 
respectively; such sections are each amended by striking ``Council'' 
and inserting ``Office'' each place it appears; and section 206 of such 
Act, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this 
Act, is repealed.

SEC. 4. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL 
              QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1970.

    The Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4372 
et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 202(c) by--
                    (A) striking ``The purposes'' and all that follows 
                through ``(1) to'' and inserting ``the purpose of this 
                title is to''; and
                    (B) striking ``; and'' and all that follows through 
                the end of the section and inserting a period;
            (2) in section 203, by striking subsections (a) through (d) 
        and the designation for subsection (e);
            (3) by striking sections 204 and 205;
            (4) in section 206(a), by striking ``Office of 
        Environmental Quality Management Fund'' and inserting ``Office 
        of National Environmental Policy Act Compliance Management 
        Fund'';
            (5) by redesignating section 206 as section 204; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following:

                             ``definitions

    ``Sec. 205. In this title, each of the terms `Director' and 
`Office' has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969.''.

SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE FOR OFFICE OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT 
              COMPLIANCE.

    The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (as amended by 
section 3) is amended by inserting after section 207 the following:
    ``Sec. 208. To assist in the timely performance of the functions of 
the Office, the Director may utilize personnel or otherwise obtain 
assistance from other entities in the Executive Office of the President 
or other Federal agencies, by mutual consent with the heads of those 
entities or agencies, to assist the Director in performing the 
functions of the Office.''.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 209 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 209. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Director to carry out the functions of the Director under this or any 
other Act--
            ``(1) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1994;
            ``(2) $1,100,000 for fiscal year 1995;
            ``(3) $1,200,000 for fiscal year 1996; and
            ``(4) $1,400,000 for fiscal year 1997.
    ``(b) Amounts appropriated to, or available for the use of, the 
Office or the Director shall remain available until expended.''.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 is amended by 
inserting after section 2 (42 U.S.C. 4321) the following:
    ``Sec. 3. In this Act:
            ``(1) The term `Director' means the Director of the Office 
        of National Environmental Policy Act Compliance appointed under 
        section 201(b).
            ``(2) The term `Fund' means the Office of National 
        Environmental Policy Act Compliance Management Fund established 
        by section 204 of the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 
        1970.
            ``(3) The term `Office' means the Office of National 
        Environmental Policy Act Compliance established by section 
        201(a).''.

SEC. 8. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

    (a) Transfers.--There are transferred to the Secretary of the 
Environment--
            (1) the functions of the Council on Environmental Quality 
        under paragraphs (2), (5), (6), and (7) of section 204 of the 
        National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as in effect on the 
        day before the date of the enactment of this Act; and
            (2) the functions of the Chairman of the Council on 
        Environmental Quality (as Director of the Office of 
        Environmental Quality) under paragraphs (3), (4), (6), and (7) 
        of section 203(d) of the Environmental Quality Improvement Act 
        of 1970, as in effect on the day before the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
    (b) Construction.--The functions transferred to the Secretary of 
the Environment by this section or pursuant to any executive order 
issued pursuant to amendments made by this Act shall not be construed 
by anyone to affect, alter, change, or amend any other law or 
regulation administered by the Secretary or his or her delegate.
    (c) Accountability.--The Secretary of the Environment shall be 
accountable to the appropriate committees of the Senate and House of 
Representatives for all functions described in subsection (b).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary 
specifically to carry out the functions described in subsection (b) 
effectively and in a timely manner.

SEC. 9. TERMINATION OF COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
              ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

    (a) Termination.--The Council on Environmental Quality and the 
Office of Environmental Quality are terminated.
    (b) References.--Reference to the Council on Environmental Quality, 
the Office of Environmental Quality, or any officer or employee of that 
council or that office in any other Federal law, Executive order, rule, 
regulation, or delegation of authority, or in any document of or 
relating to the Council on Environmental Quality--
            (1) with respect to functions that were vested in that 
        council or office on the day before the date of the enactment 
        of this Act and are vested in the Director of the Office of 
        National Environmental Policy Act Compliance Office by section 
        202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 
        amended by section 2 of this Act, is deemed to refer to the 
        Director of the Office of National Environmental Policy Act 
        Compliance or to such other official to whom such a function is 
        transferred in accordance with section 202(c)(2) or (d)(2) of 
        that Act, as appropriate; or
            (2) with regard to disputes, disagreements, and matters 
        described in sections 202(a)(2) and 203 of that Act, as amended 
        by section 2 of this Act, is deemed to refer to the Director of 
        the Office of National Environmental Policy Act Compliance or 
        to that office, as appropriate.
    (c) Savings Provisions.--
            (1) Continuation of orders, etc.--All orders, 
        determinations, rules, regulations, agreements, grants, 
        contracts, privileges, and other administrative actions--
                    (A) which have been issued, made, granted, or 
                allowed to become effective by the President, the 
                Council on Environmental Quality, or the Office of 
                Environmental Quality, in the performance of functions 
                of the Council on Environmental Quality or the Office 
                of Environmental Quality, or by a court of competent 
                jurisdiction with respect to those functions, and
                    (B) which are in effect on the date of the 
                enactment of this Act, or were final before that date 
                of enactment and are to become effective on or after 
                that date of enactment,
        shall continue in effect according to their terms until 
        modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in 
        accordance with law by the President, the Director of the 
        Office of National Environmental Policy Act Compliance, any 
        other authorized official, a court of competent jurisdiction, 
        or operation of law.
            (2) Continuation of proceedings and applications.--The 
        provisions of this Act shall not affect any proceedings pending 
        before the Council on Environmental Quality on the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, but such proceedings shall be continued. 
        Orders shall be issued in such proceedings, appeals shall be 
        taken therefrom, and payments shall be made pursuant to such 
        orders, as if this Act had not been enacted, and orders issued 
        in any such proceedings shall continue in effect until 
        modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked by a duly 
        authorized official, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or 
        by operation of law. Nothing in this paragraph shall be 
        considered to prohibit the discontinuance or modification of 
        any such proceeding under the same terms and conditions and to 
        the same extent that such proceeding could have been 
        discontinued or modified if this Act had not been enacted.
            (3) Suits not affected.--The provisions of this section 
        shall not affect suits commenced before the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, and in all such suits, proceedings shall 
        be had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in the same 
        manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not been 
        enacted.
            (4) Suits involving council or office.--No suit, action, or 
        other proceeding commenced by or against the Council on 
        Environmental Quality or the Office of Environmental Quality, 
        or by or against any individual in the official capacity of 
        such individual as an officer or employee of the Council or 
        that Office, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this 
        Act.
            (5) Rulemaking.--Any administrative action relating to the 
        preparation or promulgation of a regulation by the Council on 
        Environmental Quality shall be continued by the Director of the 
        Office of National Environmental Policy Act Compliance or the 
        President with the same effect as if this Act had not been 
        enacted.
            (6) Assets and interests.--The contracts, liabilities, 
        records, property, and other assets and interests of the 
        Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of 
        Environmental Quality shall, on and after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, be considered to be the contracts, 
        liabilities, records, property, and other assets and interests 
        of the Office of National Environmental Policy Act Compliance.
    (d) Continuing Availability of Amounts.--Amounts available to the 
Council on Environmental Quality on the date of the enactment of this 
Act shall be available for use by the Director of the Office of 
National Environmental Policy Act Compliance.

SEC. 10. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 2 (42 U.S.C. 4321)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and'' after ``man;''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Nation;'' and all that follows 
                through the end of the section and inserting 
                ``Nation.'';
            (2) by striking ``Council on Environmental Quality'' each 
        place that term appears and inserting ``Director'';
            (3) in section 102(2)(B) (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(B)) by striking 
        ``established by title II of this Act'';
            (4) in section 102(2)(G) (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(G)) by 
        inserting ``and'' after the semicolon;
            (5) in section 102(2)(H) (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(H)) by striking 
        ``; and'' and inserting a period;
            (6) by striking section 102(2)(I) (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(I));
            (7) in section 205(1) (42 U.S.C. 4345(1)) by striking ``the 
        Citizen's'' and all that follows through ``and with''; and
            (8) in section 205(2) (42 U.S.C. 4345(2)) by striking ``the 
        Council's'' and inserting ``the Office's''.

                                 

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Example Output: National Environmental Policy Act Administrative Reorganization Amendments of 1993 - Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (the Act) to replace provisions regarding the Council on Environmental Quality with those establishing an Office of National Environmental Policy (NEPA) Compliance in the Executive Office of the President.  Requires the Office to be headed by a Director appointed by the President. 
Requires the Director to:  (1) promulgate regulations governing the implementation of the Act by all Federal agencies; (2) mediate interagency disputes; (3) monitor Federal agency implementation of the Act and regulations; and (4) perform other functions related to environmental laws, policies, and programs as specified by the President. 
Amends the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970 to remove provisions regarding the Office of Environmental Quality. 
Authorizes appropriations for the Office of NEPA Compliance. 
Transfers certain duties of the Council, including making an annual report on the state of the environment, to the Secretary of the Environment.  Authorizes appropriations. 
Terminates the Council and the Office of Environmental Quality and transfers functions to the Office of NEPA Compliance.  Makes existing Council funds available for the Director.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Marginal Lands and 
Protecting Farming Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT.

    Section 1231(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3831(d)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Maximum Enrollment.--The Secretary may maintain in the 
conservation reserve at any 1 time, not more than--
            ``(1) during fiscal year 2013, 29,000,000 acres;
            ``(2) during fiscal year 2014, 26,000,000 acres; and
            ``(3) during each of fiscal years 2015 through 2018, 
        24,000,000 acres.''.

SEC. 3. INELIGIBLE LAND.

    Section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Ineligible Land.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 
may not enroll land in the conservation reserve that is classified as 
class I or class II land under the land capability classification 
system published in the National Soil Survey Handbook of the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service, unless such land is enrolled as a 
buffer, filterstrip, or strip adjacent to a riparian area.''.

SEC. 4. CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Early Termination by Owner or Operator.--Section 1235(e) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A)--
                    (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting 
                ``During fiscal year 2014, the Secretary''; and
                    (B) by striking ``before January 1, 1995,'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (C) and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(C) Land devoted to hardwood trees.
                    ``(D) Wildlife habitat, duck nesting habitat, 
                pollinator habitat, upland bird habitat buffer, 
                wildlife food plots, State acres for wildlife 
                enhancement, shallow water areas for wildlife, and rare 
                and declining habitat.
                    ``(E) Farmable wetland and restored wetland.
                    ``(F) Land that contains diversions, erosion 
                control structures, flood control structures, contour 
                grass strips, living snow fences, salinity reducing 
                vegetation, cross wind trap strips, and sediment 
                retention structures.
                    ``(G) Land located within a federally-designated 
                wellhead protection area.
                    ``(H) Land that is covered by an easement under the 
                conservation reserve program.
                    ``(I) Land located within an average width, 
                according to the applicable Natural Resources 
                Conservation Service field office technical guide, of a 
                perennial stream or permanent water body.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``60 days after the date 
        on which the owner or operator submits the notice required 
        under paragraph (1)(C)'' and inserting ``upon approval by the 
        Secretary''.
    (b) Transition Option for Certain Farmers or Ranchers.--Section 
1235(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835(f)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``Duties'' and all that follows through ``a 
                beginning farmer'' and inserting ``Transition to 
                covered farmer or rancher.--In the case of a contract 
                modification approved in order to facilitate the 
                transfer of land subject to a contract from a retired 
                farmer or rancher to a beginning farmer'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting ``, 
                including preparing to plant an agricultural crop'' 
                after ``improvements'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``the farmer 
                or rancher'' and inserting ``the covered farmer or 
                rancher''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``section 
                1001A(b)(3)(B)'' and inserting ``section 1001(a)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``requirement of section 
        1231(h)(4)(B)'' and inserting ``option pursuant to section 
        1231(h)''.
    (c) Final Year Contract.--Section 1235 of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(g) Final Year of Contract.--The Secretary shall not consider an 
owner or operator to be in violation of a term or condition of the 
conservation reserve contract if--
            ``(1) during the year prior to expiration of the contract, 
        the land is enrolled in the conservation stewardship program; 
        and
            ``(2) the activity required under the conservation 
        stewardship program pursuant to such enrollment is consistent 
        with this subchapter.''.
Example Output: Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to set the maximum number of acres that may be enrolled at any one time in the conservation reserve program (CRP) at: (1) 29 million acres for FY2013, (2) 26 million acres for FY2014, and (3) 26 million acres for each of FY2015 through FY2018. Prohibits the enrollment of land in the conservation reserve that is classified as class I or class II land under the National Soil Survey Handbook's land capability classification system unless such land is enrolled as a buffer, filterstrip, or strip adjacent to a riparian area. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), during FY2014, to permit a participant that entered into a CRP contract to terminate the contract at any time if the contract has been in effect for at least five years.  Revises the types of land that are not subject to early contract termination.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``African Higher Education Expansion 
and Improvement Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The demand for higher education in Africa has been 
        increasing at very high rates and is rapidly overtaking the 
        capacity of current infrastructure and staffing capability.
            (2) Africa's challenges in higher education are substantial 
        and have important social, economic, and stability dimensions.
            (3) Despite increasing enrollments, sub-Saharan Africa's 
        gross enrollment ration is just 5 percent as compared to 11 
        percent in India, 20 percent in China, and 70 percent in high 
        income countries.
            (4) On average, institutions of higher education in Africa 
        have only about 70 percent of the staff required by their 
        programs; staff development, nurturing and retention are 
        important elements of higher education programming.
            (5) In 2005, only 28 percent of African University 
        graduates completed their degrees in science and technology 
        (STEM) fields--agriculture, engineering, health sciences, 
        general sciences.
            (6) African higher education institutions have addressed 
        many critical development challenges in collaboration with 
        regional and international counterparts, such as the United 
        Nations, the International Agricultural Research Centres, and 
        bilateral and regional assistance agencies.
            (7) Higher education has expanded to provide more 
        opportunities for advanced education to graduates of the 
        secondary school systems and it has sought new ways to achieve 
        university collaboration across national and regional 
        boundaries.
            (8) Africa has made important strides as public 
        universities have doubled from roughly 100 to 200 from 1990 to 
        2007 and private tertiary institutions have increased from 
        around 24 to an estimated 468 during this same period.
            (9) Historically, sub-Saharan Africa was marked by several 
        centers of excellence in higher education. Linked to former 
        European sponsors, institutions such as Makerere University in 
        Uganda, Kenyatta University in Kenya, Cheik Anta Diop 
        University, Senegal, and the University of Ibadan in Nigeria 
        graduated scholars and professionals that were highly prized 
        around the globe and that served the interests of their 
        respective nations well.
            (10) These universities serve as ``centres of excellence'' 
        that also have major positive impacts on other universities in 
        their respective regions, and are currently making substantial 
        progress in regaining their national and international 
        prominence.
            (11) Increasing rates of higher education in developing 
        countries is a critical component to long-term economic growth 
        and stability and poverty reduction.
            (12) Estimates indicate that a 1-year increase in tertiary 
        education stock would raise steady-state levels of African 
        Gross Domestic Product per capita by 12.2 percent due to factor 
        inputs, potentially boosting incomes by 3 percent after 5 
        years.
            (13) Studies of 17 countries found that individuals with 
        higher education levels were more likely to engage in 
        entrepreneurial activity, and more educated entrepreneurs 
        created larger numbers of jobs than less educated 
        entrepreneurs.
            (14) Research has found a positive and statistically 
        significant correlation between higher education enrollment 
        rates and governance indicators, including absence of 
        corruption, higher stands of rule of law, absence of ethnic 
        tensions, increased bureaucratic quality, low risk of 
        repudiation of contracts by governments, and low risk of 
        appropriation abuse.
            (15) A cadre of skilled, educated Africans is a necessary 
        component to addressing every sector of development, whether it 
        be poverty alleviation and economic growth, combating disease, 
        improving governance, or rule of law and human rights, but such 
        a cadre does not currently exist in large enough numbers to 
        truly effect a sea-change in these areas in most of the 
        countries in the region.
            (16) Exchange programs which bring Africans to developed 
        countries for training, while an essential component of 
        building intellectual capacity in Africa, will not by 
        themselves reach enough students and scholars to have a 
        transformational effect on African institutions of higher 
        education.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) support for primary and secondary education is vitally 
        important to development in sub-Saharan Africa and such support 
        should be increased;
            (2) the United States and other donors must respond to the 
        increased need for qualified teachers and demand for access to 
        higher education created by expanded access to primary and 
        secondary education on the continent by providing commensurate 
        assistance to colleges and universities in sub-Saharan Africa;
            (3) partnerships between United States colleges and 
        universities and colleges and universities in sub-Saharan 
        Africa represent an important means through which access to 
        quality tertiary education;
            (4) members of the African Diaspora have a crucial role to 
        play in improving the capacity of African colleges and 
        universities;
            (5) the international donor community must help build 
        indigenous intellectual capacity in sub-Saharan Africa in order 
        to expand and enhance the ability of Africans to achieve 
        economic growth, improve social and political stability, and to 
        address such challenges as the HIV/AIDS pandemic, climate 
        change, conflict and governance; and
            (6) the United States must commit to providing long-term 
        assistance to build the capacity of higher education 
        institutions in sub-Saharan Africa aimed at improving 
        administrative capacity, physical infrastructure and curriculum 
        to provide high quality education in fields such as the social, 
        natural, biological, agricultural, life, computer and health 
        sciences; technology; business; engineering; mathematics; 
        economics; and education; and improve the ability of 
        institutions in sub-Saharan Africa to support and produce 
        effective research, as well as higher numbers of better trained 
        undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students and 
        professionals to respond to the many challenges facing the 
        region.

SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

     It is the policy of the United States to provide long-term 
assistance to expand, improve, support, and promote higher education in 
Africa by building the capacity of African colleges and universities, 
through partnerships with colleges and universities in the United 
States to expand opportunities for students to obtain high quality 
undergraduate- and graduate-level degrees, as well as post-graduate 
training, at African colleges and universities.

SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE HIGHER EDUCATION IN SUB-
              SAHARAN AFRICA.

    Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 105 the 
following new section:

``SEC. 105A. ASSISTANCE TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE HIGHER EDUCATION IN SUB-
              SAHARAN AFRICA.

    ``(a) Authorization.--The President, acting through the Director, 
is authorized to provide long-term assistance to expand, improve, 
support, and promote higher education in sub-Saharan Africa.
    ``(b) Activities Supported.--Assistance provided under subsection 
(a) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be used to--
            ``(1) build the capacity of sub-Saharan African colleges 
        and universities in the areas of--
                    ``(A) professional and academic training and 
                faculty development and technical expertise with 
                particular emphasis on mentoring and retention of young 
                and new faculty;
                    ``(B) development and strengthening of educational 
                administrative capacity;
                    ``(C) undergraduate, graduate, and graduate 
                curricula development;
                    ``(D) improving infrastructure of academic 
                facilities; and
                    ``(E) technical capacity, especially in the areas 
                of research and institutional development;
            ``(2) establish, expand, and promote linkages and 
        partnerships between African colleges and universities and 
        United States colleges and universities, with special attention 
        to the inclusion of historically Black colleges and 
        universities in the United States;
            ``(3) assist with efforts to recruit and retain women as 
        students, faculty, and administrators at African colleges and 
        universities; and
            ``(4) establish an American University in West Africa.
    ``(c) Director of Assistance To Support and Promote Higher 
Education in Sub-Saharan Africa.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this section, the Administrator shall 
        designate a Director of Assistance to Support and Promote 
        Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa, who shall report 
        directly to the Administrator, and who shall to carry out the 
        responsibilities described in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Responsibilities.--The responsibilities referred to 
        in paragraph (1) include--
                    ``(A) ongoing consultations with African 
                governments, particularly ministries of education, 
                regional organizations, and relevant educational 
                institutions, teachers unions, and education and 
                educators' organizations with respect to carrying out 
                the activities described in subsection (b);
                    ``(B) providing long-term assistance under 
                subsection (a) to administer and support the activities 
                described in subsection (b); and
                    ``(C) coordinating with other bureaus with in the 
                Agency, with other relevant United States Government 
                agencies, with the United States and African private 
                sectors, with the higher education community in the 
                United States, and with other bilateral and 
                multilateral donors to maximize the gains and impact of 
                activities carried out under subsection (b)(1).
            ``(3) Plan.--No later than one year after the enactment of 
        this section, the Director shall submit to the Administrator a 
        plan to establish an American University in West Africa. In 
        developing the plan, the Director shall--
                    ``(A) review existing international American 
                University models in other countries, such as the 
                American University in Cairo, the American University 
                in Beruit, the American University in Nigeria, and 
                others;
                    ``(B) consult relevant local African 
                nongovernmental organizations, political and civic 
                leaders, private and higher education sectors, and 
                other stakeholders;
                    ``(C) identify potential sources for sustainable 
                funding including foundations, the private sector, and 
                other local, national, and multilateral donors;
                    ``(D) identify key principles and features that 
                would distinguish the American University in West 
                Africa from existing institutions in the region for 
                transforming the region's social and economic 
                development through institutional and capacity 
                building;
                    ``(E) develop a process and criteria for site 
                selection, including an assessment of national legal 
                framework for new universities, whereupon the 
                institution shall be known as the American university 
                in country name; and
                    ``(F) outline a process for implementation.
    ``(d) Sub-Saharan African Higher Education Advisory Board.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--There is hereby established within 
        the Agency a Sub-Saharan African Higher Education Advisory 
        Board.
            ``(2) Membership.--
                    ``(A) Number and appointment.--The Board shall be 
                composed of members appointed by the Administrator in 
                consultation with the Speaker and the minority leader 
                of the House of Representatives and the majority and 
                minority leaders of the Senate.
                    ``(B) Qualifications.--The members of the Board 
                shall be individuals from the private sector, three of 
                whom shall have demonstrable knowledge of Africa, the 
                field of higher education or higher education in 
                Africa, three of whom shall be from higher education 
                institutions from Africa from a list submitted by the 
                Association of African Universities, and one of whom 
                shall be a president of an historically Black college 
                or university in the United States.
            ``(3) Duties.--The Board shall--
                    ``(A) advise and assist the Director in carrying 
                out the responsibilities described in this section;
                    ``(B) not less than twice a year, meet with senior 
                officials of the Agency in order to fulfill the duty 
                described in subparagraph (A); and
                    ``(C) once a year, submit to the Director and 
                Administrator a report, which shall be made publicly 
                available, which--
                            ``(i) describes and evaluates the 
                        implementation of this section for the 
                        preceding year; and
                            ``(ii) evaluates the implementation of this 
                        section for the preceding year, including the 
                        extent to which--
                                    ``(I) the requirement of subsection 
                                (b)(2) with respect to participation of 
                                historically Black colleges and 
                                universities in the United States was 
                                met; and
                                    ``(II) the requirement of 
                                subsection (b)(3) was met.
    ``(e) Public Private Partnerships.--The Director and the Board 
shall make every effort to leverage resources from the private sector 
in carrying out the responsibilities described in this section.
    ``(f) Reports to Congress.--
            ``(1) Initial report.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
        of the enactment of this section, the President shall transmit 
        to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
        Senate a report that contains--
                    ``(A) benchmarks for measuring the long-term impact 
                of activities carried out under this section;
                    ``(B) a proposal for enhancing opportunities for 
                the African Diaspora to engage in activities to improve 
                the capacity, on either an on-going or short-term 
                basis, of colleges and universities in their country of 
                origin; and
                    ``(C) plans for specific interventions to support 
                the recruitment and retention of young and new 
                professors, scholars, and researchers at African 
                colleges and universities that identifies barriers to 
                their recruitment and retention and details 
                programmatic interventions undertaken to overcome such 
                barriers.
            ``(2) Annual report.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
        of transmission of the initial report under paragraph (1), and 
        every year thereafter through fiscal year 2014, the President 
        shall transmit to the congressional committees specified in 
        paragraph (1) a report that contains a description of the 
        activities carried out under this section for the preceding 
        fiscal year and the progress made toward achieving the 
        benchmarks outlined in the initial report, and any program 
        adjustments undertaken to improve efforts to achieve those 
        benchmarks.
    ``(g) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `Administrator' means the Administrator of 
        the Agency;
            ``(2) the term `Agency' means the United States Agency for 
        International Development;
            ``(3) the term `Board' means the Sub-Saharan African Higher 
        Education Advisory Board established pursuant to subsection 
        (d);
            ``(4) the term `Director' means the Director of Assistance 
        to Support and Promote Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa 
        designated pursuant to subsection (c); and
            ``(5) the term `higher education' means post-secondary 
        undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate academic training.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated to the President such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014. Of the 
amount appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
under this subsection for a fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary 
are authorized to be provided for planning the Africa University in 
West Africa and such sums as may be necessary for initial start up of 
the University.''.
Example Output:
African Higher Education Expansion and Improvement Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the importance to the development of sub-Saharan Africa of support for the improvement of primary, secondary, and higher education in that region.

States that it is this country's policy to provide Africa with long-term assistance to improve the capacity of its institutions of higher education (IHEs) through partnerships with our IHEs.

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide long-term assistance to sub-Saharan Africa that improves higher education by: (1) building the capacity of IHEs in sub-Saharan Africa; (2) building linkages and partnerships between sub-Saharan IHEs and our IHEs; (3) assisting efforts to recruit and retain women as students, faculty, and administrators; and (4) establishing an American University in West Africa.

Requires the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to designate a Director of Assistance to Support and Promote Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa, who is to carry out such activities.

Establishes a Sub-Saharan African Higher Education Advisory Board within USAID, which is appointed by the Administrator and composed of individuals from the private sector who have the requisite experience with Africa and higher education to assist the Director.

Urges the Director and the Board to make every effort to leverage resources from the private sector in carrying out their responsibilities.